BibFormats

044  Country of Publishing/Producing Entity Code (NR)

Record Type

BIB

Input Standards

Field (Full/Minimal)
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa MARC country code (R) Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂb Local subentity code (R) Optional/Optional
ǂc ISO country code (R) Optional/Optional
ǂ2 Source of local subentity code (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂ6 Linkage (NR) System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8 Field link and sequence number (R) Optional/Optional

Definition

Contains country of publishing/producing entity codes if more than one country is associated with an item. Use two- or three-letter codes to identify the country. See MARC Code List for Countries.

The first code must match the code in the fixed field element Ctry. Use a separate subfield ǂa for each country code.

Do not code for the country of the contractual producer or distributor.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

blank character

Undefined

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

blank character

Undefined

Subfields

 
ǂa MARC country code

Country of the publishing or producing entity. Use a separate subfield ǂa for each country. The code appearing in Ctry is recorded as the first subfield ǂa.

Ctry     it
044     it ǂa fr ǂa sp
[Italy, France, and Spain are co-publishing countries]
ǂb Local subentity code

Local code for a subentity. Use subfield ǂb to indicate a subentity below the country level. The source of a local code in subfield ǂb is indicated in subfield ǂ2.

Ctry     at
044     at ǂb xna
[Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as New South Wales]
ǂc ISO country code

Subentity code taken from ISO 3166, Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and Their Subdivisions.

Ctry     it
044     it ǂc it ǂa fr ǂc fr ǂa sp ǂc es
[Contains multiple ISO 3166-1 codes with corresponding MARC codes]
ǂ2 Source of local subentity code

Code for the source of the local subentity code. Use only when subfield ǂb indicates a local subentity code. Code from: Country Code and Term Source Codes.

For information about subfield ǂ2, see Control Subfields.

Ctry     at
044     at ǂb qea ǂ2 ausmarc
[Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as Queensland]
ǂ6 Linkage

Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 044.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 044.