DCM Z1: 385 Audience Characteristics
General:
LC/PCC catalogers may use this field to record the intended audience of a work or expression.
Prefer a controlled vocabulary, such as LCDGT or LCSH, recording the source code in subfield $2. For consistency, capitalize the first term in each subfield $a. Record uncontrolled terms in the plural form. Follow the guidelines for coding and assignment of terms in the draft Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms Manual, available at https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCDGT/freelcdgt.html. In particular, consult instruction sheet L 480, Assignment of Terms: Audience Characteristics, available at https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCDGT/L480.pdf.
Examples:
385 ## $a Preteens $2 lcdgt
385 ## $a Families of military personnel $2 lcsh
385 ## $a Education Majors $2 ericd
385 ## $a Prospective homebuyers
[Uncontrolled term]
Repeatability:
In choosing between repeating a field and repeating subfield $a:
LC practice: Repeat the field.
PCC practice: If the vocabulary source differs or if some terms come from a controlled vocabulary and others are uncontrolled, repeat the field. Otherwise, if the only addition to an existing field is an additional term from the same vocabulary, either repeat subfield $a or repeat the field. Overall best practice: repeat the field when needed for clarity.
Examples:
385 ## $a English speakers $2 lcdgt
385 ## $a Merchants $2 lcsh
[Terms from different controlled vocabularies]
385 ## $a French Creole speakers
385 ## $a Construction industry employees $2 lcdgt
[Uncontrolled term and term from a controlled vocabulary]
385 ## $a Teenagers $a Children of divorced parents $2 lcdgt
385 ## $a Teenagers $2 lcdgt
385 ## $a Children of divorced parents $2 lcdgt
Subfield $m - Demographic group term and Subfield $n - Demographic group code:
Do not use these subfields, but do not remove them from existing records if they are correctly coded.
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