Hierarchical Place Name
Field 752 (Added Entry –
Hierarchical Place Name) is a repeatable field containing a hierarchical form
of geographic name to give access to place names (“e.g., for newspapers, the
name of the community served, for rare books, the name for publication or
printing”), according to the MARC 21 format. It collocates place names that
have changed historically or appear in different forms. Although originally set
up to provide a hierarchical form of geographic access to newspapers, the field
has been generalized to provide access to any place of publication and
production.
The entry is a structured
heading with subfields in this order:
|aCountry
|bState,
province, territory
|cCounty,
region, islands area
|dCity
For further information on
field 752 see AACR2 Chapter 23, LC Rule Interpretations 23.3A and B, and the
NACO website at: <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/naco/geogfaq.html>.
The NACO Training Manual also
covers geographic headings on pages 1-2 of Day 4.
Guidelines
1.
Authoritative Form.
752
entries should be constructed based on the form of place name found in the
LC/NACO authority file. If no LC/NACO form is available, check the HOLLIS
Catalog, the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), a recent edition of
the Rand McNally Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide, or a standard current
gazetteer (refer to LCRI 23.2 for further information relative to gazetteers).
2.
Place Names.
2.1
Places in the United States and Canada.
a.
The 752 for a place in the United States includes the name of the state
(subfield |b), and for a place in Canada includes the name of the province
(subfield |b). Normally the heading is set up without the county, region, etc.
Examples:
151
Salem (Ohio)
752
|aUnited States|bOhio|dSalem.
151
Toronto (Ont.)
752
|aCanada|bOntario|dToronto.
b.
The U.S. Newspaper Project
The
US Newspaper Project includes the name of county, region, etc. (subfield |c) in
the 752. The same local place, therefore, may occur in the Place Index (PL)
both with and without this higher administrative unit.
Example:
151
Salem (Ohio)
752
|aUnited States|bOhio|cColumbiana|dSalem.
2.2
Places in the British Isles.
Use
as subfield a: England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales. Use
Great Britain as subfield a only when the local place name is unavailable and
the country is unknown.
Examples:
151
Lancaster (England)
752
|aEngland|dLancaster.
151
Bangor (Wales)
752
|aWales|dBangor.
2.3
Places in Australia, Malaysia, and Serbia and Montenegro.
Places
in Australia and Malaysia are qualified by the name of the state and places in
Serbia and Montenegro are qualified by the name of the republic, but the name
of the country should be used in the |a of the 752.
Examples:
151
Melbourne (Vic.)
752
|aAustralia|bVictoria|dMelbourne.
151
Lumut (Perak)
752
|aMalaysia|bPerak|dLumut.
151
Belgrade (Serbia)
752
|aSerbia and Montenegro|bSerbia|dBelgrade.
2.4
Places Elsewhere.
Use
subfield |aCountry and subfield |dLocal place.
Example:
151
Oslo (Norway)
752
|aNorway|dOslo.
3.
Authority records.
Harvard’s
version of Aleph does not currently support authority records for 752 headings.