What is the definition of \printlist{location} (biblatex)

Question

I'm writing my own bibliography style based on the trad-standard.bbx. For the phdthesis driver I'd like to include the department as a separate input in the bib file. So my bibfile looks like this:

@phdthesis{Test2018,
    author = {Doe, John},
    school = {University of Foo},
    department = {Department for eggs and bacon},
    title = {{Studies on the cooking time of eggs and bacon, searching for the perfect symbiosis.}},
    type = {Master's Thesis},
    year = {2018}
}

The driver for a thesis is defined in the trad-standard.bbx as:

\DeclareBibliographyDriver{thesis}{%
    \usebibmacro{bibindex}%
    \usebibmacro{begentry}%
    \usebibmacro{author}%
    \setunit{\printdelim{nametitledelim}}\newblock
    \usebibmacro{title}%
    \newunit
    \printlist{language}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \usebibmacro{byauthor}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \printfield{type}%
    \newcommaunit
    \usebibmacro{institution+location+date}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \usebibmacro{chapter+pages}%
    \newunit
    \printfield{pagetotal}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \usebibmacro{doi+eprint+url+issn}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \printfield{note}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \usebibmacro{addendum+pubstate}%
    \setunit{\bibpagerefpunct}\newblock
    \usebibmacro{pageref}%
    \newunit\newblock
    \iftoggle{bbx:related}{%
        \usebibmacro{related:init}%
        \usebibmacro{related}%
    }{}%
    \usebibmacro{finentry}%
}

And the current output of the Test2018 is

J. Doe: “Studies on the cooking time of eggs and bacon, searching for the perfect symbiosis”. Master's Thesis, University of Foo, 2018.

I would like to add the department after the school, so the result would be:

J. Doe: “Studies on the cooking time of eggs and bacon, searching for the perfect symbiosis”. Master's Thesis, University of Foo, Department for eggs and bacon, 2018.

In the driver, I cannot find the print-function for the school, so I'm unable to define a new check to print the department afterwards. I guess that the school is printed by the command \printlist{location} but I don't find the definition of that command and thus, I have no idea how this list is set up and how I could inject the department.

Can anyone help me out?

---

(M)WE

Attention: Long file! (To save some space I removed all the drivers but the one used for a thesis.)

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage{hyperref}


\begin{filecontents*}{custom-abbrv.bbx}
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Declare Style
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%

    \ProvidesFile{custom-abbrv.bbx}[2018/08/20 v2.0.0 Custom abbrv Bibliography Style]



    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Require Style
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%

    \RequireBibliographyStyle{standard}



    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Basic Options
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%

    \ExecuteBibliographyOptions{%
        abbreviate      = false,
        arxiv           = false,
        useprefix       = true,
        autolang        = hyphen,
        backref         = false,
        dateabbrev      = true,
        eprint          = false,
        hyperref        = true,
        labelnumber     = true,
        maxnames        = 3,
        minnames        = 3,
        sorting         = none,
    }



    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Package Functionality
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    \@ifpackagelater{biblatex}{2016/03/01}
        {\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{giveninits=true}}
        {\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{firstinits=true}}

    \@ifpackagelater{biblatex}{2016/03/01}{%
        \@ifpackagelater{biblatex}{2016/05/14}{%
            \DeclareNameFormat{abbrv}{%
                \usebibmacro{name:given-family}%
                {\namepartfamily}%
                {\namepartgiveni}%
                {\namepartprefixi}%
                {\namepartsuffixi}%
                \usebibmacro{name:andothers}%
            }%
        }{%
            \DeclareNameFormat{abbrv}{%
                \nameparts{#1}%
                \usebibmacro{name:given-family}%
                {\namepartfamily}%
                {\namepartgiveni}%
                {\namepartprefixi}%
                {\namepartsuffixi}%
                \usebibmacro{name:andothers}%
            }%
        }%
    }{%
        \DeclareNameFormat{abbrv}{%
            \usebibmacro{name:first-last}{#1}{#4}{#6}{#8}%
            \usebibmacro{name:andothers}%
        }%
    }%
    \DeclareNameAlias{default}{abbrv}

    \@ifpackagelater{biblatex}{2016/05/14}{%
        \defbibenvironment{bibliography}%
            {%
                \list{%
                    \printtext[labelnumberwidth]{%
                        \printfield{labelprefix}%
                        \printfield{labelnumber}%
                    }%
                }{%
                    \setlength{\labelwidth}{\labelnumberwidth}%
                    \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}%
                    \setlength{\labelsep}{\biblabelsep}%
                    \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}%
                    \setlength{\itemsep}{\bibitemsep}%
                    \setlength{\parsep}{\bibparsep}%
                }%
                \renewcommand*{\makelabel}[1]{\hss##1}%
            }
            {\endlist}
            {\item}%
    }{%
        \defbibenvironment{bibliography}%
            {%
                \list{%
                    \printtext[labelnumberwidth]{%
                        \printfield{prefixnumber}%
                        \printfield{labelnumber}%
                    }%
                }{%
                    \setlength{\labelwidth}{\labelnumberwidth}%
                    \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}%
                    \setlength{\labelsep}{\biblabelsep}%
                    \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}%
                    \setlength{\itemsep}{\bibitemsep}%
                    \setlength{\parsep}{\bibparsep}%
                }%
                \renewcommand*{\makelabel}[1]{\hss##1}%
            }%
            {\endlist}%
            {\item}%
    }

    \defbibenvironment{shorthands}%
        {%
            \list{%
                \printfield[shorthandwidth]{shorthand}%
            }{%
                \setlength{\labelwidth}{\shorthandwidth}%
                \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth}%
                \setlength{\labelsep}{\biblabelsep}%
                \addtolength{\leftmargin}{\labelsep}%
                \setlength{\itemsep}{\bibitemsep}%
                \setlength{\parsep}{\bibparsep}%
                \renewcommand*{\makelabel}[1]{\hss##1}%
            }%
        }%
        {\endlist}%
        {\item}%



    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Preliminary Definitions
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    % Booleans
    \providebool{bbx:subentry}
    \DeclareBibliographyOption[boolean]{subentry}[true]{%
        \setbool{bbx:subentry}{#1}%
    }

    \newbool{bbxtrad:doisequal}
    \newbool{bbxtrad:eprintsequal}
    \newbool{bbxtrad:urlsequal}
    \newbool{bbxtrad:notesequal}
    \newbool{bbxtrad:addendumsequal}

    % Aliases
    \DeclareNameAlias{author}{default}
    \DeclareNameAlias{editor}{default}
    \DeclareNameAlias{translator}{default}

    % New commands
    \newcommand*{\volumenumberdelim}{} % delim between number and volume
    \renewcommand*{\intitlepunct}{\addspace} % after the bibstring in
    \renewcommand*{\newunitpunct}{\addperiod\space}
    \newcommand*{\newcommaunit}{\@ifstar\newcommaunitStar\newcommaunitNoStar}
    \newcommand*{\newcommaunitStar}{\setunit*{\addcomma\space}}
    \newcommand*{\newcommaunitNoStar}{\setunit{\addcomma\space}}
    \renewcommand*{\labelnamepunct}{\addcolon\space}
    \renewcommand*{\subtitlepunct}{\addperiod\space}




    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Field Formatting and Appearance
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    % Title
    \DeclareFieldFormat*{title}{%
        \enquote{#1}\isdot%
    }

    % Titlecase
    \DeclareFieldFormat{titlecase}{%
        \MakeTitleCase{#1}%
    }
    \newrobustcmd{\MakeTitleCase}[1]{%
        \ifthenelse{
            \ifcurrentfield{booktitle}%
            \OR\ifcurrentfield{booksubtitle}%
                \OR\ifcurrentfield{maintitle}\OR\ifcurrentfield{mainsubtitle}%
            \OR\ifcurrentfield{journaltitle}%
                \OR\ifcurrentfield{journalsubtitle}%
            \OR\ifcurrentfield{issuetitle}%
                \OR\ifcurrentfield{issuesubtitle}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{book}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{mvbook}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{bookinbook}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{booklet}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{suppbook}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{collection}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{mvcollection}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{suppcollection}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{manual}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{periodical}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{suppperiodical}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{proceedings}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{mvproceedings}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{reference}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{mvreference}%
            \OR\ifentrytype{report}%
                \OR\ifentrytype{thesis}%
        }
        {#1}
        {\MakeSentenceCase{#1}}%
    }

    % Journal title
    \DeclareFieldFormat{journaltitle}{%
        \mkbibemph{#1},%
    }

    % Chapter
    \DeclareFieldFormat{chapter}{%
        \bibstring{chapter}~#1%
    }

    % Volume
    \DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{#1}

    % Number
    \DeclareFieldFormat*{number}{\mkbibparens{#1}}
    \DeclareFieldFormat[book,incollection,inproceedings,proceedings]{number}{%
        \biblstring{number}~#1%
    }
    \DeclareFieldFormat[techreport,report]{number}{#1}

    % Edition
    \DeclareFieldFormat{edition}{%
        \ifinteger{#1}%
            {\mkbibordedition{#1}~\bibstring{edition}}%
            {\MakeLowercase{#1}~\bibstring{edition}}%
    }

    % Series
    \DeclareFieldFormat[book,inproceedings,proceedings]{series}{%
        \mkbibemph{#1}%
    }

    % Pages
    \DeclareFieldFormat*{pages}{\space#1\space}
    \renewcommand*{\bibpagespunct}{\addspace}

    % Year
    \DeclareFieldFormat{date}{\textbf{#1}}

    % URL
    \DeclareFieldFormat{url}{URL:\space\url{#1}}

    % ISSN / ISBN
    \DeclareFieldFormat{issn}{ISSN:\space\url{#1}}
    \DeclareFieldFormat{isbn}{ISBN:\space\url{#1}}

    % DOI
    \DeclareFieldFormat{doi}{%
        DOI\addcolon\space
        \ifhyperref
            {\href{http://dx.doi.org/#1}{\nolinkurl{#1}}}
            {\nolinkurl{#1}}%
    }

    % Item Separation
    \setlength\bibitemsep{.5\baselineskip}

    % Alignment
    \AtBeginBibliography{\raggedright}

    % Bibentrysetcount
    \DeclareFieldFormat{bibentrysetcount}{\mkbibparens{\mknumalph{#1}}}

    % Labelnumberwidth
    \DeclareFieldFormat{labelnumberwidth}{\mkbibbrackets{#1}}

    % Shorthandwidth
    \DeclareFieldFormat{shorthandwidth}{\mkbibbrackets{#1}}

    % In
    \renewbibmacro*{in:}{%
        \printtext{%
            \bibstring{in}%
            \printunit{\intitlepunct}%
        }%
    }



    % %%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Driver Setup
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%

    % Thesis
    \DeclareBibliographyDriver{thesis}{%
        \usebibmacro{bibindex}%
        \usebibmacro{begentry}%
        \usebibmacro{author}%
        \setunit{\printdelim{nametitledelim}}\newblock
        \usebibmacro{title}%
        \newunit
        \printlist{language}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{byauthor}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \printfield{type}%
        \newcommaunit
        \usebibmacro{institution+location+date}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{chapter+pages}%
        \newunit
        \printfield{pagetotal}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{doi+eprint+url+issn}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \printfield{note}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{addendum+pubstate}%
        \setunit{\bibpagerefpunct}\newblock
        \usebibmacro{pageref}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \iftoggle{bbx:related}{%
            \usebibmacro{related:init}%
            \usebibmacro{related}%
        }{}%
        \usebibmacro{finentry}%
    }



