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When to use this manual: 

This manual should be used when the archivist is describing a collection of material and using archival content standards. The collection will almost always have a finding aid, whether it's full file-level or collection-level description. 

Historical overview
General considerations before beginning the MARC record
Guidelines for working with Extra-illustrated volumes
Fields in the bibliographic record
Suggested order of MARC variable fields

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Fields in the holdings record
Item record creation
Example of collection-level MARC record