# Fields That can be Deleted in the WRLC Network Zone Without Consultation Updated March 22, 2024 Please direct any questions or comments about this document to the WRLC Metadata Committee: When in doubt: ask.  Any questions about deleting fields in Network Zone (NZ) bib. records can be posted to the message board of the WRLC Metadata Basecamp: [https://3.basecamp.com/3574750/projects/10052002](https://3.basecamp.com/3574750/projects/10052002) Any deletion mentioned in this document can be done as an edit or as part of merging bib. Records without consultation. The following fields may be deleted without consultation: 1. Access points with $$2 nab or $$2 nbc.  These start with a number like 86.40 or 86.04.     Example:     650  7 86.40 philosophy of law $$0 (NL-LeOCL)0077607767 $$2 nab 2. --- Access points from the Book Industry Study Group vocabularies.  These are in all-caps and have $$2 bisac or $$2 bisacsh or $$2 bisacrt or $$2 bisacmt.     Example:     650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE $$2 bisac 3. --- Access points that duplicate other, controlled access points.     Example:     650  0 Gorillas as pets.     650  4 Gorillas as pets. 4. --- Access points that are just translations of corporate names or titles.     Examples:     610 20 United Nations. \[keep\]     610 20 Vereinte Nationen. $$2 gnd $$0 (DE-588)4077323-1 \[delete\]     630 00 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change $$d (1992 May 9) \[keep\]     630 06 Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (1992 mai 9) \[delete\] 5. --- Non-local 9xx fields generated on import.     Examples:     938  $$a YBP Library Services $$b YANK $$n 15604791     948  $$h NO HOLDINGS IN CAO - 11 OTHER HOLDINGS     994  $$a Z0 $$b CAO 6. --- A field that duplicates the function of another preferred field.     Examples:     546    $$a In English, French, German, and Spanish. \[keep\]     500    $$a In English, French, German, and Spanish. \[delete\] 7. --- A field that applies to a non-WRLC institution.     Example:     561    $$a Gift of Herbert Pell, March 18, 1943. $$5 DLC     583    $$a Commitment to retain ǂc 20151204 ǂ2 pda ǂ5 OTUTLD 8. --- 856 fields with URLs leading to institution-specific resources.     Examples:     856 41  $$u [http://site.ebrary.com/lib/georgemason/Doc?id=10090633](http://site.ebrary.com/lib/georgemason/Doc?id=10090633)     856 42  $$u [http://find.galegroup.com/gdl/start.do?prodId=GDL&userGroupName=wash31575](http://find.galegroup.com/gdl/start.do?prodId=GDL&userGroupName=wash31575) 9. --- Non-local 0XX fields that exist in OCLC master records.     Examples:     029  NZ1 $$b 4240676     084  GD 30 $$2 blsrissc 10. ---  AVA and ITM fields. These fields were incorrectly added to bibliographic records by Alma, and can be deleted.     Examples:     AVA  $$0 99100748753604109 $$8 22276190790004109 $$a 01WRLC\_HOW $$b HUF $$c Founders Stacks $$d F1401 .J68 v.35       no.3 1993 $$e available $$f 1 $$g 0 $$i HU $$j hufperm $$k 0 $$o 22276190790004109 $$p 1 $$q Founders Library     ITM  $$d 1989 v. 20 issue 4 mo. OCT $$i perl $$s wrlc danc $$e 1989 v. 20 issue 4 mo. OCT $$m ISSUE $$n 27010901818292            R15M11S21T12 CD $$b 32003000212874 $$z R15M11S21T12 CD