LC-PCC policy statements for authorized access point for place
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC Core for authority records in the LC/NAF.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Place elements.
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: If an authorized form has been established in the LC/NACO Name Authority File, apply the option by recording that authorized form.
Option
LC/PCC practice: If no authorized form has been established in the LC/NACO Authority file, apply the option by (1) establishing a value of Place: access point for place as the authorized form in the LC/NACO Name Authority file, and/or (2) Recording a value of Place: access point for place on a bibliographic record.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Base authorized access points for place
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Additional elements and designations in authorized access points for place
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Place: access point for place: choice of larger place.
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option except in the following cases: Do not add a larger place or jursidiction to places that prior to 1967 were in Jordan or Syria and that are currently within the administered territories of Israel, or to places in the Gaza Strip. For Jerusalem, use the authorized access point “Jerusalem."
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Record a value that includes either a fuller form of the name or a type of jurisdiction.
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/07/03
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-deed5fe1-dacb-3a1c-a871-a60b16026681