Creator

A person, agency, organization or other entity primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource.

Guidelines #

Creators include any entity that was centrally involved in creating the item.

Only include entities that are primarily responsible for the creation of the item.
- “secondary creators” (entities related to the item but not directly related to its creation) should be entered in the Contributor property instead.
Enter information for all known Creators, with names separated by a pipe character | and no spaces.
When possible, consult an authority file to locate the controlled form of the name
- for example, the Library of Congress Name Authority File
  the Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names
If no creator information is known or readily available, leave the property empty.
When entering a personal name:
- use the name format Last, First Middle
- include multiple parts (e.g. von, de la) as part of the last name
- include all parts of a hyphenated name as the last name

Item Type	Information Sources
text-based resources e.g. article, report, book chapter	title page cover end of document document footer colophon
image	bottom or backside of the photograph envelope, slipcover, or case photograph album
map	notes in caption, backside of map, or around map periphery
audio	printed or handwritten information on disc, cassette, or container