511 Participant or Performer Note

Field definition and scope:

Field 511 contains a note giving information about the participants, players, narrators, presenters, or performers.

The participant or performer note is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory term or phrase that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value.

The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.

Field 511 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National-level (NLR) and Minimal-level (MLR) record requirements, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	NLR	MLR	Repeatability
Field 511	Participant or Performer Note	A	A	R
Indicator:
First	Display constant controller	M
0	No display constant generated	A
1	Cast	A

Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Participant or performer note	M	A	NR
$6	Linkage	A	A	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	O	R

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Display constants

Content designator history:

First Indicator - Display constant controller

Value # - No information provided (VM MU) [obsolete]: The first indicator was defined in 1980. Records created prior to that change may contain a # (blank) meaning undefined in the first indicator position.

First Indicator - Display constant controller

Values 2 - Presenter (VM MU) [obsolete]

3 - Narrator (VM MU) [obsolete]

Values 2 and 3 were made obsolete in 1993 because they were not being used extensively.