Study Program Information Note
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The Study Program Information Note (526 field) is a field used to denote reading levels of formal curriculum-based programs. Study programs include, but are not limited to, Accelerated Reader AR, Reading Counts RC, DRA, and Fountas and Pinnell. Marcive adds the Accelerated Reader note to the records. Records coming from OCLC can have 526 fields for other programs.
Format
A 526 field for Accelerated Reader AR from Marcive has the following subfields:
| Subfield | Value |
| ‡a | Program Name |
| ‡b | Interest Level |
| ‡c | Reading Level |
| ‡d | Title Point Value |
| ‡z | Public Note |
- Example:
526 0 ‡aAccelerated Reader AR‡bMG‡c4.3‡d4‡zQuiz: 504189.Correcting OCLC Records
Records from OCLC can have information in the 526 field that should not be in the field, like series title, awards notes, or Lexile levels. Please move this information to the correct field or delete it from the record.
Searching
Only the ‡a is indexed in the PAC. Saved SQL queries can be used in Leap or the Client to search for records containing the other subfields. The queries are called “Study Program” and “Study Program by Branch.” See Study Program SQL Query for instructions on how to use the SQL queries.