Guidelines for Usage: X00 Personal Names [General Information]

NACO LSP Usage:

Indicator: First Indicator - Type of personal name entry element

NACO LSP participants must follow LC practice in setting the first indicator value for personal names when the name includes an article, preposition, and combinations of the two.

LC Usage:

Indicator: First Indicator - Type of personal name entry element

LC treats a surname as a single surname when it begins with one of the following articles, prepositions, or a combination of the two. Note that the following is not a complete list of such prefixes and that the articles, prepositions, or combinations may appear in both upper and lower case, may contain a space or hyphen, and/or may be modified by diacritical marks .

For surname prefixes, click on desired letter.

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