Name

Enter the co-author, illustrator, etc., with the last name first (such as Canfield, Jack). You can enter up to 260 characters in this field.

You can retrieve a list of author headings from your records with the Find Heading feature.

The following types of authors must be entered in the MARC Editor:

  • Personal names with titles or numeration or with the full name in parenthesis
    (for example, John Paul II, Pope, 1920- or Smith, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1923-1989)
  • Names based on a forename or family name (for example, Farquar family or Aristotle)
  • Corporations (for example, Ford Motor Company)
  • Conferences (for example, World Peace Conference)

This field corresponds to the 100_a tag of the MARC21 format.

Destiny enters 1 in the first indicator position and leaves the second position empty for this field.