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Finding a home for local collection names has been notoriously difficult for some time.  There is no perfect spot in MARC21 coding for this information.  The 830 (Series Added Entry--Uniform Title) field might seem to be a good choice, but it should not be used without a paired series statement (490) or general note (500), and is intended for controlled titles.  Field 710 (Added Entry--Corporate Name) seems to be illogical since it is a field for corporate names. There are perhaps more sensible local fields (897 (Local Series Added Entry--Corporate Name) or even 899 (Local Series Added Entry--Uniform Title)), but these local fields are vulnerable to loss in future data conversions. 

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