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378 - Fuller Form of Personal Name (NR)


MARC 21 Authority - full
September 2011

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $q - Fuller form of personal name (NR)
  • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)
  • $v - Source of information (R)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

A name element used to distinguish a person from another person with the same name. It may be needed when a part of a name is represented only by an initial or abbreviation in the form chosen as the preferred name, or when a part of the name is not included in the form chosen as the preferred name. This field applies only to the name in the 1XX.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$q - Fuller form of personal name

Full form of name needed to distinguish a person from another person with the same preferred name.

100 1#$aJohnson, A.W.$q(Alva William)
378 ##$qAlva William
100 0#$aH. D.$q(Hilda Doolittle)
378 ##$qHilda Doolittle

$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 378, subfield $u is used to record the source of information about fuller form of personal name accessible electronically.

$v - Source of information

Source where the information recorded in field 378 was found if not through a URI.

$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

Field 378 - Fuller Form of Personal Name [NEW, 2011]

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