MARC fields - Local practices :

MARC 790 - Local Added Entry -Personal Name

Scope

The 790 field contains a personal name that is traced for a reason of importance to the local collection that is not otherwise addressed in cataloging rules.  The personal name represented in the 790 may or may not be controlled by an authority record.  NCL's primary use of the 790 field is to trace the names of donors to the collection.

Indicators

1st indicator
    0    Forename
    1    Surname
    2    Family name

2nd indicator
    _    No information provided
    2    Analytical entry

Subfields (non-comprehensive treatment)

|a Personal name.

Trace the names of major donors in a MARC 790 field in each catalog record for each donated document. Major donors for the NCL collection include:

790 1_ Heezen, Bruce C.
790 1_ McVey, James P.
790 1_ Ostenso, Ned A..

Locally added personal name entries typically are legitimated by general or local notes that identify the donor. Sample notes for each of the above major donors to NCL that serve as the basis for the respsective MARC 790 fields include:

590 __ SILVER SPRING: From the personal collection of Bruce C. Heezen, received at NOAA Central Library in
            March 1998.

500 __ From the collection of Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program.

590 __ SILVER SPRING: Bookplate placed inside of front cover: Gift of Mrs. Grace L. Ostenso in memory of Dr. Ned
            A. Ostenso, February 1998.

For additional instructions and subfields, see:

OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards: 790 - Local Added Entry - Personal Name

Last updated:  Feb. 26, 2004