Use the authority record for the place as appropriate for the date of his birth. These are attributes, not subjects. --Adam ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax [log in to unmask] http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 28 Oct 2014, Bushman, Barbara (NIH/NLM) [E] wrote: > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:15:14 +0000 > From: "Bushman, Barbara (NIH/NLM) [E]" <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Use of terms in 370 which have SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not > valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under ... > > We are upgrading the record for Rose, Gerhard, ‡d 1896-1992 (LCCN no2002101636) to RDA. We want to include a 370 for his place of birth which was Danzig (Germany). The record for Danzig (Germany) has a 667 which states SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Gdańsk (Poland). What do we use in the 370, Danzig (Germany) or Gdansk (Poland)? Is place of birth treated like a subject? > > Thanks, > > Barbara > > __________________________________________________ > Barbara Bushman > Assistant Head > Cataloging and Metadata Management Section > National Library of Medicine > 8600 Rockville Pike > Building 38, Room 1N13 > Bethesda, MD 20894 > 301-496-7135 > 301-402-1211 (fax) > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > > >