Titles. Title Statement and Variant Titles

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1 Titles Title Statement and Variant Titles

2 Title Statement MARC tag 245 Identifies the resource, including the title proper, other titles, numbering, part titles, and statement of responsibility

3 Definitions Title proper: The title minus other title information, numbering, or part title Part title: Name of part or section of a work Other title information Subtitle--Information used to qualify a title (often smaller font, not as prominent) Parallel title--the title proper in another language Alternative title--usually follows the word or and found in books published before the 20th century

4 Where do you look? AACR: Chief source of information Differs depending on format Books title page or title page substitute if there s no title page (cover, caption, colophon, etc.) Sound recordings disc or cassette label, then container, etc. Videorecordings credit frames, then container, etc. RDA: Preferred source, or the part of the item that provides the most complete information

5 What if there s no title on the chief source? Take the title from somewhere else on the item, or from another source Record the title in brackets, and include a note to indicate source of the title $a[henderson family history]. 500 $atitle from book jacket.

6 What if there s no title? Cataloger provides a title and records it in brackets $a[ballerina teddy bear]. 500 $atitle supplied by cataloger.

7 MARC coding title statement Title proper: 245 $atitle proper Subtitle: 245 $atitle proper :$bsubtitle Parallel title: 245 $atitle proper =$bparallel title Alternative title: 245 $atitle proper, or, Alternative title Part title: 245 $atitle proper.$ppart title Numbering: 245 $atitle proper.$nnumbering,$ppart title Note: Watch capitalization and punctuation!

8 MARC coding tag 245 MARC tag 245 is not repeatable, but some subfields are Indicator 1 0 if there is no 1XX field 1 if 1XX field is present Indicator 2 Nonfiling characters 0 no nonfiling characters (i.e., title does not start with an initial article) 1-9 number of nonfiling characters Code as appropriate if title starts with initial article, including titles in another language

9 International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) Punctuation Punctuation that precedes some subfields or ends a field used to separate elements of description Prescribed punctuation Colon before subtitle Equals sign before parallel title Slash before statement of responsibility Period before numbering Period or comma before part title Ending punctuation

10 Recording the title Transcribe title as it appears on the source AACR exceptions: Only first word and proper nouns are capitalized (this may vary depending on language of title) Some punctuation is substituted RDA May enter capitalization as in AACR, or may transcribe as it appears on the source Transcribe punctuation as on the source

11 Recording the title cont. DO transcribe grammatically linked phrases in the title proper On title page: Judy Gorman s vegetable cookbook $ajudy Gorman s vegetable cookbook DON T transcribe introductory phrases in the title proper On title page: Walt Disney presents Snow White $asnow White Add a variant title for the entire phrase

12 Recording the title errors AACR: transcribe as it is on the source; add [sic] or [i.e. with corrected form] and include variant title with correct form On title page: Songs for sumner fun $asongs for sumner [sic] fun $asongs for sumner [i.e. summer] fun $asongs for summer fun RDA: transcribe as it is on the source; add variant title with correct form On title page: Songs for sumner fun $asongs for sumner fun $asongs for summer fun or

13 Recording the title--punctuation Punctuation can be transcribed from the title page or added if needed for clarity AACR--Exceptions are which should be replaced with -- and [ ] which should be replaced with ( ) RDA--Transcribe all punctuation exactly as it appears

14 Variant Title MARC tag 246 Varying forms of title associated with the item, whether or not the title is on the item. Use if a title differs substantially from the title statement in field 245 and if it contributes to further identification of the item. Also use for tracing a portion of the title. (Excerpt from OCLC bibliographic formats and standards bold added)

15 Variant titles Variations of the title proper (i.e., spell out symbols or numbers, record a portion of the title, etc.) Part titles Cover titles Spine titles Running titles Container titles Parallel titles Added title page titles

16 Recording variant titles DO record as many variant titles as needed MARC tag 246 is repeatable; subfields may or may not be repeatable DON T go crazy! Don t record every possible variation Add variant titles that may be useful for finding the resource

17 Recording variant titles cont. DO capitalize the first word $ajudy Gorman s vegetable cookbook $avegetable cookbook DON T include initial articles On title page: The guide to Barbie doll collecting On cover: The complete Barbie collecting guide $athe guide to Barbie doll collecting $acomplete Barbie collecting guide DON T add ending punctuation

18 Variant title--indicators Indicator 1 (determines if variant title displays and is indexed) 1 Note, title added entry 3 No note, title added entry Indicator 2 (indicates source of variant; generates PAC label) Blank No information provided 0 Portion of title 1 Parallel title (title in another language on item) 2 Distinctive title (title for issue of a serial) 3 Other title 4 Cover title 5 Added title page title 6 Caption title (first page of print, usually contents page) 7 Running title (on each page of print, usually top) 8 Spine title

19 Example--Part title

20 Example--Alternative title

21 Example--Parallel title

22 Example--Title variations

23 Example--Title variations

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