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This2007publicationisarevisionofDescriptiveCatalogingofRareBooks,1991,itselfarevisionofBibliographicDescriptionofRareBooks,1981.

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StandardsCommitteeDescriptivecatalogingofrarematerials(books)/BibliographicStandardsCommittee,RareBooks

andManuscriptsSection,AssociationofCollegeandResearchLibraries,incollaborationwiththeCatalogingPolicyandSupportOfficeoftheLibraryofCongress.

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This2007publicationisarevisionofDescriptivecatalogingofrarebooks,1991,itselfarevisionofBibliographicdescriptionofrarebooks,1981T.p.verso.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN:9780844411620(alk.paper)

1.CatalogingofrarebooksHandbooks,manuals,etc. 2.DescriptivecatalogingUnitedStatesHandbooks,manuals,etc.3.AngloAmericancataloguingrules.I.LibraryofCongress.CatalogingPolicyandSupportOffice.II.Descriptivecatalogingofrarebooks.III.Title.IV.Title:DCRM(B)Z695.74.U542007

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ThefrontcoverimageistakenfromleafIofJacobdeVoraginesTheGoldenLegend,translatedintoEnglishbyWilliamCaxtonandprintedbyJulianNotaryin1504(FolgershelfmarkSTC24877);thebackcoverimageistakenfromthecolophonoftheHeidelbergerKatechismus,1584,printedbyMatthiasHarnisch(Folgershelfmark218098.3q).

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Background

DescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterials(Books),referredtohereafterasDCRM(B),isthirdindirectdescentfromBibliographicDescriptionofRareBooks(BDRB).BDRBwaspublishedin1981astheinterpretationsoftheLibraryofCongressforAACR2,rules2.122.18,onearlyprintedmonographs.Whenitwasdueforrevision,theRBMSBibliographicStandardsCommitteeunderJackieM.DooleyteamedupwithBenR.TuckerandRobertEwaldoftheLibraryofCongresstoproduceDescriptiveCatalogingofRareBooks(DCRB),whichappearedin1991.In1998,RobertL.Maxwell,thenchairoftheBibliographicStandardsCommittee,inauguratedthecurrentrevision.

Incontrasttotheprevioustwoeditionsoftherarebookcatalogingrules,theLibraryofCongresspreferredtoberesponsibleforcommentingonandapprovingthetextratherthanactivelyengagedinwritingit.DirectorforCatalogingBeacherWiggins(nowDirectorforAcquisitionsandBibliographicAccess)firstauthorizedtherevisionandtheBibliographicStandardsCommitteesleadroleinit,andBarbaraB.Tillett,ChiefoftheCatalogingPolicyandSupportOffice,confirmedhisdecision.AlongwithElizabethRobinson(teamleaderforrarebookcataloging),CatalogingPolicyandSupportOfficemembersMargaretDetweilerandRobertEwald(bothnowretired)andJudithKuhagenhavescrutinizeddraftsandmonitoredDCRM(B)sprogress.

DCRM(B)wasalreadywellunderwaywhenworkonRDA:ResourceDescriptionandAccess(thencalledAACR3)wasannounced.TheDCRM(B)editorsbrieflyconsidered,thenrejected,postponingfurtherworkuntilafterRDAspublication.Weagreeditwouldbeunwisetodelay,giventheprogressalreadymadeonDCRM(B)andtheconsiderableinvestmenttodateoftime,labor,andmoney.

ChangesfromDCRB

ThemostsignificantchangesfromDCRBare:newintroductorysectionsonObjectivesandPrinciplesandPrecatalogingDecisions;theexplicitincorporationofmachinemadebooksintotheruletextandexamples;theadditionofArea6;anexpandedappendixonearlyletterformsandsymbols(includingimagesofearlylettersandsymbolsaccompaniedbytheircorrecttranscriptions);andnewappendixesoncollectionlevelcataloging,corelevelcataloging,variationsrequiringthecreationofanewbibliographicrecord,andindividualissuesofserials.

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DCRM(B)givesexpandedguidanceandprescribesamorerigorousandconsistentapproachtotranscriptionthandidDCRB,andincorporatesasharpdistinctionbetweeninformationtranscribedfromthesourceandinformationthathasbeensuppliedbythecataloger.Transcribedinformationisnevertobeplacedwithinsquarebrackets(unlesstheletterorcharacterisunclear;see0G6.2).Conversely,thepresenceofsquarebracketsinthoseareasofthedescriptionthatrequiretranscription(seeintroductorysectionIII.2.2)immediatelyandunambiguouslyidentifiestextassuppliedorinterpolated.Anothernotablechangerelatedtomorerigoroustranscriptionprinciplesisthatromandatesinthesourcearetranscribedasromanratherthanarabicnumerals.

Otherchangesincluderestrictingtranscriptionofthestatementofresponsibilitytothechiefsourceofinformation;theinclusionofdustjacketsasaprescribedsourceofinformationforareas2,4,and6;adiscussiononthetranscriptionofmanufacturersinArea4;theexclusionofcopyrightdatesfromthedateofpublicationelement;theeliminationofspecialstatusforengravedtitlepagesinthestatementofextent;thedroppingofperiodsaftercmandmm(approvedforAACR2in2002butimplementationdeferreduntilpublicationinRDA),andanexpandedsectiononlocalnotes.Area0issubstantiallyreorganized,andthelanguagethroughouthasbeenmademoreconsistentandexplicit.