    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Redefinition of diverse Macros
    % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    \newbibmacro*{crossref:label}{%
        \usebibmacro{maintitle+booktitle:noemph}%
        \setunit{\addspace}%
        \entrydata{\strfield{crossref}}{%
            \printtext[labelnumberwidth]{%
                \printfield{prefixnumber}%
                \printfield{labelnumber}%
            }%
        }%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{maintitle+booktitle:noemph}{%
        \iffieldundef{maintitle}{}{%
            \usebibmacro{maintitle:noemph}%
            \newunit\newblock
            \iffieldundef{volume}%
                {}%
                {\printfield{volume}%
            \printfield{part}%
            \setunit{\addcolon\space}}%
        }%
        \usebibmacro{booktitle:noemph}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{maintitle:noemph}{%
        \ifboolexpr{
            test {\iffieldundef{maintitle}}
            and
            test {\iffieldundef{mainsubtitle}}
        }%
            {}%
            {%
                \printtext{%
                    \printfield[titlecase]{maintitle}%
                    \setunit{\subtitlepunct}%
                    \printfield[titlecase]{mainsubtitle}%
                }%
                \newunit%
            }%
        \printfield{maintitleaddon}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{booktitle:noemph}{%
        \ifboolexpr{
            test {\iffieldundef{booktitle}}
            and
            test {\iffieldundef{booksubtitle}}
        }%
            {}%
            {%
                \printtext{%
                    \printfield[titlecase]{booktitle}%
                    \setunit{\subtitlepunct}%
                    \printfield[titlecase]{booksubtitle}%
                }%
                \newunit%
            }%
        \printfield{booktitleaddon}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{inproc:crossref:full}{%
        \ifboolexpr{
            test {\ifnameundef{editor}}
            and
            test {\ifnameundef{editora}}
            and
            test {\ifnameundef{editorb}}
            and
            test {\ifnameundef{editorc}}
            and
            test {\ifnameundef{translator}}
        }%
            {}%
            {%
                \usebibmacro{byeditor+others}\newcommaunit%
            }%
        \usebibmacro{maintitle+booktitle}%
        \newunit
        \usebibmacro{event+venue+date}%
        \newcommaunit
        \iffieldundef{maintitle}{%
            \printfield{volume}%
            \printfield{part}%
            \ifboolexpr{
                test {\iffieldundef{volume}}
                and
                test {\iffieldundef{part}}
            }%
                {}%
                {%
                    \setunit{\addspace\bibstring{ofseries}\addspace}%
                }%
        }%
        {}%
        \usebibmacro{series+number:emphcond}%
        \newcommaunit
        \iffieldundef{maintitle}{%
            \printfield{volumes}%
            \newcommaunit%
        }%
        {}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{inproc:crossref:extra}{%
        \newcommaunit
        \printlist{location}%
        \newcommaunit
        \printfield{edition}%
        \newunit
        \printlist{organization}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \printlist{publisher}%
        \newcommaunit
        \usebibmacro{date}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{doi+eprint+url+issn}
        \newunit\newblock
        \printfield{note}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \usebibmacro{addendum+pubstate}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{inproc:crossref:conditional}{%
        \entrydata*{\strfield{crossref}}{%
            \iffieldsequal{doi}{saveddoi}%
                {\global\booltrue{bbxtrad:doisequal}}%
                {\global\boolfalse{bbxtrad:doisequal}}%
            \iffieldsequal{eprint}{savedeprint}%
                {\global\booltrue{bbxtrad:eprintsequal}}%
                {\global\boolfalse{bbxtrad:eprintsequal}}%
            \iffieldsequal{url}{savedurl}%
                {\global\booltrue{bbxtrad:urlsequal}}%
                {\global\boolfalse{bbxtrad:urlsequal}}%
            \iffieldsequal{note}{savednote}%
                {\global\booltrue{bbxtrad:notesequal}}%
                {\global\boolfalse{bbxtrad:notesequal}}%
            \iffieldsequal{addendum}{savedaddendum}%
                {\global\booltrue{bbxtrad:addendumsequal}}%
                {\global\boolfalse{bbxtrad:addendumsequal}}%
        }
        \newunit\newblock
        \iftoggle{bbx:doi}
            {\ifbool{bbxtrad:doisequal}{}{\printfield{saveddoi}}}
            {}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \iftoggle{bbx:eprint}
            {\ifbool{bbxtrad:eprintsequal}{}{\usebibmacro{eprint}}}
            {}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \iftoggle{bbx:url}
            {\ifbool{bbxtrad:urlsequal}{}{\usebibmacro{url+urldate}}}
            {}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \ifbool{bbxtrad:notesequal}{}{\printfield{note}}%
        \newunit\newblock
        \ifbool{bbxtrad:addendumsequal}{}{\printfield{addendum}}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{journal+date+issuetitle}{%
        \usebibmacro{journal}%
        \usebibmacro{date}
        \newcommaunit*%
        \iffieldundef{series}
            {}
            {%
                \newunit
                \printfield{series}%
                \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
            }%
        \usebibmacro{volume+number+pages+eid}%
        \newcommaunit
        % \setunit{\addspace}%
        \usebibmacro{issue-parens}%
        \setunit*{\addcolon\space}%
        \usebibmacro{issue}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{volume+number+pages+eid}{%
        \printfield{volume}%
        \setunit*{\volumenumberdelim}%
        \printfield{number}%
        \setunit{\addcolon}
        \printfield{pages}%
        \newcommaunit
        \printfield{eid}%
    }

    \renewbibmacro*{byeditor+others}{%
        \ifnameundef{editor}
            {}
            {%
                \printnames[byeditor]{editor}%
                \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
                \usebibmacro{editorlstr}%
                \clearname{editor}%
                \newunit%
            }%
        \usebibmacro{byeditorx}%
        \usebibmacro{bytranslator+others}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{editorlstr}{%
        \ifboolexpr{
            test {\ifnumgreater{\value{editor}}{1}}
            or
            test {\ifandothers{editor}}
        }%
            {\biblstring{editors}}%
            {\biblstring{editor}}%
    }

