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374 - Occupation (R)


MARC 21 Authority - full
December 2017

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Occupation (R)
  • $s - Start period (NR)
  • $t - End period (NR)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)
  • $v - Source of information (R)
  • $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
  • $1 - Real World Object URI (R)
  • $2 - Source of term (NR)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Information about profession or occupation in which a person works or has worked, including dates applicable.

The field is repeated if the person has multiple occupations for different time periods.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Occupation

A profession or occupation in which the person works or has worked.

374 ##$acomposer$2[code for controlled vocabulary]

$s - Start period

The starting date of work in a profession or occupation.

$t - End period

The end date of work in a profession or occupation.

$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 374, subfield $u is used to record the location of the source of information about occupation accessible electronically.

$v - Source of information

Source where the information recorded in field 374 was found if not through a URI.

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number

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

$1 - Real World Object URI

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

$2 - Source of term

Specifies a code that identifies the source of a controlled vocabulary for occupation terms in $a.

Code from: Occupation Term Source Codes.

$6 - Linkage

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

$8 - Field link and sequence number

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


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$0 - Record control number [REDEFINED, 2010]
$1 - Real World Object URI [NEW, 2017]

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