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044 - Country of Publishing/Producing Entity Code (NR)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full

October 2003

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - MARC country code (R) $b - Local subentity code (R) $c - ISO country code (R)	$2 - Source of local subentity code (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Two- or three-character code for the country of the publishing or producing entity when field 008/15-17 (Place of publication, production, or execution) is insufficient to convey full information for an item published or produced in more than one country. Code from: MARC Code List for Countries. May be used to include country and subentity codes from ISO 3166, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1 : Country codes or Part 2 : Country subdivision codes.

Source of subentity codes are indicated in subfield $2. Field is used in conjunction with 008/15-17 (Place of publication, production, or execution). The code in 008/15-17 is recorded in the first occurrence of subfield $a in field 044.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

Both indicator positions are undefined; each contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - MARC country code

Code for each country is given in a separate subfield $a.

Code appearing in 008/15-17 is given as the first subfield $a.


008/15-17	it#
044	##$ait$afr$asp [Italy, France, and Spain are co-publishing countries.]


008/15-17	xxk
245	00$aLife on earth.$pThe swarming hordes$h[videorecording] /$cproduced by British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Warner Brothers.
044	##$axxk$axxu [The United Kingdom and the United States are co-producing countries.]

$b - Local subentity code


008/15-17	at#
044	##$aat$bxna$2ausmarc [Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as New South Wales.]

$c - ISO country code

Code taken from the International Organization for Standardization's Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1: Country codes or Part 2 : Country subdivision codes (ISO 3166).


008/15-17	sz#
044	##$asz$cch-zh [Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as Zürich using the ISO 3166-2 code.]


008/15-17	\|\|\|
044	##$cgb [Contains an ISO 3166-1 code for the United Kingdom when the MARC code is unknown.]


008/15-17	it#
044	##$ait$cit$afr$cfr$asp$ces [Contains multiple ISO 3166-1 codes with corresponding MARC codes.]

$2 - Source of local subentity code

Source from which the local code was assigned. Code from: Country Code and Term Source Codes.

Used only when subfield $b is used to indicate a local GAC code.


008/15-17	at#
044	##$aat$bqea$2ausmarc [Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as Queensland.]

$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.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Capitalization - All codes are recorded in lowercase alphabetic characters.

Length - For two-character codes, the trailing blank (#) is omitted.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$c - ISO country code [REDEFINED, 2001]
Subfield $c was redefined to include both ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2 codes.

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