044 Country of Publishing/Producing Entity Code

Codes

First and Second indicators:

# Undefined

Subfields:

a Country of publishing/producing entity code (R)

b Local subentity code (R)

c ISO code (R)

2 Source of local subentity code (R)

6 Linkage (NR)

8 Field link and sequence number (R)

NOTE: See MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data (044 Country of Publishing/Producing Entity Code) for code definitions not given below.

Description/Instructions

Field 044 contains a two- or three-character MARC 21 code for the country of the publishing or producing entity when field 008/15-17 (Ctry) is insufficient to convey full information for an item published in more than one country. The source of the code is MARC Code List for Countries. A locally defined subentity code may be recorded in subfield $b when desired to indicate a subentity below the country level with its source indicated in subfield $2. Subfield $c may be used to include subentity codes from the ISO 3166-2 list.

Field 044 is used in conjunction with field 008/15-17 (Ctry). The code used in the fixed field is also input in the first subfield $a of field 044.

Field 044 is used primarily for visual materials.

Subfields

$a Country of publishing/producing entity code.

Input each code in a separate subfield $a. Input the code given in field 008/15-17 (Ctry) as the first subfield $a.

CTRY: it#

044 ## it $a fr $a sp

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

CTRY: xxk

245 00 Life on earth. $p The swarming hordes $h [videorecording] / $c produced by British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Warner Brothers.

044 ## xxk $a xxu

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

$b Local subentity code.

008/15-17 at

044 ## $b xna $2 <source of local code>

[Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as New South Wales.]

$c ISO code.

Subfield $c contains a subentity code taken from the International Organization for Standardization's Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions: Part 2, Country subdivision codes, ISO 3166-2.

008/15-17 sz

044 ## $c CH-ZH

[Cataloging agency chooses to indicate place of publication as Zurich using the ISO code.]

$2 Source of local subentity code.

Subfield $2 is used only with $b. The codes to be used are listed in Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes (Country Code and Term Source Codes).

$6 Linkage.

For instructions on use of subfield $6, see field 880.

Related fields, etc.

008/15-17

044 Country of Publishing/Producing Entity Code (MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data)