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370 - Associated Place (R)


MARC 21 Authority - full
July 2022

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Subfield Codes
  • $a - Place of birth (NR)
  • $b - Place of death (NR)
  • $c - Associated country (R)
  • $e - Place of residence/headquarters (R)
  • $f - Other associated place (R)
  • $g - Place of origin of work or expression (R)
  • $i - Relationship information (R)
  • $s - Start period (NR)
  • $t - End period (NR)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)
  • $v - Source of information (R)
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)
  • $2 - Source of term (NR)
  • $3 - Materials specified (NR)
  • $4 - Relationship (R)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $7 - Data provenance (R)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

A place associated with persons, corporate bodies, families, works, and expressions.

For a person: the place associated with a person's birth, death, residence, and/or identity.

For a corporate body: a significant location associated with a corporate body (e.g., location of a conference, etc., location of the headquarters of an organization).

For a family: a place where the family resides or has resided or has some connection.

For a work or expression: the place from which a work or expression originated.

Field 370 should be repeated when start and end periods in subfields $s and $t pertain to a different associated place. If place data is from a controlled vocabulary, the vocabulary is indicated in subfield $2 (Source of term).


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Place of birth

The town, city, province, state, and/or country in which a person was born. Birth date of the person may be recorded in field 046 (Special coded dates).

100 1#$aSinger, Isaac Bashevis,$d1904-1991.
370 ##$aRadzimyn, Poland$bSurfside, Fla.
[born in Radzimyn, Poland; died in Surfside, Fla.]

$b - Place of death

The town, city, province, state, and/or country in which a person died. Death date of the person may be recorded in field 046 (Special coded dates).

100 1#$aSinger, Isaac Bashevis,$d1904-1991.
370 ##$aRadzimyn, Poland$bSurfside, Fla.
[born in Radzimyn, Poland; died in Surfside, Fla.]

$c - Associated country

A country with which the person, corporate body, family, or work is identified. Dates that pertain to the country are recorded in subfields $s (Start period) and $t (End period).

$e - Place of residence/headquarters

The town, city, province, state, locale, and/or country in which a person resides or has resided, or an organization has its headquarters or carries out its activities, including the location of a conference. Dates associated with a place of residence/location of headquarters are recorded in subfields $s (Start period) and $t (End period).

100 1#$aHemingway, Ernest,$d1899-1961.
370 ##$aOak Park, Ill.$bKetchum, Idaho$eOak Park, Ill.$eToronto, Ont.$eChicago, Ill.$eParis, France$eKey West, Fla.$eCuba$eKetchum, Idaho
[born in Oak Park, Ill., died in Ketchum, Idaho; lived in Oak Park, Ill.; Toronto, Ont.; Chicago, Ill.; Paris, France; Key West, Fla.; Cuba; Ketchum, Idaho]
100 3#$aYan (Family)
370 ##$ePagsanjan, Philippines
[family lived in Pagsanjan, Philippines]
110 2#$aRepublican Party (Calif.)
370 ##$eCalif.

$f - Other associated place

Other or additional town, city, province, state, and/or country associated with persons, corporate bodies, families, works, and expressions. Dates associated with other place are recorded in subfields $s (Start period) and $t (End period).

$g - Place of origin of work or expression

The place(s) from which a work or expression originated. Dates associated with place of origin of work or expression are recorded in subfields $s (Start period) and $t (End period).

130 #0$aAdvocate (Boise, Idaho)
370 ##$gBoise,Idaho
[place of origin of the quarterly Advocate]
130 #0$aAdvocate (Nairobi, Kenya)
370 ##$gNairobi, Kenya
[place of origin of the monthly Advocate]

$i - Relationship information

Designation of a relationship between the associated place recorded in the 370 field and the 1XX entity in the record. This may be an uncontrolled textual phrase or a controlled textual value from a list of relationships.

130 #0$aDead Sea scrolls
370 ##$iDiscovery place:$fQumran Site (West Bank)$2lcsh

$s - Start period

The starting date of association with a particular place by a person, corporate body, family, work, or expression.

100 1#$aOndaatje, Michael,$d1943-
370 ##$aColombo, Sri Lanka
370 ##$eEngland$s1954$t1962
370 ##$cCanada$eCanada$s1962
[born in Colombo, Sri Lanka; lived in England from 1954-1962; moved to Canada in 1962]

$t - End period

The end date of association with a particular place by a person, corporate body, family, work, or expression.

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. This data can be used for automated access to an electronic item using one of the Internet protocols.

In field 370, subfield $u is used to record the location of the source of information about a place recorded in the field that is accessible electronically.

$v - Source of information

Source where the information recorded in field 370 was found if not through a URI.

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$1 - Real World Object URI

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$2 - Source of term

Specifies the source of the controlled vocabulary term for the place in subfields $a, $b, $c, $e, $f, and/or $g. Subfield $2 follows the subfields to which it applies. Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.

$3 - Materials specified

Part of the described materials to which the field applies.

100 1#$aGlass, Philip.$tWaiting for the barbarians
370 ##$3Music:$gUnited States$2naf
370 ##$3Libretto$gGreat Britain$2naf
[An opera composed by an American, with a libretto written by a Briton.]

$4 - Relationship

Code or URI that specifies the relationship from the entity described in the record to the entity referenced in the field.

150 ##$aHope diamond
370 ##$4rps$iRepository place:$fWashington (D.C.)$2naf

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$7 - Data provenance

See description of this subfield in Appendix H: Data Provenance Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$g - Place of origin of work [RENAMED, 2017] [REDESCRIBED, 2017]
$i - Relationship information [NEW, 2017]
$1 - Real World Object URI [NEW, 2017]
$3 - Materials specified [NEW, 2017]
$4 - Relationship [NEW, 2017]
$7 - Data provenance [NEW, 2022]

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