[DCRM-L] Field 752

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Hello Anna,

Since the 752 contains controlled vocabulary, we always use the established place name from the LC/NACO file. So: 752 ǂa Slovakia ǂd Košice.

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of William Hale
Sent: Monday, 15 July 2013 11:23
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Field 752

This is a question likely to provoke fisticuffs, but our practice here is to index the current town name and the current jurisdiction (only) regardless of anachronism. So Slovakia $d Kosice, and similarly Poland $d Wroclaw (= Breslau), Ukraine $d Lviv ( = Lemberg, Lwow), Belgium $d Antwerp etc. The historical objections to this are obvious, but the practical objections of finding appropriate terms on a case by case basis for towns whose names and states have varied widely over history should be equally obvious. This way everything printed in one location should be findable by a single search on the currently accepted term.

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On 15/07/2013 16:15, Anna Malicka wrote:
Good morning,

Here is a question to which I cannot find answer. The book in hand is a late 18th-c. breviary published in Kosice, Slovakia. However, at the time of publication (and through most of its history) Slovakia was part of Hungary. Which country should be listed in 752?  Or, can there be two 752s? And if yes to the latter - should the city name be given in the language of the country listed? Hungarians called Kosice Kassa.

Thank you,

Anna Malicka
Catalog Librarian
Buley Library
Southern Connecticut State University

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