Overview of the 583 field for Monographic Retention Commitments

EAST requires retention partners to record their retention commitments in a 583 field following the OCLC's Shared Print Metadata Guidelines. The example below is for a monograph record. See also the 583 field for Serials/Journals.

Monographs:A breakdown of the marc 583 for EAST monographs is below. You may also view the Introduction to Marc 583 video, or the presentation slides.

Here is a sample for a Colby College monograph:

583 1b |a committed to retain |c 20160630 |d 20310630 |f EAST |u http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |5 MeWC