Acknowledgments

ManypeoplehavecontributedtheirtimeandeffortinbringingDCRM(B)tofruition.MembersoftheBibliographicStandardsCommitteesinceDCRBwentintorevisioninthespringof1998:

RandalS.BrandtChristineClarkeAnnW.CopelandLaurenceS.CreiderEmilyEpsteinDavidM.FauldsSarahSchmidtFisherJainFletcherJaneGillisMelindaHayesEileenHeeranRyanHildebrandJamesLarrabee

DeborahJ.LeslieMeganLewisM.WinslowLundyJulietMcLarenRussellMartinRobertL.MaxwellKateMoriartyR.ArvidNelsenRichardNobleGregoryA.PassElizabethRobinsonJenniferOBrienRoperPatrickRussell

NinaSchneiderE.C.SchroederSandraSiderStephenSkuceEileenL.SmithJoeA.SpringerJamesStephensonBruceTabbManonThrouxAlexThurmanGeraldR.WagerBethM.Whittaker

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TheBibliographicStandardsCommitteeisprofoundlygratefultotheBeineckeRareBookandManuscriptLibraryofYaleUniversity,fortheirabundantgenerosityinbringingtwentyfiveparticipantstoNewHavenfortheDCRMWorkingConferencein2003,andprovidingfood,housing,space,andstaffassistanceforanenormouslyproductivefourdaymeeting.ItisnotanexaggerationtosaythatDCRM(B)wouldhavebeenmuchthepoorerandmuchtheslowerwithouttheBeineckesunstintingsupport.Conferenceparticipantswere:

JohnAttigAnnW.CopelandLaurenceS.CreiderJackieM.DooleySarahSchmidtFisherJainFletcherJaneGillisBrianHillyardElizabethL.Johnson

BarbaraM.JonesJamesLarrabeeDeborahJ.LeslieRobertL.MaxwellJulietMcLarenGregoryA.PassElizabethRobinsonJenniferOBrienRoperStephenSkuce

EileenL.SmithJoeA.SpringerLauraStalkerBruceH.TabbSuzyTarabaManonThrouxBethM.Whittaker

Ourheartfeltthanksgo,too,totheFolgerShakespeareLibraryforgenerouslyprovidingmeetingspaceforthreeDCRM(B)editorialmeetings.AllimagescomefromthecollectionsoftheFolgerShakespeareLibrary.

ConscientiousandinsightfulcommentonearlierdraftsofDCRM(B)wasprovidedbytheRareBooksDepartmentofCambridgeUniversityLibrary;theBibliographicStandardsCommitteeoftheRareBooksandSpecialCollectionsGroup,CharteredInstituteofLibraryandInformationProfessionals(UK);CC:DA;theRareBookTeamofYaleUniversityLibrary,andofcourseourpartnerinthisendeavor,theCatalogingPolicyandSupportOfficeoftheLibraryofCongress.

Weextendourwarmgratitudetoallthosewho,inadditiontothoselistedabove,contributedtoDCRM(B)byparticipatingactivelyatthepublichearing,commentingonorproofreadingdrafts,andprovidingvaluableresearchandexpertopinion.Thisissurelyacommunitydocument:KarenAttar,DorothyAuyong,MatthewBeacom,ErinC.Blake,RonaldBogdan,J.P.Brigham,LyleE.Buettner,DeannaChavez,EllenEllickson,WillEvans,ToddFell,CarolFink,LisaFurubotten,BenjaminGriffin,JohnJ.Hall,MatthewHeintzelman,BarryE.Hinman,EricHolzenberg,NancyA.Kandoian,JimKuhn,DanielLovins,LucyMarks,AlexandraMason,ChristopherS.Motta,WalterF.Nickeson,MichaelNorth,DorisN.OKeefe,CarolE.Pardo,MitchellPendleton,SaraPiasecki,DanielRettberg,JosephRipp,JosephRoss,LenoreM.Rouse,ChristopherSmith,KarenSpicher,StephenTabor,PennyWelbourne,KathleenWhalen,JaneWickenden,DavidWoodruff,andStephenR.Young.

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ThescoresofstudentswhohavepassedthroughmyRareBookSchoolcatalogingcourseattheUniversityofVirginia,andnow,California,havehelpedshapethisdocumentimmeasurably,whethertheyknowitornot.ByapplyingtheirfreshandinquisitivemindstoDCRBandthedraftsofDCRM(B),theyhavekeptmyownfromthedangersofablindnessbornoftoolongacquaintance.

TheindexwaspreparedbyJeanSkippofIncludesIndex.ThecoverandtitlepagedesignisbyKathyBowlinofGraphicAnswersInc.

Finally,IwanttoacknowledgeandthankthefourpeoplewhoagreedtoservewithmeasDCRM(B)editors,whohavegivengenerouslyoftheirtimeandconsiderableintellect;ithasbeenadelightaswellasaneducationworkingwiththem:JohnAttig,RobertL.Maxwell,JoeA.Springer,andManonThroux.EditorspreparingtheotherDCRMcomponentshaveaswellprovidedsmart,substantive,cheerful,andmostwelcomeeditorialhelpandadvice:RandalS.Brandt,AnnW.Copeland,JainFletcher,JaneGillis,JulietMcLaren,andStephenSkuce.

ManonThrouxdeservesspecialrecognition:aschairoftheEditorialTeam,shehasdevoteduncountablehours(manyofthemwhiletherestofusslept,nottomentionpostponingherhoneymoon)toorganizingtheworkoftheeditorialteam,settingmeetingagendas,keepingtrackofitsprogress,takinguptheslackwhenassignedtasksfellthrough,carefullyevaluatingeachproposedchangeandaddition,writingportionsofnewtext,andmakingpainstaking,welldocumentededits.Myesteem,gratitude,andadmirationknownobounds.

DeborahJ.LeslieChair,RBMSBibliographicStandardsCommittee7December2006


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Contents:I. ScopeandpurposeII. RelationshiptootherstandardsIII. ObjectivesandprinciplesIV.OptionsV.LanguagepreferencesVI.SpellingandstyleVII.AcronymsVIII.ExamplesandnotesIX. IntegrityofthecopyX.Precatalogingdecisions

I.Scopeandpurpose

I.1.DescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterials

DCRM(B)isthefirstofseveralmanualsprovidingspecializedcatalogingrulesforvariousformatsofrarematerialstypicallyfoundinrarebook,manuscript,andspecialcollectionrepositories.1Together,thesemanualsformDescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterials(DCRM),anoverarchingconceptratherthanapublicationinitsownright.DCRMcomponentmanualsforserialsandmusicareinpreparation.OthercomponentswillbeaddedtotheDCRMfamilyastheyaredeveloped.

