Acquisition Note Element Help

Definition

Notes contain general textual information relating to a resource.¹

Notes are associated with note types, with each type representing a slightly different type of note. Below is a table with each note type, and the specific definition for that type of note.²

Acquisition notes contain information about the immediate source of acquisition of the described materials and is used primarily with original or historical items, or other archival collections.

Form Element

The online form element appears as below:

This form element allows the user to enter the note information for the acquisition type of note.

Other form elements for entering note information include Simplified Notes and the standard Note element.

Best Practices and Examples

For best practices and examples for the different types of notes, refer to the corresponding MARC page.

SobekCM / MODS Encoding

The acquisition note is encoded entirely in the MODS section of the SobekCM METS file.

<mods:note type="acquisition">Wisconsin Office of The Commissioner of Insurance</mods:note>

Metadata Mapping

MARC to MODS Mapping

The acquisition note maps from the |a subfield from the 541 MARC tag when the first indicator is not zero.

MODS to MARC Mapping

Mapping from the MODS back to MARC is generally the reverse of the procedure listed above.

Sources

1. MODS User Guidelines Version 3, Detailed Description of MODS Elements
2. MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data