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Technical Definition
Provides the name and details of the library or archive that contained the digitised material at the time of digitisation. For some databases, it is separated into library name and library location.
Category Notes
This field is relatively uncommon despite most collections consulting multiple physical collections. MODS:physicalLocation (and displayLabel sub-element) URI: loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/location.html#physicallocation.
Individual Collection Notes
Standardised across all collections.
Instantiations
Library Name
| B1GL | issue\sourceLibrary | STR | British Library |
| B1GI | issue\metadataInfo\sourceLibrary\libraryName | STR | British Library |
| B2GL | issue\sourceLibrary | STR | British Library |
| B2GI | issue\metadataInfo\sourceLibrary\libraryName | STR | British Library |
| HNME | METS:mets\METS:dmdSec\METS:mdWrap\METS:xmlData\DC:collection | STR | Hemeroteca |
| TDAG | issue\sourceLibrary\libraryName | STR | Times Newspapers Limited |
| TRME | mets:mets\mets:amdSec\mets:techMD\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\premis:object\premis:objectIdentifier\premis:objectIdentifierType | STR | National Library of Australia |
| TRME | mets:mets\mets:amdSec\premis:object\premis:objectIdentifier\premis:objectIdentifierType | STR | National Library of Australia |
Library Location
| B1GI | issue\metadataInfo\sourceLibrary\libraryLocation | STR | London, United Kingdom |
| B2GI | issue\metadataInfo\sourceLibrary\libraryLocation | STR | London, United Kingdom |
| TDAG | issue\sourceLibrary\libraryLocation | STR | London, United Kingdom |
Library Name and Location
| CAME | mets\metsHdr\agent\name | STR | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| CAME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap\xmlData\mods:mods\mods:relatedItem\mods:location\mods:physicalLocation@displayLabel | STR | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| CAME | mets\dmdSec\mdWrap\xmlData\mods:mods\mods:relatedItem\mods:location\mods:physicalLocation@displayLabel | STR | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| SBME | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:location\mods:physicalLocation@displayLabel | STR | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany |
| SBMA | mets:mets\mets:dmdSec\mets:mdWrap\mets:xmlData\mods:mods\mods:location\mods:physicalLocation@displayLabel | STR | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany |