LC-PCC policy statements for preferred name of place

LC/PCC Core in the context of Corporate Body: name of corporate body (e.g., the name of a government).

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

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Choose a preferred form of name in this order of preference:

1. an approved English-language form found in GNS (called a conventional name) or listed in the table given in the Metadata Guidance documents
2. an approved form in GNS written in Latin script, or an approved form transliterated according to the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts for that language if there is no Latin script form given
3. a form found in other English-language reference sources (e.g., Columbia Gazetteer of the World) when the place name is not found in GNS
4. a form found in the resource being cataloged, transliterated if appropriate

See Place: preferred name of place. Script option for further instructions on how to handle non-Roman script names of places.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. See the list of preferred English names in the Metadata Guidance documents.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Choose a form of name in English if one is in general use, determining this from reference sources in English.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Choose a form of name in English if one is in general use, determining this from reference sources in English.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. If the name of the place is in a language written in a non-Latin script, transliterate the name according to the ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts for that language. If GNS contains an approved name that is transliterated using a different standard than the ALA-LC Romanization Table for that language, use the ALA-LC form of transliteration as the basis for the Place: authorized access point for place. Consider making a Place: variant access point for place for the BGN approved form.

LC/PCC practice: If the category of corporate body is a term for type of jurisdiction, apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply this option if 1) the metadata has been taken from a source other than the manifestation being described and there is a requirement to record that source OR 2) if directed to do so by other LC/PCC documentation.