I.2.DescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterials(Books)

DCRM(B)providesguidelinesandinstructionsfordescriptivecatalogingofrarebooks,thatis,printedtextualmonographsreceivingspecialtreatmentwithinarepository.Unlikeitspredecessors,whichwereintendedtoapplyexclusivelytopre1801imprints,DCRM(B)maybeusedforprintedmonographsofanyageortypeofproduction.Raremaps,music,serials,andmanuscriptsofanytypeare

1Thetermrarematerialsisusedtorefertoanyspecialmaterialsthatrepositorieshave

chosentodistinguishfromgeneralmaterialsbythewaysinwhichtheyhouse,preserve,orcollectthem.Rarityinthenarrowsenseofscarcemayormaynotbeafeatureofthesematerials.

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outofscope,withtheexceptionofindividualandspecialissuesofserialstreatedasmonographs(seeAppendixH).

I.3Needforspecialrules

Printedmaterialsinspecialcollectionsoftenpresentsituationsnotordinarilyencounteredinthecatalogingoftypicalmodernpublications(e.g.,variationbetweencopies,cancelledleaves,etc.)andmayrequireadditionaldetailsofdescriptioninordertoidentifysignificantcharacteristics(e.g.,bibliographicalformat,typeface,etc.).Suchdetailsareimportantfortworeasons.Theypermitthereadyidentificationofcopiesofaresource(e.g.,aseditions,impressions,orissues),andtheyprovideamoreexactdescriptionoftheresourceasanartifact.

I.4.Scopeofapplication

DCRM(B)isespeciallyappropriateforthedescriptionofpublicationsproducedbeforetheintroductionofmachineprintinginthenineteenthcentury.However,itmaybeusedtodescribeanyprintedmonograph,includingmachinepresspublications,artistsbooks,privatepressbooks,andothercontemporarymaterials.

Theserulesmaybeappliedcategoricallytobooksbasedondateorplaceofpublication(e.g.,allBritishandNorthAmericanimprintspublishedbefore1831),ormaybeappliedselectively,accordingtotheadministrativepolicyoftheinstitution,whichmaychoosetocatalogsomeorallofitsholdingsatamoredetailedlevelofdescriptionthanthatprovidedforinAACR2.(SeeintroductorysectionX.1fordiscussiononchoosingappropriatecatalogingcodesandlevels.)

I.5.Applicationwithinthebibliographicrecord

Theserulescontaininstructionsforthedescriptiveelementsinbibliographicrecordsonly.Theydonotaddresstheconstructionandassignmentofcontrolledheadingsusedasmainandaddedentries,althoughbriefinstructionsrelatingtoheadingsandotheraccesspointsdoappearthroughout(e.g.,AppendixFisentirelydevotedtorecommendationsforuncontrolledtitleaddedentries).

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II.Relationshiptootherstandards

II.1.AACR2,ISBD(A),andothercatalogingdocumentation

AsarevisionofDCRB,DCRM(B)isbasedonAACR2asamendedbytheLibraryofCongressRuleInterpretations(LCRI),aswellasonthesecondeditionofISBD(A).TheLibraryofCongressauthorizesDCRM(B)asitsinterpretationofAACR2,2.1218.DCRM(B)deviatesinsubstancefromAACR2andLCRIonlywhenrequiredbytheparticulardescriptiveneedsofrarematerials.Inmattersofstyle,presentation,wording,andsubarrangementwithinareas,DCRM(B)followsitsownconventions.

RefertoAACR2andLCRIforguidanceandinstructionsonmattersofdescriptionnotcoveredinDCRM(B).TherelevantsectionsofAACR2andLCRImustbeconsultedforrulesgoverningnameanduniformtitleheadingstobeusedasaccesspointsforauthors,editors,illustrators,printers,series,etc.Forsubjectheadings,numerouscontrolledvocabulariesareavailable;withintheUnitedStates,thesubjectheadingsoftheLibraryofCongressarewidelyused.Consultclassificationdocumentationforassignmentofcallnumbers.Forgenre/formheadings,consultthevariousspecializedthesauriissuedbytheRBMSBibliographicStandardsCommittee.Termsfromotherauthorizedthesauri(e.g.,theArt&ArchitectureThesaurusOnline)mayalsobeusedasappropriate.

II.2.MARC21

MARC21FormatforBibliographicDataisthepresumedformatforpresentationandcommunicationofmachinereadablecataloging.UseofDCRM(B),however,neednotberestrictedtoamachineenvironment,andMARC21isnotmandatory.ExamplesinthebodyofDCRM(B)areshownusingISBDpunctuation;useofMARC21codingappearsonlyinsomeoftheappendixes.CatalogersusingMARC21shouldfollowMARC21documentationforinput,andbeawareofhowtheirbibliographicsystemsinterpretMARC21codestoautomaticallygeneratedisplayfeatures.Thisusuallymeans,forexample,thatthecatalogeromitspunctuationbetweenareas,parenthesesenclosingaseriesstatement,andcertainwordsprefacingformalnotes.

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III.Objectivesandprinciples

TheinstructionscontainedinDCRMareformulatedaccordingtotheobjectivesandprinciplessetforthbelow.Theseobjectivesandprinciplesseektoarticulatethepurposeandnatureofspecializedcatalogingrulesforrarematerials.TheyareinformedbylongacceptedconceptsinbibliographicscholarshipandtheAngloAmericancatalogingtradition,aswellasbymorerecenttheoreticalworkimportanttotheconstructionandrevisionofcatalogingcodes,namelytheInternationalFederationofLibraryAssociationsandInstitutionsFunctionalRequirementsforBibliographicRecords(FRBR)andElaineSvenoniussTheIntellectualFoundationofInformationOrganization.Assuch,theobjectivesandprinciplesarealsoinconformitywiththeIFLAStatementofInternationalCataloguingPrinciples(2009).TheyassumefamiliaritywiththeFRBRtermsusedtocategorizeentitiesthataretheproductsofintellectualorartisticendeavor(work,expression,manifestation,anditem)aswellasbibliographictermsusedtodifferentiateamongtextualvariants(edition,issue,impression,andstate).Itishopedthattheseobjectivesandprincipleswillprovidecatalogers,andadministratorsofcatalogingoperations,withabetterunderstandingoftheunderlyingrationaleforDCRMinstructions.

