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678 - Biographical or Historical Data (R)

MARC 21 Authority - Full

October 2001

First Indicator
Type of data
# - No information provided
0 - Biographical sketch
1 - Administrative history

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Biographical or historical data (R) $b - Expansion (NR) $u - Uniform Resource Identifier (R)	$6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Summary of the essential biographical, historical, or other information about the 1XX heading in an established heading record, an established heading and subdivision record, or a subdivision record.

Usually written in a form adequate for public display.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First Indicator - Type of data

Type of data contained in the field.

# - No information provided

0 - Biographical sketch

1 - Administrative history

Administrative history of an organization.


678	1#$aThe Office of Geography provides research and other staff services for the interdepartmental Board on Geographic Names and the Secretary of the Interior on foreign geographic nomenclature.$bThe Office inherited functions and records of earlier boards and committees engaged in similar work. The earliest of these, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, was created by an Executive order of September 4, 1890, to ensure uniform usage throughout the executive departments of the Government ...

Second Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Biographical or historical data

Brief statement providing biographical information about an individual. It may also contain historical and adminstrative information relating to an organization.


100	1#$aJordan, Joseph A.
678	##$aM.D., M.R.C.O.G.;$aDept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Birmingham Maternity Hosp., Queen Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgbaston.


100	1#$aHaupt, Georges
678	##$ab. 1928
670	##$aHis aspects of international socialism, 1871-1914:$bCIP pref. (b. Szatmar; wrote in Rumanian, Hungarian, Russian; moved to Paris 1958; d. 1978)

$b - Expansion

Expansion of the biographical or historical data given in subfield $a.


678	1#$aThe Office of Geography provides research and other staff services for the interdepartmental Board on Geographic Names and the Secretary of the Interior on foreign geographic nomenclature.$bThe Office inherited functions and records of earlier boards and committees engaged in similar work. The earliest of these, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, was created by an Executive order of September 4, 1890, to ensure uniform usage throughout the executive departments of the Government ...

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic access data in a standard syntax. This data can be used for automated access to an electronic item using one of the Internet protocols.


678	##$aThe Faribault State School and Hospital provided care, treatment, training, and a variety of other services to mentally retarded individuals and their families. It was operated by the State of Minnesota from 1879 to 1998 under different administrative structures and with different names. A more detailed history of the Hospital may be found at$uhttp://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/80881.html

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 678 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$u - Uniform Resource Identifier [NEW, 2000]

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