hi, <originInfo> in MODS has <place> and<placeTerm> subelements that involved a place associated with the issuing, publication, release, distribution, manufacture, production, or origin of a resource. In manucripts and lithographic books, there are some places as place of writing, place of compilation, place of printing, place of publication and etc. Do these places involved in <originInfo><place><placeTerm>? How can to be distinguished these places in MODS? -- Maliheh Dorkhosh, MA.student in LIS Tehran North Branch of IAU BA LIS Department of Shahed University Head of cataloging department of the central library and documentation center. University of Tehran http://organizing.blogfa.com/