III.1.FunctionalobjectivesofDCRM

Theprimaryobjectivesincatalogingrarematerialsarenodifferentfromthoseincatalogingothermaterials.Theseobjectivesfocusonmeetinguserneedstofind,identify,select,andobtainmaterials.However,usersofrarematerialsoftenbringspecializedrequirementstothesetasksthatcannotbemetbygeneralcatalogingrules,suchasthosecontainedinthelatestrevisionofAACR2.Inaddition,thestandardproductionpracticesassumedingeneralcatalogingrulesdonotalwaysapplytorarematerials.ThefollowingDCRMobjectivesaredesignedtoaccommodatetheseimportantdifferences.

III.1.1.Usersmustbeabletodistinguishclearlyamongdifferentmanifestationsofanexpressionofawork

Theabilitytodistinguishamongdifferentmanifestationsofanexpressionofaworkiscriticaltotheusertasksofidentifyingandselectingbibliographicresources.IngeneralcatalogingcodeslikeAACR2,itisassumedthatabbreviatedandnormalizedtranscriptionissufficienttodistinguishamongmanifestations.Usersofrarematerials,however,oftenrequirefuller,morefaithfultranscriptions,greaterdetailinthephysicaldescriptionarea,andcareful

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recordingofvariousdistinguishingpointsinthenotearea,inordertoidentifyseparatemanifestations.Additionally,usersofrarematerialsaretypicallyinterestedindrawingfinerdistinctionsamongvariantswithinmanifestationsthanareusersofothermaterials,includingnotsimplybetweeneditionsandissuesbutbetweenvariantimpressionsandstates;manyalsoneedtodistinguishbetweencopiesattheitemlevel.

III.1.2.Usersmustbeabletoperformmostidentificationandselectiontaskswithoutdirectaccesstothematerials

Usersofrarematerialsfrequentlyperformidentificationandselectiontasksundercircumstancesthatrequirethebibliographicdescriptiontostandasadetailedsurrogatefortheitem(e.g.,consultationfromadistance,limitedaccessduetothefragileconditionoftheitem,inabilitytophysicallybrowsecollectionshousedinrestrictedareas,etc.).Accuracyofbibliographicrepresentationincreasessubsequentefficiencyforbothusersandcollectionmanagers.Thesameaccuracycontributestothelongtermpreservationofthematerialsthemselves,byreducingunnecessarycirculationandexaminationofmaterialsthatdonotpreciselymeetusersrequirements.

III.1.3.Usersmustbeabletoinvestigatephysicalprocessesandpostproductionhistoryandcontextexemplifiedinmaterialsdescribed

Usersofrarematerialsroutinelyinvestigateavarietyofartifactualandpostproductionaspectsofmaterials.Forexample,theymaywanttolocatematerialsthatarerelatedbyprintingmethods,illustrationprocesses,bindingstylesandstructures,provenance,genre/form,etc.Theabilityofuserstoidentifymaterialsthatfitthesecriteriadependsuponfullandaccuratedescriptionsandtheprovisionofappropriateaccesspoints.

III.1.4.Usersmustbeabletogainaccesstomaterialswhoseproductionorpresentationcharacteristicsdifferfrommodernconventions

Inordertodistinguishamongmanifestations,generalcatalogingcodeslikeAACR2relyonexplicitbibliographicevidencepresentedinconventionalform(e.g.,aformaleditionstatementonthetitlepageoritsverso).Inrarematerials,suchexplicitevidencewilloftenbelackingorinsufficienttodistinguishamongdifferentmanifestations.Thatwhichisbibliographicallysignificantmaythusbeobscured.

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III.2.PrinciplesofDCRMconstructionTomeettheobjectiveslistedabove,DCRMreliesuponthefollowingsixprinciples.TheseprinciplesareinfluencedbythegeneralprinciplesofbibliographicdescriptionofferedbySvenonius:userconvenience;representation;sufficiencyandnecessity;standardization;andintegration.

III.2.1.Rulesprovideguidancefordescriptionsthatallowuserstodistinguishclearlyamongdifferentmanifestationsofanexpressionofawork

Thisprinciplederivesfromthegeneralprincipleofuserconvenienceandhasimplicationsforallareasofthebibliographicdescription.Theprinciplerelatestoobjective1statedabove.

III.2.2.Rulesprovideforaccuraterepresentationsoftheentityasitdescribesitself,notablythroughinstructionsregardingtranscription,transposition,andomission

Thisprinciplederivesfromthegeneralprinciplesofrepresentation(withitsrelatedsubprincipleofaccuracy)andofstandardization.Preciserepresentationisofparticularrelevanceinthoseareasofthedescriptionthatrequiretranscription(thetitleandstatementofresponsibilityarea,theeditionarea,thepublication,distribution,etc.,area,andtheseriesarea),butshouldnotbeignoredinthephysicaldescriptionandnoteareas.Thegeneralprinciplesofrepresentationandstandardizationstandingreatertensionwitheachotherwhencatalogingrarematerials.Faithfulnesstobothprinciplesmayrequiredescriptiveandannotativetreatmentnecessarilyexceedingthenorms(andattimesthevocabulary)establishedassufficientforthedescriptionofgeneralmaterials.Theprinciplerelatestoobjectives2and4statedabove.

