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720 - Added Entry-Uncontrolled Name (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - full
May 2017

First Indicator Second Indicator
Type of name
# - Not specified
1 - Personal
2 - Other

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Name (NR)
  • $e - Relator term (R)
  • $4 - Relationship (R)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Added entry in which the name is not controlled in an authority file or list. It is also used for names that have not been formulated according to cataloging rules. Names may be of any type (e.g., personal, corporate, meeting).

Used when one of the other access fields (e.g., 1XX (Headings) or 7XX (Added Entries)) cannot be used because the level of control and/or structure of the name does not meet the requirements of the other access fields. Field 720 should not be used for uncontrolled names intended to provide subject access. In that case, field 653 (Index Term-Uncontrolled) is preferred.

The parts of names consisting of several parts can be recorded in whatever order is desired. Field 720 is repeated for multiple names.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Type of name

Whether the name is personal, not personal, or the type is not known.

# - Not specified

Type of name is not known or not specified.

1 - Personal

Name is known to be personal.

2 - Other

Name is known to be other than personal.

Second Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Name

Uncontrolled name. There are no requirements for the style, formulation, or structure of name, whether is consists of one part or several. Parts may be recorded in direct or inverted order. A single occurrence of subfield $a contains all the parts of the name. Multiple names are recorded in separate occurrences of field 720.

720 1#$aBlacklock, Joseph
720 ##$aVonderrohe, Robert, 1934-$eeditor
720 2#$aCAPCON Library Network$eauthor
720 ##$aU.S. Energy Information Administration, Coal Statistics Division
720 1#$aTheodore K. Hepburn$einventor

$e - Relator term

Relationship between a name and a work, e.g., ed., comp., ill., tr., collector, joint author.

720 ##$aMorris, Andrea Crawford$eill.
720 ##$aAlza Corporation$eassignee

$4 - Relationship

Code or URI that specifies the relationship from the entity described in the record to the entity referenced in the field. More than one relationship code or URI may be used if the name entity has more than one function. A source of relationship codes is: MARC Code List for Relators. The code or URI is given after the name portion in name/title fields.

720 ##$aHoughton Mifflin Company$4pbl
720 ##$aMaddox, James W.$4sec$4mon

$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

Punctuation and Spacing - There are no special punctuation or spacing conventions prescribed for field 720.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$4 - Relator code [RENAMED, 2017] [REDESCRIBED, 2017]

Subfield $4 was renamed and redescribed to allow for the recording of relationship URIs in addition to MARC and non-MARC codes.


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