Field 550 is generally used for issuing bodies traced in a 7XX added entry field. The field explains their relationship to the publication and justifies the 7XX added entries. Notes relating to commercial publishers, distributors, or places of publication are tagged 500. (CEG5xxp48) Generally, give the corporate body in the note as it appears on the piece; it need not be given as it is established in the name authority file. (CCM:13.5.3)
Notes providing the current issuing body when it is not included in the statement of responsibility or imprint:
264 #1 $a Washington : $b Columbia Press, $c 1875-1878.
550 ## $a Organ of the Potomac-side Naturalists' Club.
710 2# $a Potomac-side Naturalists' Club.
Notes for joint issuing bodies:
264 #1 $a Paris : $b Centre de documentation C.N.R.S., $c 1969-
550 ## $a Issued with: Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières, 1972-
710 2# $a Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France). $b Centre de documentation.
710 1# $a France. $b Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières.
Notes for sponsoring bodies:
260 ## London : $b H. Frowde : $b Hodder and Stoughton, $c [1921]-
550 ## Published under the auspices of the British Institute of International Affairs, 1921/22-1927; of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1928-
710 2# British Institute of International Affairs.
710 2# Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Notes citing any other body involved with the publication for which an added entry is desired.
550 ## Published in cooperation with the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, 1974-
710 1# Kansas. $b State Board of Agriculture.
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Do not give an Issuing body note (1) To account for variant forms of the name appearing on the piece; (2) Sponsors of conferences which are unlikely to remain the same from year to year; (3) A change in the corporate hierarchy that does not result in a change of the name as established in the name authority file. |