MARC 374 Occupation
MARC field 374 in the authority format contains information about profession or occupation in which a person works or has worked, including dates applicable. This field is repeatable.
Commonly-used tags
Indicators
Undefined
Subfield delimiters
ǂa Occupation (R) ǂs Start period (NR) ǂt End period (NR) ǂ2 Source of term (NR)
Policy and formulation
- Use specific terms (in contrast to broad terms preferred for field 372).
- Use whichever controlled vocabulary is most convenient for the cataloger.
- Terms need to be justified
- Use "authors" for authors of fiction, belle-lettres, freelance professionals, and others who are described as authors. Use a narrower term if that's what they're known for, such as poets or novelists
Controlled vocabularies for occupations
- LCSH ǂ2 lcsh
- AAT ǂ2 aat
- Index terms for occupations in archival and manuscript collections (ITOAMC) ǂ2 itoamc
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles (US Dept of Labor) ǂ2 dot
- Occupations Thesaurus (National Library of Australia) ǂ2 raam
External links
- MARC authority 374
- MARC authority 374 in Cataloger's Desktop (Access limited by licensing agreements)
- DCM Z1 (374) in Cataloger's Desktop (Access limited by licensing agreements)