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MODS Element:   location

DefinitionThe institution or repository that holds the original resource or from which it is available. (adapted from MODS standard)



Form field(s)

Repository Name- Text field. Repository names should be as standardized as possible. Follow your unit/collection guidelines per Supervisor/Collection Owner.

Language of Repository Name- Enter the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-2 language codesdefault is eng.

Authority- Authority control for names is recommended. Select one if applicable. Follow your unit/collection guidelines. Consult Name Authority File (NAF)Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), or local authority for names if applicable. 

Authority URI- Text field. If "local' authority selected, indicate url here. Otherwise leave this field blank.

Primary Repository?- (Yes or no) When entering multiple repositories, designate one as primary for display and/or citation purposes.

Repeatable

Yes

Form Required?

No, but recommended for digitized assets, especially those intended for public access.



Subelement/Attribute Name

Details

XPath Syntax

physicalLocation

subelement of location

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language

attribute of physicalLocation

values: eng as default; otherwise, any ISO-639-2 language codes


authority 

attribute of physicalLocation

values: naf, viaf, local


authorityURI

attribute of physicalLocation

values: http://viaf.org/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names


displayLabel

attribute of physicalLocation

value: Repository


usage

attribute of physicalLocation

When multiple locations are stored, apply usage="primary" to one for display and/or citation purposes.




XML

<location>
<physicalLocation lang="eng" authority="viaf" authorityURI="http://viaf.org/" displayLabel="Repository" usage="primary">Alexander Architectural Archive</physicalLocation>
<physicalLocation lang="eng" displayLabel="Repository">University of Texas Libraries, Alexander Architectural Archive</physicalLocation>

</location>

<location>
<physicalLocation lang="spa" authority="viaf" authorityURI="http://viaf.org/" displayLabel="Repository" usage="primary">Centro de Investigaciones y Documentación de la Costa Atlántica</physicalLocation>
</location>

<location>
<physicalLocation lang="eng" authority="local" displayLabel="Repository" >Walter Geology Library</physicalLocation>
</location>


Dublin Core
<location><physicalLocation> does not easily map to any Dublin Core element
MARC Mapping
MARC 21 field 852 (subfields depend on attributes) and 535 (when the MARC record is describing the surrogate and the originals or duplicates are housed in a repository different from the repository that holds the surrogate)


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