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052 - Geographic Classification (R)

MARC 21 Authority - concise

December 2017

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.

$0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$1 - Real World Object URI (R): See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$2 - Code source (NR): MARC code for the source of the geographic classification. Code from: Classification Scheme Source Codes.

$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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(12/18/2017)