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Copyright notes

When adding notes about copyright in bibliographic records, use MARC field 540 (Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note) rather than 542 (Information Relating to Copyright Status). 

Example:  

540 ## $$a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License $$f CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 $$2 cc $$0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 

540 ## $$a Restricted: Information on reproduction rights available at Reference Desk. 

540 ## $$a Rights status not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions..." $$u http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html 

Reference:  

https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd540.html