Guidelines for Recording Holdings: Unbound Fascicles

A fascicle is a temporary division of a printed item. Many of our standing orders are issued as fascicles and then bound as each volume is complete.

Enumeration of part is present: Record the fascicles as subsequent-order designators, using a separate 866 field for each incomplete volume. Indicate the fact that they are unbound by adding a public note (subfield |z) enclosed in parentheses. When a volume becomes complete, transfer the holdings to the compressed range of holdings.
Example: Volumes 13 and 14 are not yet complete:
```
v.1-12
v.13:fasc.1-5|z(unbound)
v.14:fasc.1|z(unbound)
```
Example: Volume 13 is now complete:
```
v.1-13
v.14:fac.1|z(unbound)
```
Example: Fascicles are not published in sequence:
```
v.1-7
v.8:fasc.41,fasc.43,fasc.45|z(unbound)
v.9:fasc.42,fasc.44,fasc.46|z(unbound)
```
Enumeration of part is not present: Record the fascicles as first-order designators, using a separate 866 field. Indicate the fact that the fascicles are unbound by adding a public note (subfield |z) enclosed in parentheses. When a volume becomes complete, transfer the holdings to the compressed range of holdings.
Example:
```
v.1-12
fasc.75-79 |z (unbound)
```

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