DCM Z1: 386 Creator/Contributor Characteristics
General:
LC/PCC catalogers may use this field to record demographic characteristics of one or more creators or contributors associated with a work or expression, in particular for characteristics common to a group of creators or contributors associated with a work or expression. The field will most commonly be used in authority records for collection aggregates embodying two or more expressions of two or more independent works by different agents, and for individual works named by title alone (e.g., works of unknown authorship; monographic series).
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 485, Assignment of Terms: Creator and Contributor Characteristics, available at https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCDGT/L485.pdf.
Examples:
130 #0 $a Piano pieces by children
386 ## $a Children $2 lcdgt
130 #0 $a Beowulf
386 ## $a Anglo-Saxons $2 lcsh
130 #0 $a American Indian oral history collection
386 ## $a American Natives $2 mesh
130 #0 $a Contemporary Omani poetry in English
386 ## $a Omanis $2 unbist
130 #0 $a Spoke (Birstall, Kirklees, England)
386 ## $a Queer people $2 homoit
670 ## $a Spoke : new queer voices, 2014: $b title page (poetry, prose, drama, maps & prose)
130 #0 $a Ireland dreams (Fantasy fiction)
386 ## $a Montrealers
670 ## $a Island dreams : Montreal writers of the fantastic, 2003: $b title page (edited by Claude Lalumière)
[Uncontrolled demographic term]
While this field will be used primarily for aggregated works and for individual works named by title alone, there are situations when it will be appropriate for an individual work by one or more named creators. For example, for a musical work composed during childhood or adolescence, it would not be appropriate to record “Children” or “Teenagers” as a characteristic in the composer’s authority record. Instead, demographic characteristics applicable to only some of a creator's works should be recorded in the authority records for those works.
Example:
100 1# $a Greenberg, Jay, $d 1991- $t Symphonies, $n no. 5
386 ## $a Teenagers $a Boys $2 lcdgt
[Work composed 2003-2005, completed when the composer was 14 years old.]
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:
130 #0 $a Latin American women writers
386 ## $a Latin Americans $2 lcsh
386 ## $a Women $2 lcdgt
[Terms from different controlled vocabularies]
130 #0 $a Cowboy poetry from Utah
386 ## $a Cowboys $a Utahns $2 lcdgt
or
386 ## $a Cowboys $2 lcdgt
386 ## $a Utahns $2 lcdgt
130 #0 $a Voices from the valley (Granada Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.)
386 ## $a Angelenos
386 ## $a High school students $a Teenagers $a Californians $2 lcdgt
or
386 ## $a Angelenos
386 ## $a High school students $2 lcdgt
386 ## $a Teenagers $2 lcdgt
386 ## $a Californians $2 lcdgt
670 ## $a Voices from the valley, 2020: $b page 4 of cover (collection of essays written by Granada Hills Charter High School students during the early months of the SARS-Co-V-2 pandemic of 2020)
[Uncontrolled term and terms from one controlled vocabulary]
Subfield $i - Relationship information:
Optionally, use subfield $i to record a term designating the nature of the relationship between the demographic groups recorded in the field and the work or expression. Prefer a term from a controlled vocabulary, such as the MARC relator terms, RDA relationship designators, or RBMS relationship designators. Capitalize the first letter of the relationship term and record it in the singular. Follow the relationship term with a colon.
Examples:
130 #0 $a Best of Indian English poetry
386 ## $i Author: $a Indians (India) $2 lcdgt
130 #0 $a Private worlds (Exhibition catalog : 1998)
386 ## $i Artist: $a Europeans $2 lcdgt
670 ## $a Private worlds, 1998: $b title page (classic outsider art from Europe : Katonah Museum of Art, December 13, 1998-February 28, 1999)
Do not record multiple subfield $i’s in a single 386 field. If multiple relationship terms apply to a single group of creators or contributors (e.g., a work with authors and artists from the same demographic group or an expression with editors and translators from the same demographic group), repeat the field, using different relationship terms.
Example:
130 #0 $a City lights (Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts (Mass.))
386 ## $i Author: $a Bay Staters $2 lcdgt
386 ## $i Artist: $a Bay Staters $2 lcdgt
670 ## $a City lights, 2009: $b title page (an anthology of poetry and art from the Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts; Sheila Mullen Twyman, editor)
[A compilation of works by authors and artists from Massachusetts]
If different relationship terms apply to some of the creators and contributors (e.g., authors are in one demographic group and artists are in another), repeat the field, using different relationship terms. If the same relationship term applies to more than one demographic group, either repeat subfield $a in one field, or repeat the field. For clarity, when in doubt, repeat the 386 field as necessary.
Example:
130 #0 $a 50 German songs (High voice)
386 ## $i Composer: $a Germans $a Austrians $2 lcdgt
386 ## $i Lyricist: $a Germans $a Austrians $2 lcdgt
or
386 ## $i Composer: $a Germans $2 lcdgt
386 ## $i Composer: $a Austrians $2 lcdgt
386 ## $i Lyricist: $a Germans $2 lcdgt
386 ## $i Lyricist: $a Austrians $2 lcdgt
[Score containing works by Schubert, Schumann, Franz, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Strauss, with lyrics also printed as text in German and English translation.]
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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