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052 - Geographic Classification (R)

MARC 21 Authority - Concise

2008

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see loc.gov/marc/concise/ for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21 Concise Formats.

Classification code for a geographic area associated with the 151 field in an established heading record or 181 field in a subdivision record for a geographic name.

Indicators

First - Code source

# - Library of Congress Classification

1 - U.S. Dept. of Defense Classification

7 - Source specified in subfield $2

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Geographic classification area code (NR)

Four- to six-character numeric or alphanumeric code for the main geographic area associated with the heading.

Code is derived from the LC class G schedule by dropping the letter G.

$b - Geographic classification subarea code (R)

Alphanumeric code, assigned from expanded Cutter number lists, that represents a subarea of the geographic area coded in subfield $a. Cutter numbers for places in the U.S. are published in Geographic Cutters.

$d - Populated place name (R)

Approved form of name for a populated place. May contain the name of the geographic area.

$2 - Code source (NR)

MARC code for the source of the geographic classification. Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


052	##$a4411


052	##$a4034$bR4 $bR8


052	##$a4034$bR4 $bR8


052	1#$aBK$dMostar

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