Adding References in Corporate Name Authority Records

Political changes in various Eastern European countries, such as the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, often meant changes in governance or jurisdiction for corporate bodies that existed under the old as well as the new government. In order to reflect such changes, it may be necessary to add additional variant access points to corporate name authority records.

In the example below, the original record includes variant access points valid for the Soviet period. However, the updated record shows access points that reflect the corporate body in the Russian Federation. As the example shows, the Soviet variant access points are also retained.

Example (in MARC format):

Original record

110 2 Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 1 Russian S.F.S.R. ‡b Ministerstvo kulʹtury. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 2 Russian S.F.S.R. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 2 Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury Ministerstva kulʹtury RSFSR
410 2 NII kulʹtury
410 2 NIIK
410 2 Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. ǂb Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 2 NIIkulʹtury

Updated record

110 2 Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 1 Russian S.F.S.R. ‡b Ministerstvo kul’tury. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury [stays in the record as do the other Soviet variant access points]
410 2 Russian S.F.S.R. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 2 Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury Ministerstva kulʹtury RSFSR
410 2 NII kulʹtury
410 2 NIIK
410 2 Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury
410 2 NIIkulʹtury
410 2 Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury [added]
410 1 Russia (Federation).‡b Ministerstvo kultury. ‡b Nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut kulʹtury [added]

See also:

Cities and Pre-AACR2 Forms of Corporate Names

Revised: Sept. 7, 2015