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... and the standard MARC2MODS mapping would put 662 $b into "<state>"... http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping.html 662 $c would be transformed to "<county>", not quite right, either. Nate --------------------------------------------------------------- Nate Trail --------------------------------------------------------------- Network Development and MARC Standards Office Technology Policy Mail stop 4402 Library Services Library of Congress 202-707-2193 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Metadata Object Description Schema List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Munson Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:08 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MODS] Expressing Washington, DC Cahill, Colleen <cstu@...> writes: > > > > Have not done this in MODS, but in our bibliographic records we do > this as 662 $b District of Columbia $d Washington, with $b being "First-order political jurisdiction" and $d being "City". This is from the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. > > > Colleen > Colleen R. Cahill > Digital Conversion Coordinator > & Recommending Officer of Fantasy and Science Fiction Geography & > Map Division Library of Congress > 101 Independence Ave, SE > Washington, DC 20540-4650 > 202-707-8540 > cstu <at> loc.gov > > > > > From: Metadata Object Description Schema List [MODS- [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth McKelvey [[log in to unmask]]Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:45 AMTo: [log in to unmask]: [MODS] Expressing Washington, DC > > > > > Hi, > > Any suggestions on expressing Washington, DC in mods:hierarchicalGeographic? > > We are doing a project to describe early American land records. > > In most cases we are dealing with a state, so we do the following: > > <mods:subject> > <mods:hierarchicalGeographic> > <mods:state>Massachusetts</mods:state> > <mods:city>Boston</mods:city> > </mods:hierarchicalGeographic> > </mods:subject> > > In the TGN, District of Columbia is labeled as a “national district.” And MARC has: > $b - First-order political jurisdiction (NR) > $c - Intermediate political jurisdiction (R) > which would work. > > So, any thoughts on how to do Washington, DC in MODS? > > Thanks, > > Betsy > > > Betsy McKelvey > Digital Collections Librarian > 617-552-1989 > > > > > Hi Betsy and everyone, I see that I'm stumbling across this exchange a year long after it occurred, but I was hoping to find out what solution you eventually settled on. We are in a similar situation - we are using TGN and hierarchicalGeographic to describe place names that will eventually appear in a discovery system that will facet on State. We have about 100 instances where the geographic subject is Washington, D.C., and we are having trouble deciding where to put "District of Columbia." From a discovery standpoint, I think users expect to be able to find D.C. listed among U.S. states (or at least aren't necessarily put off when they do). In that respect, I'm inclined to use <state> so that users have access to these records through the State facet. From the MODS standpoint, I'm feeling more squeamish. How are people treating an instance like "D.C.," which TGN calls as a national district? Thanks, Liz Munson Digital Librarian National Agricultural Library