[DCRM-L] Australian cities in field 752

[Randal Brandt]

I second Bob's vote. I took a look at our catalog and, alas, we've been 
inconsistent. But, recent records have the subfield a-b-d construction.

Randy

On 12/6/2011 11:48 AM, Robert Maxwell wrote:
>
> I vote for
>
> 752 Australia ‡b Victoria ‡d Melbourne.
>
> It’s consistent with the way you (and we) treat other countries such 
> as the U.S. and not dependent on the vagaries of LC subject 
> subdivision practice.
>
> Robert L. Maxwell
>
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> *From:*dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] 
> *On Behalf Of *Deborah J. Leslie
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:03 PM
> *To:* 'DCRM Revision Group List'
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Australian cities in field 752
>
> We are adding 752's to all our editions of Shakespeare, and I'm a 
> little perplexed on how to render Australian cities in hierarchical 
> form. Australia is treated strangely in AACR2, because the cities are 
> qualified by the state instead of the country, but in subdivisions, 
> Australia comes first: from the NAR for Melbourne:
>
> 151  Melbourne (Vic.)
>
> 781 0ǂz Australia ǂz Melbourne (Vic.)
>
> Contrast this to the NAR for San Francisco, which goes straight into 
> first order political division:
>
> 151  San Francisco (Calif.)
>
> 781 0ǂz California ǂz San Francisco
>
> Or for Heidelberg, with no intervening state or province:
>
> 151  Hamburg (Germany)
>
> 781 0ǂz Germany ǂz Hamburg
>
> As do many institutions, we use the country name even for countries 
> that are subdivided and qualified by their first order political division:
>
> 752 United States ‡b California ‡d San Francisco.
>
> Given all this, what makes most sense?:
>
> 752 Australia ǂbMelbourne (Vic.)
>
> or
>
> 752 Australia ‡b Victoria ‡d Melbourne.
>
> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger 
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