III.2.3.Rulesprovideguidancefortheinclusionofmanifestationspecificanditemspecificinformationthatpermitsuserstoinvestigatephysicalprocessesandpostproductionhistoryandcontextexemplifiedintheitemdescribed

Thisprinciplederivesfromthegeneralprincipleofsufficiencyandnecessity(withitsrelatedsubprincipleofsignificance).Applicationoftheprinciplerequiresthatrulesforrarematerialscatalogingprovideadditionalguidanceonaccesspoints,particularlyincaseswheresuchinformationisnotintegraltothemanifestation,expression,orworkdescribed.Rulesforitemspecificinformationappearinginthenoteareamayrecommendstandardformsforpresentationof

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information(addressingthegeneralprincipleofuserconvenienceanditsrelatedsubprincipleofcommonusage).Applicationofsuchrulespresumesbothausersneedforsuchinformationandacatalogersabilitytoproperlydescribesuchaspects.Theprinciplerelatestoobjective3statedabove.

III.2.4.Rulesprovidefortheinclusionofallelementsofbibliographicalsignificance

GeneralcatalogingcodeslikeAACR2routinelystriveforbothbrevityandclarity,principlesaffiliatedwiththegeneralprincipleofsufficiency.Indescribingrarematerials,toogreatanemphasisonbrevitymaybecometheoccasionforinsufficiencyandlackofclarity.Brevityofdescriptionmaybemeasuredbestagainstthefunctionalrequirementsoftheparticularbibliographicdescriptionratherthanagainsttheaveragephysicallengthofotherbibliographicdescriptionsinthecatalog.Thetensionbetweenrulesforrarematerialsthatpromoteaccuraterepresentationofanitemandyetdonotexceedtherequirementsofsufficiencyisgreat.Referencetotheprincipleofuserconveniencemayoffercorrectresolutionofsuchtensions.Thisprincipleisrelatedtoalloftheobjectivesstatedabove.

III.2.5.RulesconformtothesubstanceandstructureofthelatestrevisionofAACR2totheextentpossible;ISBD(A)servesasasecondaryreferencepoint

Thisprinciplerelatestogeneralprinciplesofstandardizationanduserconvenience(withthelatterssubprincipleofcommonusage).DCRMassumesthatusersofbibliographicdescriptionsconstructedinaccordancewithitsprovisionsoperateincontextswhereAACR2(oftenasinterpretedandappliedbytheLibraryofCongress)istheacceptedstandardforthecatalogingofgeneralmaterials.Therefore,DCRMusesexistingAACR2vocabularyinamannerconsistentwithAACR2;anyadditionalspecializedvocabularynecessaryfordescriptionandaccessofrarematerialsoccursinaclearandconsistentmannerinDCRMrules,appendixes,andglossaryentries.DCRMdoesnotintroducerulesthatarenotrequiredbydifferencesexpectedbetweenrareandgeneralmaterials.NumberingofareaswithinDCRMconformstothestructureofISBDasimplementedinAACR2.WhenanexistingAACR2rulesatisfiestherequirementsofcatalogingrarematerials,DCRMtextismodeledonAACR2text(substitutingexamplesdrawnfromrarematerialsforillustration).IncaseswherethelanguageofAACR2isnotpreciseenoughtoconveynecessarydistinctionsor

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mayintroduceconfusionwhendealingwithrarematerials,DCRMusescarefullyconsideredalternativewording.WordingofrelevantISBD(A)standardswasalsoconsideredwhendeviatingfromAACR2.

III.2.6.RulesarecompatiblewithDCRBexceptincaseswherechangesarenecessarytoalignmorecloselytocurrentrevisionsofAACR2ortoconformtotheaboveprinciples

Thisprinciplerelatestogeneralprinciplesofstandardizationanduserconvenience(withthelatterssubprincipleofcommonusage).DCRMassumesthatusersofbibliographicdescriptionsconstructedinaccordancewithitsprovisionsoperateincontextswheremonographicmaterialsinspecialcollectionswerecataloged,untilrecently,usingDCRB.Therefore,changestoDCRBcatalogingpracticeswereintroducedonlyaftercarefulconsiderationofthevalueornecessityofsuchchanges.

IV.Options

Availableoptionsareindicatedinoneofthreeways.

Alternativeruledesignatesanalternativeoptionwhichaffectsallorseveralareasofthedescription,andwhichmustbeusedconsistentlythroughout.InDCRM(B),alternativerulesapplytothetranscriptionoforiginalpunctuationandtothecreationofseparaterecordsforindividualimpressions,states,bindingvariants,orcopies.

Optionallyintroducesanalternativetreatmentofanelement.

Ifconsideredimportantindicatesthatmoreinformationmaybeaddedinanote,andthussignalschoicesformoreorlessdepthinthedescription.Thisphrasecoverstheentirerangebetweenbestpracticeontheoneend,andhighlyspecializedpracticesontheother.

Thecatalogingagencymaywishtoestablishpoliciesandguidelinesontheapplicationofoptions,leavetheuseofoptionstothediscretionofthecataloger,oruseacombinationofthetwo.

V.Languagepreferences

DCRM(B)iswrittenforanEnglishspeakingcontext.Catalogingagenciespreparingdescriptionsinthecontextofadifferentlanguageshouldreplace

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instructionsandguidelinesprescribingorimplyingtheuseofEnglishintotheirpreferredlanguage(see4B34,4B812,4E,andareas5and7).

VI.Spellingandstyle

DCRM(B)usesMerriamWebstersCollegiateDictionary,eleventhedition,asitsauthorityinmattersofspelling,andinmattersofstyle,thefifteentheditionoftheChicagoManualofStyle.

