LC-PCC policy statements for place of distribution

LC Core for archival moving image materials. Record the element from the manifestation or secondary sources. For moving image resources that were never distributed (shelved feature films, home movies, outtakes, etc.), do not apply the option.

PCC Core for rare materials when present in the manifestation.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: distribution statement.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if place of distribution is being recorded.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

PCC practice: For rare materials, in most cases, transcribe all places of distribution (see DCRM(B,C,G,M,S) 4B6). Do so in the order specified in the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

PCC practice: For rare materials, in most cases, transcribe all places of distribution (see DCRM(B,C,G,M,S) 4B6). Do so in the order specified in the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the word or phrase is required to make sense of the place name.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, in most cases record only a value for the country name.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if no local place name is present on the manifestation.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, in most cases record only a value for the country name.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, in most cases record only a value for the country name.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. Supply the value of the larger place taken from another source of information in square brackets following the transcribed value.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

PCC practice: For rare materials, apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets following the transcribed value.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply a value that was in use at the time of distribution, if known. Supply the value in square brackets. If considered necessary for identification, record the current name of the place as a value of Manifestation: note on distribution statement.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, apply the option. In most cases, supply the country name only. If place is known, do not enclose the value in square brackets.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, apply the option. In most cases, supply the country name only.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets. If the probable place of distribution has a name that has changed over time, supply the name in use at the time of distribution, if known. If considered necessary for identification, record the current name of the place in a Manifestation: note on distribution statement.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, apply the option. In most cases, supply the country name only.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, if possible. Instead, supply a probable place of distribution. If the place or probable place of distribution has a name that has changed over time, supply the name in use at the time of distribution, if known. If considered necessary for identification, record the current name of the place in a Manifestation: note on distribution statement. Supply the value in square brackets.

LC practice: For archival moving image resources, apply the option. In most cases, supply the country name only.

PCC practice: For rare materials, do not apply the option.