Dear hive-mind,

Does anyone know why the Library of Congress-supplied MARCXML to MODS XSLT [1] does not handle the MARC 590 Local Notes field? It seems to handle everything else, not that I've done an exhaustive search... :) 

Granted, I could copy/create my own XSLT and add this functionality in myself, but I'm curious as to whether or not there's some logic behind this decision to not include it. Logic that I would not naturally understand since I'm not formally trained as a librarian. 

Thanks!
--Joel

[1] http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/MARC21slim2MODS3-4.xsl


Joel Richard
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