MARC 21 Format for Authority Data: 370: Associated Place (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

A town, city, province, state, and/or country associated with persons, corporate bodies, families, works, and expressions.

For a person: the town, city, province, state, and/or country associated with a person's place of 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 country or other territorial jurisdiction 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).

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$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. 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

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


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


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

$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 - Record control number

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.

370 - Associated Place (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

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■ SUBFIELD CODES


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 (R) $s - Start period (NR)	$t - End period (NR) $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R) $v - Source of information (R) $0 - Record control number (R) $2 - Source of term (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)