Information:
The Subject Added Entry - Corporate Name (610 tag)
of the MARC 21 bibliographic record contains a
corporate name used as a subject heading. A
corporate body is defined by AACR2 as "an
organization or group of persons that is identified
by a particular name and that acts, or may act as
an entity. Typical examples of corporate bodies
are associations, institutions, business firms,
nonprofit enterprises, governments, government
agencies, religious bodies, local churches, and
conferences." Chapter 24 of AACR2, "Headings
For Corporate Bodies", contains rules for constructing
corporate names in AACR2 form.
RDA 11.2.1 provides basic guidelines on recording
names of corporate bodies.
A subject heading is a term or phrase used to
describe the content of a particular item. A
subject heading makes the collection more
accessible because library users would not have to
know the title or the author of individual items to
locate the information they need. They can use a
subject term instead.
The use and application of subject headings are
determined by the controlled vocabulary list the
library uses. In the United States the most popular
subject heading lists used are either the
Library of Congress Subject Headings or the
Sears List of Subject Headings. Consult the
subject heading list of your choice for the use and
application rules and guidelines.
Use the 610 tag to create the subject access for a
corporate name in the MARC record. The first
indicator specifies if the name is an inverted
name, a jurisdictional name, or a name in direct
order. Older records may contain corporate names in
inverted order, while newer records will specify
the jurisdictional name and the name in direct
order. Jurisdictional names include governmental
bodies at all levels. Non-jurisdictional corporate
names are generally entered under its most commonly
identified name.
The most common subfields used in the 610 tag are
subfield a, which contains the name of the
corporate body, and subfield b, the name of the
subordinate unit of the organization. A separate
subfield b is created for each subordinate unit.
Also, use subfields v for form subdivisions, x for
general subdivisions, y for chronological
subdivisions, and z for geographic subdivisions
when appropriate. Additional subfields from the
subfield list for the 610 tag are used when and
where appropriate.
Indicators
First Type of corporate name entry element
0 Inverted name
1 Jurisdiction name
2 Name in direct order
Second Thesaurus
0 Library of Congress Subject Headings/LC
authority files
1 LC subject headings for children's
literature
2 Medical Subject Headings/NLM authority files
3 National Agricultural Library subject
authority file
4 Source not specified
5 Canadian Subject Headings/NLC authority file
6 Répertoire des vedettes-matière/NLC
authority file
7 Source specified in subfield _2
Subfields
a Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry
element (NR)
b Subordinate unit (R)
c Location of meeting (R)
d Date of meeting or treaty signing (R)
g Miscellaneous information (N)
k Form subheading (R)
l Language of work (NR)
n Number of a part/section/meeting (R)
p Name of part/section of a work (R)
s Version (NR)
t Title of a work (NR)
v Form subdivision (R)
x General subdivision (R)
y Chronological subdivision (R)
z Geographical subdivision (R)
2 Source of heading or term (NR)
Punctuation
The field ends with a mark of punctuation
(., !, ?, -) or a closing parenthesis. This mark of
punctuation precedes subfield 2 when present.
Examples:
Names inverted (older version), in direct
order, and with a corporate name change
610 04 _aWilson (H.W.) Company.
610 04 _aWilson, H. W., firm, publishers.
610 20 _aH. W. Wilson Company.
610 20 _aWilson Company.
610 04 _aDisney (Walt) Productions.
610 20 _aWalt Disney Productions.
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
and LC's Name Authority List are designed for LC's
own collection and are used by many large public
libraries, college and university libraries, and
special libraries. LC's lists are comprehensive,
and have a large number of free-floating
subdivisions that can be added to corporate names.
Government bodies as subjects
610 10 _aConfederate States of America.
_bArmy.
_bWashington Artillery Battalion (New
Orleans, La.).
_bCompany, 5th
_xMilitary life.
610 10 _aEgypt.
_tTreaties, etc.
_gIsrael,
_d1979 Mar. 26.
_sEmbossed ed.
610 10 _aIreland.
_bArmy
_y20th century
_vMaps.
610 10 _aSan Diego (Calif.).
_bPolice Department.
610 10 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse
_xElections.
610 10 _aUnited States.
_bCongress
_n(101st, 1st session :
_d1989).
_bHouse.
610 10 _aUnited States.
_tConstitution.
_n1st Amendment.
610 10 _aUnited States.
_tDeclaration of Independence
_xSigners
_zNew Jersey.
Performing groups as subjects
610 20 _aABBA (Musical group)
610 20 _aBeatles.
610 20 _aHouston Symphony Chorale.
610 20 _aKirov Ballet Company.
Corporate bodies as subjects in direct
order
610 20 _aApollo 13 (Spacecraft)
_xAccidents
_vDrama.
610 20 _aAssociated Press
_aHistory
_y20th century.
610 20 _aCarnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.)
610 20 _aCatholic Church.
_bCongregatio pro Doctrina Fidei.
_tDonum vitae.
_lLatin.
610 20 _aChicago Cubs (Baseball team)
_xBiography.
610 20 _aConstitution (Frigate)
610 20 _aDuke Power Company
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
610 20 _aEuropean Economic Community
_zAfrica
_xCongresses.
610 20 _aGreen Bay Packers (Football team)
_xStatistics.
610 20 _aMadison High School (Madison, Minn.)
610 20 _aMadison High School (Portland, Or.)
610 20 _aNational Academy of Education.
_bCommission on Reading.
_tBecoming a nation of readers.
_kSelections.
610 20 _aOrleans Area Vocational and Technical
School.
610 20 _aPhoenix Fire Arts (Firm)
610 20 _aSociety for Advanced Medical Systems.
_bConference
_n(9th :
_d1977 :
_cLos Angeles, Calif.)
610 20 _aUnited Nations
_xEconomic assistance
_vPeriodicals.
610 20 _aUnited States Strategic Bombing
Survey.
_tReports.
_pPacific war
_vIndexes.
610 20 _aWisconsin Association of Public
Librarians.
610 20 _aWorld Council of Churches.
_bAssembly
_n(1st :
_d1948 :
_cAmsterdam)
Library of Congress Subject Headings for Children's
Literature or Annotated Card (AC) Headings
generally use the LCSH corporate names.
610 21 _aApollo 11 (Spacecraft)
_xBiography.
610 21 _aBoy Scouts of America
_xHistory.
610 21 _aIndependence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
610 21 _aUnited Nations.
610 11 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
610 11 _aUnited States.
_tDeclaration of Independence
_xSigners.
Sears List of Subject Headings is designed
to meet the needs of small and medium-sized
libraries. In Alliance Plus we use the Library of
Congress Name Authority List for corporate name
and title entries in Sears headings. Sears provides
a smaller list of subdivisions to use with
corporate names than LCSH.
610 17 _aCanada.
_bParliament
_xOfficials and employees.
_2sears
610 27 _aCatholic Church
_xLiturgy.
_2sears
610 27 _aDave Clark Five (Musical group)
_vDiscography.
_2sears
610 27 _aMissouri (Battleship : BB 63)
_xDesign and construction.
_2sears
610 27 _aNorth Dakota.
_bAdministration on Aging
_xFinance.
_2sears
610 27 _aUnited States.
_bCongress
_n(101st, 1st session :
_d1989).
_bHouse
_vBiography.
_2sears
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