[Koha] Publisher as authority

Adam Goforth definingcode at gmail.com
Fri Aug 19 17:59:57 NZST 2016


On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Bryan Baldus <eijabb at cpan.org> wrote:
> 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]

Thank you, Heather and Bryan. That was exactly the information I needed.

Adam


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