257 Country of Producing Entity (R)
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Input Standards |
| Optional/Optional |
| 1st Indicator Undefined |
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| 2nd Indicator Undefined |
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| Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable) | Input Standards |
| ‡a | Country of producing entity (R) | Mandatory/Mandatory |
| ‡2 | Source (NR) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable |
Definition | The names (or abbreviations) of the countries where the principal offices of the producers of a moving-image item are located. Information in field 257 should correspond to information in the statement of responsibility ( field 245 subfield ‡c). If no statement of responsibility is available, use the best information available. MARC 21 records cataloged according to Archival Moving Image Materials have the full form of the name of the countries in field 257. |
1st Indicator | Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
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2nd Indicator | Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
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Subfields | |
| ‡a Country of producing entity | The name or abbreviation of the name of the country(s) where the principal offices of the producing entity(s) are located. The subfield may contain an indication that the country is unknown, e.g., S.l. | 257 | | | Spain ; Italy ; Austria. | | 257 | | | France ‡a Germany ‡a Italy ‡2 naf | | 257 | | | United States ‡2 naf | | 257 | | | Italy ‡2 naf | | 257 | | | Italy ; France. | | 500 | | | Avers Film has separate offices in Italy and France. | |
| ‡2 Source | MARC code that identifies the source of the term in subfield ‡a. See Subject Heading and Term Source Codes ( http://www.loc.gov/standards/sourcelist/subject.html). |
Printing | Field 257 prints in the title paragraph following the title ( field 245) or edition statement ( field 250). The print program supplies a space-dash-space ( -- ) between field 257 and the fields that precede and follow it. Subfield ‡2 does not print. For more information, see OCLC Catalog Cards: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/cataloging/cards/default.htm. |
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