VII.Acronyms

AACR2 AngloAmericanCataloguingRules,secondeditionBDRB BibliographicDescriptionofRareBooksBIBCO MonographicBibliographicProgramofthePCCCC:DA CommitteeonCataloging:DescriptionandAccess,Associationfor

LibraryCollectionsandTechnicalServices,AmericanLibraryAssociation

DCRB DescriptiveCatalogingofRareBooksDCRM DescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterialsDCRM(B) DescriptiveCatalogingofRareMaterials(Books)ISBD InternationalStandardBibliographicDescriptionISBD(A) InternationalStandardBibliographicDescriptionforOlderMonographic

Publications(Antiquarian)LC LibraryofCongressLCRI LibraryofCongressRuleInterpretationsPCC ProgramforCooperativeCatalogingRBMS RareBooksandManuscriptsSection,AssociationofCollegeand

ResearchLibraries,AmericanLibraryAssociationRDA ResourceDescriptionandAccess

VIII.Examplesandnotes

VIII.1.Examples.Theexamplesarenotinthemselvesprescriptive,butaremeanttoprovideamodelofreliableapplicationandinterpretationoftheruleinquestion.Aword,phrase,element,orentireareamaybeillustrated;ISBDpunctuationisgivenasneededonlyfortheportionillustrated.

VIII.2.Notes.Theinstructionsandguidelinesinarea7arewritteninimperativeform.Thisdoesnotimplythatallnotesarerequired;onthecontrary,mostnotes

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arenot(see7A1.5).ConsulttheotherareasofDCRM(B)inordertoascertainwhatisrequiredandwhatisoptionalinanygivensituation(see7A1).Theconventionsfornotesincludedaspartoftheexamplesareasfollows.

Noteindicatesthatthenoteisrequiredifapplicable.

Optionalnoteindicatesthatthenoteisnotrequired.Thelabelingofanoteasoptionalintheserulescarriesnojudgmentaboutitsimportance(seeintroductorysectionIV);certainnotesdesignatedasoptionalmayinfactbealmostuniversallyapplied.

Localnoteindicatesanotedescribingcopyspecificinformationnotaffectingareas16thatisrequiredifapplicable(see7B19).Itmustbeclearlyidentifiedasalocalnoteaccordingtotheprovisionsof7B19.1.1.Copyspecificinformationthatdoesaffectareas16,suchasbasingthedescriptiononanimperfectcopy(see0B2.2),isrequiredandrecordedinageneralnote.

Optionallocalnoteindicatesthatthenotedescribingcopyspecificinformationisnotrequired.

Commentprefacesdetailsneededtoadequatelyexplaintheexample,andarenottobeconfusedwithnotesappearingwithinthebibliographicaldescription.

IX.Integrityofthecopy

IX.1.Defectsandsophistication

Agreatervulnerabilitytodamage,defect,andlossmeansthatrarematerials,especiallyolderprintedmaterials,arelesslikelythanmodernmaterialstobeinaperfectorcompletestatewhentheyreachthecataloger.Oneofthecatalogerstasksistoascertain(withinreasonableconstraints)whetherandhowmuchthecopyinhanddeviatesfromitsoriginalstateasissued.Imperfectionsanddefectsareusuallyeasytospot.Hardertospotduringcasualexaminationarereplacementleaves,plates,orsectionsfromanothercopy,andthecatalogerisnotexpectedtoverifytheintegrityofeachleafinapublicationunlessthereisreasontosuspectthatthecopyinhandmayhavebeenmadeup,doctored,orfalsified(sophisticated).Bibliographersandbooksellersdescriptionsaretheusualsourceofsuchinformation.

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IX.2.Dustjackets

Inthecontextofrarematerialscataloging,dustjacketsissuedbythepublisherareappropriatelyconsideredpartofapublication,andareincludedintheserulesasprescribedsourcesforareas2,4,and6.Dustjacketsoftencontainvaluableinformationnotfoundinanyothersourceinthepublication.Theireasydetachability,however,coupledwiththeiroriginalfunctionasprotectionforthebindingonlyuntilitwassafelyinthehandsofareader,poseconsiderabledifficultiesfortherarematerialscataloger.Afinedustjacketfromapoorcopymayhavebeenexchangedwithapoordustjacketfromafinecopy;thedustjacketofanoriginalprintingmayenduponthecopyofalatermanifestation,andsoon.Whenconsideringwhethertotranscribeinformationthatappearsonlyonadustjacket,considerthatthedustjacketwasissuedwiththepublication,unlessthereisreasontosuspectotherwise.

X.Precatalogingdecisions

Beforeabibliographicrecordcanbecreatedforamonographorgroupofmonographsawaitingcataloginginaninstitutionsspecialcollections,appropriatedecisionsmustbemaderegardingthearrayofdescriptiveoptionsavailabletothecataloger.Theseprecatalogingdecisionsinclude:determiningwhetherDCRM(B)orAACR2ruleswillgovernthedescription,choosingthelevelofcatalogingthatwillbeapplied,anddeterminingtheextenttowhichvariousoptionsintheruleswillbeexercised.

BecauseDCRM(B)waswrittentoaddressthespecialneedsofusersofrarematerials,itislikelytobetheappropriatecatalogingcodeforthemajorityofprintedmonographsheldinspecialcollections.However,forsomecategoriesofmaterials,thecatalogingobjectives(seeintroductorysectionIII)maybemetbyuseofAACR2orbytheapplicationofoptionswithintheDCRM(B)rulesthatpermitlessdetailinthedescription.FulllevelDCRM(B)recordsthatemployallpossibledescriptiveoptionswillnotnecessarilybethebestchoiceforeveryitem.

Thefollowingsectionprovidesguidanceforcatalogersandcatalogingadministratorsfacedwiththesedecisionsandidentifiessomeoftheinstitutionalandcontextualfactorsthatshouldbetakenintoconsideration.Itassumesthatcertainroutinechoiceswillalreadyhavebeenmade,suchaswhethertheencodingstandardforthedescriptionwillbeMARC21andwhetheraresourceissuedaspartofamonographicseriesormultipartmonographwillbeanalyzed.

