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'''Contents notes''' are optional for works with more than 100 titles. You are encouraged to enhance contents notes.
Add and enhance '''contents notes''' whenever possible to improve patron access. Basic 505 can be added to the items that do not require the enhanced 505. NOTE: The character length is 3992 characters. Make a second 505 field when the data will be longer.


;Contents notes are required for the following:
;<nowiki>Enhanced contents notes are required for the following if there are 100 or fewer in the collection:</nowiki>:
*Short stories
*Short story collections by multiple authors
*Plays
*Collections of plays
*Literary collections (two or more forms of literature)
*Literary collections (two or more forms of literature)
*Fairy tales
*Collections of fairy tales
*Songs
*Song titles in sheet music
*Song titles in Music CDs
*Supreme Court cases
*Supreme Court cases
*Collective biographies
*Collective biographies
*Series titled “Representative American Speeches” and “Best American Essays”


;Contents notes are not required for the following:
;Contents notes are not required for the following:
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*Miscellaneous writings— quotations, letters, anecdotes
*Miscellaneous writings— quotations, letters, anecdotes
*Chapter headings
*Chapter headings
== OCLC Connexion Macro for Enhancing the 505 ==
You can use a macro in OCLC Connexion to enhance the 505. This macro adds in the appropriate subfields to the 505 tag. This macro is in the ''NikAdds'' macro book. To enhance the 505, run the macro called ''Joels505''. To install the macro, download the macro file that corresponds with you version of Connexion. At this time, there is only a macro book for OCLC Connexion v. 2.63.
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Latest revision as of 15:16, 9 June 2025

Add and enhance contents notes whenever possible to improve patron access. Basic 505 can be added to the items that do not require the enhanced 505. NOTE: The character length is 3992 characters. Make a second 505 field when the data will be longer.

Enhanced contents notes are required for the following if there are 100 or fewer in the collection:
  • Short story collections by multiple authors
  • Collections of plays
  • Literary collections (two or more forms of literature)
  • Collections of fairy tales
  • Song titles in sheet music
  • Song titles in Music CDs
  • Supreme Court cases
  • Collective biographies
  • Series titled “Representative American Speeches” and “Best American Essays”
Contents notes are not required for the following
  • Poetry
  • Speeches (EXCEPTION: Representative American Speeches)
  • Essays (EXCEPTION: Best American Essays)
  • Excerpts
  • Complete works
  • Myths
  • Fake-books
  • Encyclopedic reference works
  • Miscellaneous writings— quotations, letters, anecdotes
  • Chapter headings

OCLC Connexion Macro for Enhancing the 505

You can use a macro in OCLC Connexion to enhance the 505. This macro adds in the appropriate subfields to the 505 tag. This macro is in the NikAdds macro book. To enhance the 505, run the macro called Joels505. To install the macro, download the macro file that corresponds with you version of Connexion. At this time, there is only a macro book for OCLC Connexion v. 2.63.

NikAdds for Connexion v. 2.63