044 Subfield $a - Country of publishing/producing entity code:

Subfield $a contains the MARC code for the country of the publishing or producing entity. The code for each country is given in a separate subfield $a. The code appearing in 008/15-17 is given as the first subfield $a.

Examples:

008/15-17 it#

044 ##$ait$afr$asp

[Italy, France, and Spain are copublishing countries.]

008/15-17 xxk

245 00$aLife on earth.$pThe swarming hordes$h[videorecording] /$cproduced by British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Warner Brothers.

044 ##$axxk$axxu

[The United Kingdom and the United States are coproducing countries.]