545 Biographical or Historical Note

Field definition and scope:

Field 545 contains biographical information about an individual or historical information about an institution or other entity present in the 1XX primary name field for the entity being cataloged. For events, programs, etc., this field contains historical information about the event, program, etc. named in field 245 (Title).

Field 545 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	Repeatability
Field 545	Biographical or Historical Note	R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank
Second	Undefined; contains a blank

Subfield code:
$a	Biographical or historical note	NR
$6	Linkage	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	R

Input conventions:

Punctuation: Field 545 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.