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

  • Apply a broad LCSH term if it is different than the AAT term at the same level.
  • Apply appropriately narrow AAT terms. Apply broader AAT if the
  • Persons
    • Apply one or more fields of activity in field 372 from AAT according to the type of activity.


Attribute clusters

Academics and scholars

Booktrade

Persons

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Corporate bodies

Creative writing

Religion

Theater