When I use MARC Batch Edit to add death dates to headings fields that have 
subfields that follow the date subfield, Evergreen moves subfield $d to the end 
of the field.
This is what happened when I replaced the text in subfield $d in a record for 
Etta James. We have 40+ records to batch change.

Update Template Preview:
=LDR 00000cam a2200205Ka 4500
=905 \\$r100d
=100 \\$d1938-2012.

The replace command worked fine for all records where subfield $d is the last 
subfield in the 100 field, but in this heading, subfield $d was moved after 
subfield $4.

=100 1\$aJames, Etta,$4prf$d1938-2012.

Originally, the subfields were in the correct order:

=100 1\$aJames, Etta,$d1938-$4prf

I don't understand why Evergreen changed the order of the subfields. Has this 
happened to anyone else?

Thank you,

Libby McLean
Cataloging Librarian II
King County Library System
[email protected]

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