100 Heading - Personal Name (NR) (Variable Data Field)
Field 100 contains a personal name used in a name or name/title heading in an established heading record or in a traced or an untraced reference record . In an established heading record, field 100 contains the established form of a personal name. In a reference record, this field contains an unestablished form of a personal name.
The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.
Field 100 is NOT repeatable .
Guidelines for applying content designators:
The content designators identify the subelements occurring in a name or name/title heading that contains a personal name constructed according to the generally accepted cataloging and thesaurus-building rules [e.g., Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR 2), Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)].
Personal names used in phrase subject headings (e.g., John, the Baptist, Saint, in the Koran) are contained in the X50 fields.
For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National level (NLR) record requirements , and designator repeatability , see table below:
Position | Description | NLR | Repeatability |
Field 100 | Heading - Personal Name | A | NR |
Indicator: | |||
First | M | ||
0 | A | ||
1 | A | ||
3 | A | ||
Second | Undefined; contains a blank | M | |
Subfield code: | |||
$a | M | NR | |
$b | A | NR | |
$c | A | R | |
$d | A | NR | |
$e | O | R | |
$f | A | NR | |
$g | A | NR | |
$h | O | NR | |
$j | O | R | |
$k | A | R | |
$l | A | NR | |
$m | A | R | |
$n | A | R | |
$o | A | NR | |
$p | A | R | |
$q | A | NR | |
$r | A | NR | |
$s | A | NR | |
$t | A | NR | |
$v | A | R | |
$x | A | R | |
$y | A | R | |
$z | A | R | |
$6 | A | NR | |
$8 | O | R |
Ambiguous headings
(what is considered a "personal" name)
First Indicator - Type of personal name entry element
Values 1 - Single surname [redefined]
2 - Multiple surname [obsolete]
In 1996, the first indicator value 2 (Multiple surname) was made obsolete. Value 1 (Single surname) was redefined as Surname to be used for headings with either single or multiple surnames.
Second Indicator - Nonfiling characters [obsolete]: The second indicator position was made obsolete in fields 100, 400, and 500 in 1993. The values were: 0-9 (Number of nonfiling characters present).
X00 Personal Names
[General Information]
Alphabetic List of Surname Prefixes
Related MARC field or document:
X00 Personal Names - General Information
See also:
