Vocabulary in authority fields 368, 372, and 374
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Fields fields 368, 372, and 374 were added to the MARC authority format to contain certain kinds of information about the authorized access point. RDA prefers controlled vocabularies in these elements.
Policy
- The Art & Architecture Thesaurus® Online (AAT) is the Folger's vocabulary of choice for these fields.
- Apply Connexion authority constant data, below, of clusters for priority occupations, attributes of corporate bodies, and disciplines.
- Cataloger's judgment on adding 374 and/or 372 for non-priority occupations, etc., with a suggested five-minute limit.
Principles of cluster construction
- Persons
- Select an occupation from the AAT <people by occupation> hierarchy for field 374.
- Apply a broad LCSH term
- Apply one or more fields of activity for field 372 from AAT according to the type of activity
- Default: AAT Activities facet
- Creative persons (example: cartoonist, poet): [
- Scholars: Use 374 Scholars plus a discipline or area of study from AAT Disciplines hierarchy
Attribute clusters
Academics and scholars
Booktrade
Persons
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