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LC-PCC policy statements for place of publication

Prerecording

Prerecording

LC/PCC Core.

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

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Recording

Recording

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: place of publication.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

PCC practice: For rare materials, in most cases, transcribe all places of publication (see DCRM(B,C,G,M,S) 4B6).

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

PCC practice: For rare materials, in most cases, transcribe all places of publication (see DCRM(B,C,G,M,S) 4B6).

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Recording an unstructured description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Option

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

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

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

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition 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.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. If a place is known to be fictitious, use cataloger's judgment in whether to add a Manifestation: note on publication statement for the actual place name.

Condition 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.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply a value that was in use at the time of publication, 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 publication statement.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Condition Option

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

Place of publication not identified

Condition Option

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

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an identifier

LC/PCC practice: Apply the instruction. Record the name of place, using the form found in the MARC Code List for Countries.

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-155ec0d9-6f9b-304f-b2be-c2e90bb508c5

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