LAC Policy Statements for place of publication
Recording
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Local and larger place names
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option if no local place name is present on the manifestation.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value of the larger place taken from another source of information in square brackets following the transcribed value of the local place name.
Fictitious or false place names
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. If a place is known to be fictitious, use cataloger's judgment in whether to add a Manifestation: note on publication statement for the actual place name.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Place names not found
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Supply a value that was in use at the time of publication, if known. Supply the value in square brackets. If considered necessary for identification, record the current name of the place as a value of Manifestation: note on publication statement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets. If the probable place of publication has a name that has changed over time, supply the name in use at the time of publication, if known. If considered necessary for identification, record the current name of the place as a value of Manifestation: note on publication statement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option, if possible. Instead, supply a probable place of publication. Supply the value in square brackets.
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an identifier
LAC practice: Apply the instruction. Record the identifier for place using the form found in the MARC Code List for Countries.
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2026/11/04
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-4fe2da7f-cfa1-30a0-9e66-19554da8dd66