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257  Country of Producing Entity  (R)

Input Standards

Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Undefined
blank character  Undefined
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character  Undefined
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 (blank character ).
blank character Undefined

2nd Indicator

 Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank (blank character ).
blank character Undefined

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 United States.
257 Spain ; Italy ; Austria.
257 [S.l.].
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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