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.
• Use for actual professions or occupations; do not extend to non-occupational classes of persons or general descriptors.
• 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
• 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)