Seems like it would make most sense to give the name of the ship, if known--it would be just like using the name of a conference center, which is sometimes done. But since the name is not known, I would think that the number and date should be sufficient. Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Northwestern University Libraries Northwestern University www.library.northwestern.edu [log in to unmask] 847.491.2939 Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1978! > -----Original Message----- > From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Finnerty, Ryan > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2016 8:01 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [PCCLIST] Conference held at sea > > Hello PCCList, > > We are trying to make an authority record for the 9th instance of this > conference: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http- > 3A__www.mediterranean2014.sdewes.org_&d=CwIFAg&c=yHlS04HhBraes > 5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=_8sm0BMEposbPqfkWv4C0ORbG0 > F1D_ZhRbbftGu7I50&m=Pg41aMZb8RQoLbamfrzuT4jol8QRf5lJ70bybVI2S > d0&s=UeVMoomx6o17TvJh_29xzBwgOeNeG8LfH21q545Ss0I&e= > > The conference was held at sea on a ship going from Venice to Istanbul. > > What would you put for the location of the conference? > > I'm leaning towards using Mediterranean Sea but I don't know if that > would be allowable. All the examples for conference locations in RDA are > jurisdictions. I don't want to use Venice and Istanbul since it wasn't > actually held in those places. > > We don't have the name of the ship, but if we did, could you use the > name of the ship for an "associated institution"? > > Or would you just omit this element altogether? > > Thanks for your help, > > Ryan J. Finnerty > Head, Database and Authorities Management | NACO Coordinator > UC San Diego Library | Metadata Services > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | (858) 822-3138