162 Heading - Medium of Performance Term

Field definition and scope:

Field 162 contains a medium of performance term used as a heading in an established term record or a traced or an untraced reference record. The term may consist of more than one word.

In an established term record, field 162 contains the established form of a medium of performance term. In records for references, this field contains an unestablished form of a medium of performance term.

The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.

Field 162 is NOT repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

The content designators identify the elements occurring in medium of performance term headings constructed according to generally accepted thesaurus-building conventions (e.g., Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus). Medium of performance terms designate instruments, voices, ensembles, and other media that can be used to perform musical compositions.

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National level (NLR) record requirements, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position	Description	NLR	Repeatability
Field 162	Heading - Medium of Performance Term	A	NR
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Medium of performance term	M	NR
$6	Linkage	A	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	R

See: Examples for this field.

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Spacing

Content designator history:

Field 162 - Heading - Medium of Performance Term [new, 2013]

LC Guidelines:

162 Heading - Medium of Performance Term