    \renewbibmacro*{series+number}{%
        \printfield{number}%
        \setunit*{\addspace\bibstring{inseries}\addspace}%
        \printfield{series}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{series+number:emphcond}{%
        \printfield{number}%
        \setunit*{\addspace\bibstring{inseries}\addspace}%
        \ifboolexpr{
            not test {\iffieldundef{volume}}
        }%
            {\printfield{series}}%
        {%
            \ifboolexpr{
                test {\iffieldundef{volume}}
                and
                test {\iffieldundef{part}}
                and
                test {\iffieldundef{number}}
                and
                test {\ifentrytype{book}}
            }%
                {\newunit\newblock}%
                {}%
            \printfield[noformat]{series}%
        }%
        \newunit%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{book:series+number}{%
        \iffieldundef{maintitle}%
        {%
            \printfield{volume}%
            \printfield{part}%
            \ifboolexpr{
                test {\iffieldundef{volume}}
                and
                test {\iffieldundef{part}}
            }%
                {}%
                {\setunit{\addspace\bibstring{ofseries}\addspace}}%
        }%
        {}%
        \usebibmacro{series+number:emphcond}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
        \printfield{volume}%
        \setunit*{\volumenumberdelim}%
        \printfield{number}%
        \setunit{\addcomma\space}%
        \printfield{eid}%
    }

    \renewbibmacro*{publisher+location+date}{%
        \printlist{publisher}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \printlist{location}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \printfield{edition}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \usebibmacro{date}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \renewbibmacro*{institution+location+date}{%
        \printlist{institution}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \printlist{location}%
        \printlist{location}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \usebibmacro{date}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{location+date+publisher}{%
        \printlist{location}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \printfield{edition}%
        \newcommaunit*%
        \usebibmacro{date}%
        \newunit
        \printlist{publisher}%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{issue-parens}{%
        \printfield{issue}%
        \newunit%
    }

    \newbibmacro*{doi+eprint+url+issn}{%
        \iftoggle{bbx:doi}
            {\printfield{doi}}
            {%
                \iftoggle{bbx:isbn}
                    {\printfield{issn}}
                    {%
                        \iftoggle{bbx:eprint}
                            {\usebibmacro{eprint}}
                            {%
                                \iftoggle{bbx:url}
                                    {\usebibmacro{url+urldate}}
                                    {}
                            }%
                    }%
            }%
    }



    \endinput

\end{filecontents*}

\begin{filecontents*}{references.bib}
    @phdthesis{Test2018,
        author = {Doe, John},
        school = {University of Foo},
        department = {Department for eggs and bacon},
        title = {{Studies on the cooking time of eggs and bacon, searching for the perfect symbiosis.}},
        type = {Master's Thesis},
        year = {2018}
    }
\end{filecontents*}

\usepackage[backend = biber, style = custom-abbrv, citestyle = numeric-comp]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}

\begin{document}

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\printbibliography

\end{document}

Answer 1

biblatex does not recognise department as a valid field. You need to specify it in a dbx file for your style. Since you are writing a style, you would just call it custom-abbrev.dbx and biblatex will pick it up when you specify your style.

In this answer, I've used the datamodel option to specify this and just used trad-standard as the style to simplify what is going on.

Some other notes:

• biblatex prefers institution rather than school.
• You could make your style automatically use sentence case.
• You should use type={mathesis} which will give you language independent strings

institution (and location) are lists by default in biblatex (meaning they can have multiple entries). In this answer, I've made department a field and printed it using \printfield, but if you think you might need multiple departments to go with multiple institutions, you could make it a list instead.

I print the department by redefining the institution+location+date macro.

MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{department.dbx}
\DeclareDatamodelFields[type=field, datatype=literal]{
  department}
\end{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@thesis{Test2018,
  author = {Doe, John},
  institution = {University of Foo},
  department = {Department for Eggs and Bacon},
  title = {Studies on the Cooking Time of Eggs and Bacon, Searching for the Perfect Symbiosis},
  type = {mathesis},
  year = {2018}
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[datamodel=department,style=trad-standard,giveninits]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\DeclareFieldFormat[thesis]{title}{\mkbibquote{#1}}
\DeclareFieldFormat{titlecase}{\MakeSentenceCase{#1}}
\DeclareDelimFormat[bib,biblist]{nametitledelim}{\addcolon\space}
\renewbibmacro*{institution+location+date}{%
  \printlist{institution}%
  \newcommaunit*%
  \printfield{department}%
  \newcommaunit*%
  \printlist{location}%
  \newcommaunit*%
  \usebibmacro{date}%
  \newunit}
\begin{document}
\nocite{*}
\printbibliography
\end{document}