[Koha] Publisher as authority

[Bryan Baldus]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:24:25 +0200
Adam Goforth <definingcode at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is one thing we're having trouble figuring out: cataloging the
> publisher name and location as an authority value. We've tried using
> the Corporate Name authority, but it didn't work because the subfields
> don't match between MARC fields 260 and 110. I also found the "Create
> new authority type" page on the wiki, but I'd prefer not to maintain a
> patch set I would need to apply after each Koha upgrade, so that
> method isn't really optimal.
> 
> It seems like this would be a fairly common use case, so I wonder if
> I'm just missing something basic. How do most libraries catalog
> publisher information?

The 260 and/or the new 264 (which is used in records following RDA (as
well as other records where the 260 has been properly converted to
264) are transcribed fields, so the data in 260$a/$b, and 264 $a/$b
should appear in the form found on the item being cataloged. If you
would like to control the publisher's name in an authorized form, you
would place that authorized form in a 710 field (if the publisher is a
corporate entity; if the publisher is a person, then you'd use the
authorized form of the person's name in 700). Place of publication
would generally not be controlled, but the 751 does appear to be
available for that purpose [1]

[1] http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd751.html

I hope this helps,

Bryan Baldus
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses
1-800-323-4241x402
bryan.baldus at quality-books.com