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Institutionsmaypromoteefficiencybysettingcatalogingpoliciesforspecificcategoriesofmaterialsintheircollectionsratherthanmakingdecisionsonanitembyitembasis.Forexample,aninstitutionmaydecidetocatalogallpre1831booksusingDCRM(B),traceprintersandbooksellersforallpre18thcenturybooks,butgivesignaturestatementsandexpansivedescriptivenotesfor15thand16thcenturybooksonly.ItmaychoosetocatalogalllaterbooksaccordingtoAACR2,butaddselectedgenre/formorprovenancenameheadings.Itmaydecidethatcollectionlevelcatalogingissufficientforbrochures.Amechanismforeasilymakingexceptionstogeneralcatalogingpolicyisdesirableaswell.If,forexample,acuratorbuysabookforitsnotableclothbinding,descriptionofandaccesstothebindingoughttobegiveninthebibliographicrecord,evenifitisnottheinstitutionsusualpolicytodescribebindings.

X.1.Decisionstomakebeforebeginningthedescription X.1.1.Itemlevelvs.collectionleveldescription

Determinewhetherthematerialwillreceiveitemleveldescription,collectionleveldescription,orsomecombinationofthetwo.

ItemlevelcatalogingrepresentsthenormativeapplicationoftheDCRM(B)rules.GuidelinesforcreatingcollectionleveldescriptionsarefoundinAppendixB.Collectionlevelcatalogingisusuallyfasterthanitemlevelsometimesdramaticallysobutisattendedbysuchasubstantiallossofspecificitythatitsuseasthesolefinalcatalogingforagroupofitemsshouldbechosenonlyaftercarefulconsideration.Thelackofspecificitycanbemitigatedthroughprovisionofsomesortofitemlevelcontrol,suchasaninventorylist,findingaid,ordatabase,andsuchanapproachishighlyrecommended.Collectionlevelcatalogingofrarematerialsismostsuitablewhenitemshaveminimalvalueinthemselvesbutderivevalueaspartofacollection.Useofcollectionlevelcontrolbyitselfmaybeappropriatewhenusersareunlikelytobeseekingknownitems,ortheriskofinadvertentpurchaseofduplicateindividualitemsisconsideredinsignificant.Collectionlevelcontrolaloneisunlikelytoprovideadequateevidencetoidentifymaterialsfollowingatheft.

Acombinationapproachwouldentailindividualcatalogingofallorselecteditemsinthecollectioninadditiontothecreationofacollectionlevelrecord.Suchanapproachmayinvolvephasedprocessing,wherebythecatalogercreatesacollectionlevelrecordtoprovideimmediatebasicaccesstothecollection,and

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thenlatercreatesitemlevelrecordsforpriorityitemsastimeandresourcespermit.

X.1.2.Catalogingcode:AACR2vs.DCRM(B)Determinewhichcatalogingcodewillgovernthedescription.Bothcodescontainoptionalrulesinadditiontotherequiredones,andeachallowsvaryinglevelsofcatalogingdepth.

Initemlevelbibliographicrecords,useofAACR2resultsinadescriptionthathighlightsthebasicfeaturesofapublicationandobscuressomeofthedifferencesbetweenmanifestationsorbetweenvariantsofasinglemanifestation.AACR2isgenerallyconsideredtobeeasierandquickertoapplythanDCRM(B).AACR2ismostsuitablewhen,inaninstitutionalcontext,anitemwasacquiredandisofsignificanceprimarilyforitscontentratherthanitsartifactualvalue.Incontrast,useofDCRM(B)producesmorefaithfultranscriptionsandmoreaccuratephysicaldescriptions.Itwillbemorelikelytofacilitatedifferentiationbetweenmanifestationsandrevealthepresenceofbibliographicvariantsamongseeminglyidenticalitems.DCRM(B)ismostsuitablewhenanitemcarriesartifactualorbibliographicalsignificance,oritisotherwiseimportanttoprovidedistinctionsbetweenissues,bibliographicalvariants,orindividualcopies.

X.1.3.Encodinglevel:DCRM(B)minimalvs.corevs.full

Determinewhetherthedescriptionwillbedoneataminimal,core,orfulllevel.Eachlevelhasitsparticularuseswithattendantadvantagesanddisadvantages.

DCRM(B)minimallevelprovidesforfaithfultranscriptionandexactphysicaldescription,butrequiresneithernotesnorheadings.Minimallevelrecordscanbeproducedquitequickly.Becausenameandsubjectheadingsmaybelacking,thematerialsrepresentedbytheserecordsmaybeinaccessiblethroughallbutknownitemsearches,andsoshouldbeusedonlyaftercarefulconsideration.DCRM(B)minimallevelmaybesuitablewhenaccuratephysicaldescriptionisdesiredbutarecordwithfewornoaccesspointsisacceptable,orwhenparticularlanguageexpertiseamongcurrentcatalogingstaffisinsufficientforpropersubjectanalysis.ForfurtherinformationoncreatingDCRM(B)minimalleveldescriptions,seeAppendixD.

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DCRM(B)corelevelprovidesforfaithfultranscriptionandexactphysicaldescription,afullcomplementofnameheadings,andatleastonesubjectheading,butrequiresfewnotes.2Corelevelrecordsmaybesuitableforitemsorcollectionsthatcarryenoughbibliographicalorartifactualsignificancetobenefitfromdetaileddescriptionandcontrolledheadingaccess,butforwhichtheomissionofmostnotesisacceptable.ForfurtherinformationoncreatingDCRM(B)coreleveldescriptions,seeAppendixC.

DCRM(B)fulllevelrepresentsthenormativeapplicationoftheserules,yetencompassesarangeofpotentiallevelsofdetail.Fulllevelrecordsprovideforfaithfultranscriptionanddetailed,completephysicaldescription.Althoughsomenotesarerequired(e.g.,thesourceofthetitleproperifnotthetitlepage),mostareoptionalandcanbeappliedselectivelydependingonthenatureofacollectionoraninstitutionsneeds.Forexample,signaturestatements,descriptionsofillustrativeelements,namesofillustratorsandothersresponsibleforsuchelements,andparticularattributesoftheiteminhandmaybeincludedoromittedasdesired.

