DCM Z1: 388 Time Period of Creation
General:
LC/PCC catalogers may use this field to record the time period of creation or origin of a work or expression. The name of the time period may specify or imply a place for which the time period is relevant. It may also specify the name of an event.
Prefer a controlled vocabulary, such as LCSH or FAST, recording the source in subfield $2. For consistency, capitalize the first term in each subfield $a.
Examples:
388 1# $a Harlem Renaissance $2 lcsh
388 1# $a Han Dynasty (China) $2 fast
388 1# $a American Revolution (Anglo-American history, 1775-1783) $2 iconauth
If using an LCSH subject heading string, replace the subfield coding for the subdivision(s) with two hyphens and close up the spaces between the main heading and subdivision(s).
Example:
388 1# $a Depressions--1929 $2 lcsh
For compilations, the field may be used to record the time period of creation or origin of the works/expressions contained within the compilation, considered collectively (using first indicator value 1). It may also be used to record the time period of creation or origin of the compilation itself (using first indicator value 2).
Example:
388 1# $a Renaissance $2 lcsh
388 2# $a Nineteenth century $2 lcsh
[NAR for a collection of Renaissance poetry compiled in the nineteenth century]
The 388 field may be used in conjunction with, or instead of, the 046 field. When specific date(s) of creation or origin are not known, or span a long period of time, recording textual chronological terms in the 388 field may be useful.
Example:
046 ## $k 13
388 1# $a Middle Ages $2 lcsh
[NAR for an anonymous fourteenth-century work]
Repeatability:
In choosing between repeating a field and repeating a subfield: If the indicator value differs, repeat the field. If the vocabulary source differs, repeat the field. Otherwise, if the only addition to an existing field is an additional term from the same vocabulary, repeat the subfield. Overall best practice: repeat the field when needed for clarity.
Example:
388 1# $a World War, 1939-1945 $2 lcsh
388 1# $a German Occupation of France (1940-1945) $2 fast
[NAR with 388 fields containing terms from different vocabularies]
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