515 Numbering peculiarities note (R)

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Description/Instructions
Field 515 contains an unformatted note giving irregularities and peculiarities in numbering or publishing patterns. It may also be used to show that a publication is issued in parts or revised editions, or to express report year coverage.
1.a. Irregularities or peculiarities in numbering, including:
Double numbering.
Combined issues or volumes.
Confusion in the use of series numbering or multiple numbering systems.
Publication of preliminary issues not included in the regular numbering.
Numbering that does not begin with volume one.
515 ## Vols. 53 and 54 combined.
515 ## Designation New ser. is dropped with v. 38, 1908.
515 ## Vols. for the 8th-19th annual meetings also called v. 7-17 (9th and 10th issues combined as v. 8).
515 ## Issues for June 2, 1847-June 26, 1847 have no volume numbering but constitute v. 1.
515 ## Issues for March 13 and 20, 1976 incorrectly numbered, but constitute v. 222, no. 10 and no. 11.
515 ## Publications designated 1st-67th (1878-1946); 68th ed. (1947)-
515 ## Vols. 11-20 also called 2nd ser., v. 1-10; v. 21-28, 3rd ser., v. 1-8.
515 ## Some issues lack volume numbering.
1.b. Irregularities or peculiarities in publishing patterns.
515 ## New ser. v. 2 (Sept.-Dec. 1837) not issued.
515 ## No more published?
515 ## Suspended 1926-1929, 1936.
515 ## Annual for 1906 not published.
515 ## Publication suspended Sept. 1906-June 1907, May 1910-Oct. 1910.
515 ## No banquet held in 1914.
515 ## Some issues published out of chronological sequence.
515 ## Some no. issued together.
515 ## Two or more consecutive issues sometimes bear the same date.
2. Publications issued in parts or revised editions.
515 ## Issued in parts.
515 ## Directories for some sessions issued in revised editions.
3. Report year coverage.
515 ## Report covers fiscal year.
515 ## Reports for 1938- end June 30; <1981-> end Sept. 30.
515 ## Report year ends Sept. 30.
515 ## Report year irregular.
Subfields

$a Numbering peculiarities note.
The entire unformatted note is included in subfield $a.
515 ## Four v. issued per year, 6 issues per v.
515 ## Vol. for 14th annual ed. also called 20th century ed.
515 ## Suspended between July 1944 and Sept. 1949. Cf. Union list of serials.
515 ## None published 1941-1946? Cf. Brit. Mus. Gen. cat. of printed books.
515 ## An introductory number called v. 1, no. 0 issued as a supplement to Latin America. Cf. New serial titles.
$6 Linkage.
For instructions on the use of subfield $6, see Field 880.
Related fields, etc.
362, Notes--General Information