AlthoughtreatmentofheadingsisoutsidethescopeofDCRM(B),fulllevelrecordstypicallycontainafullcomplementofnameandsubjectheadings.Inadditiontothosetypicallygiventogeneralmaterials,DCRM(B)fulllevelrecordsmaycontainheadingsforprinters,publishers,illustrators,engravers,formerowners,binders,etc.Thenameheadingsneednotbeestablishedusingauthorityrecords,althoughfullauthoritywork,especiallyifcontributedtotheLC/NACOAuthorityFile,willresultingreaterconsistencyofheadingsandimprovedaccess.3

Theadditionofgenre/formheadingsisparticularlyencouragedinfulllevelrecords.Thesemaybeusedtoprovideaccessbyliterarygenre(e.g.,Herbals,Booksellerscatalogs)orbyphysicalform(e.g.,Impositionerrors,Annotations).PrefertheterminologyusedincontrolledvocabulariesissuedbytheRBMSBibliographicStandardsCommittee.Termsfromotherauthorizedvocabularies(e.g.,theArt&ArchitectureThesaurus)mayalsobeusedasappropriate.

2IfaninstitutionisaBIBCOparticipantcontributingcorelevelrecordsaspartoftheProgram

forCooperativeCataloging(PCC),allheadingsmustbeestablishedintheLC/NACOandLC/SACOAuthorityFiles.

3IfaninstitutionisaBIBCOparticipantcontributingfulllevelrecordsaspartoftheProgramforCooperativeCataloging(PCC),allheadingsmustbeestablishedintheLC/NACOandLC/SACOAuthorityFiles.

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X.1.4.Bibliographicvariants

Iftwoormoreitemscanbeidentifiedasbibliographicvariantsofanedition,decidewhethertodescribethemusingasinglebibliographicrecordormultiplerecords.

ItistakenasadefaultapproachinDCRM(B)thataseparaterecordwillbemadeforeachvariantthatrepresentswhatisreferredtoasaneditioninAACR2andanissueinbibliographicscholarship.However,thisdefaultapproachisnotprescriptiveandindeedmaynotbedesirableineverysituation.Withintherules,alternativesareprovided(see2B3.2,2B4.2,2D2,4G)thatpermitthecreationofseparaterecordsforindividualimpressions,states,bindingvariants,orcopies.Oncethedecisionhasbeenmadetoapplythesealternativerules,thecatalogermustbeconsistentinapplyingthemtoallareasofthedescription.Forfurtherguidanceonthecatalogingofbibliographicvariants,seeAppendixE.

X.2.Factorstoconsiderinmakingthesedecisions

Considerthefollowingfactorswhendeterminingappropriatelevelsofdescriptionandaccessformaterialsawaitingcataloging.Thesefactorswillhelptoidentifyitemsthatmightdeservemoredetaileddescriptionsorhigherprioritytreatment.

X.2.1.Institutionsmissionanduserneeds

Evaluatetherelevanceoftheitemsawaitingcatalogingtotheinstitutionsmissionandtheneedsofitsusers.Ideally,theinstitutionwillhavedevelopedinternaldocumentationthatwillfacilitatesuchanevaluation,includingamissionstatement,collectiondevelopmentguidelines,andalistingofconstituentusersandtheiranticipatedneeds.Theneedsofbothpatrons(researchers,teachers,students,etc.)andstaff(collectiondevelopment,reference,technicalservices,etc.)shouldbetakenintoconsideration.

X.2.2.Institutionalanddepartmentalresources

Evaluateinstitutionalanddepartmentalresources,especiallystaffinglevels,expertise,andcurrentworkloads.

Isstaffabletokeepupwiththeinflowofnewmaterials?

Isthereareasonablebalancebetweenresourcesdevotedtoacquiringmaterialsandthosedevotedtoprocessingthem?

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Iscurrentstaffexpertiseinlanguages,subjectareas,descriptivestandards,andencodingstandardsadequateforimplementingand/orcompletingproposedworkplans?

Isstaffabletoworkconcurrentlywithmorethanonecodeand/ordescriptionlevel?

Arefundingandspaceavailableforhiringnewtemporaryorpermanentstaffwiththenecessaryqualifications?

Areadequatereferencesources,suchasspecializedbibliographies,availableforstaffuse?

Howmanyotherprojectsareinprocessandwhataretheirrequirementsandpriorities?

Theregularreviewofcatalogingprioritiesishighlyrecommendedandshouldincludediscussionswithcuratorial,publicservices,technicalservices,andpreservationstaff.

X.2.3.Marketvalueandconditionsofacquisitionoftheitemorcollection

Considertheconditionsofacquisitionandtheestimatedmarketworthoftheitemorcollectionawaitingcataloging.

Doesthemonetaryorpublicrelationsvalueofthematerialjustifyahigherlevelofaccessthanwouldotherwiseapply?

Haveanyaccessrequirementsbeenimposedbyadonoraspartofthetermsofacquisition?

Istheitemorcollectionaccompaniedbybibliographicdescriptionsthatwillfacilitatecataloging?

X.2.4.Intellectualandphysicalcharacteristicsoftheitemorcollection

Finally,evaluatetheintellectualandphysicalcharacteristicsoftheitemsawaitingcataloging.

Isthereaunifyingcharacteristicthatwouldjustifyandfacilitatethedescriptionofthematerialsasacollection(e.g.,author,publisher,placeofpublication,genre/form,etc.)?

Isaparticularcollectionrenowned?

Dothematerialshaveatopicalfocusthathasrecentlyacquiredimportance

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orurgency(e.g.,duetoascholarlyconferencehostedbytheinstitutionorthehiringofanewprofessorwithaparticularspecialty)?

Iscatalogingcopygenerallyavailable?

Weretheitemspurchasedprimarilyfortheircontent?

Dothespecificcopieshavebibliographicorartifactualvalue?

Istheinstitutioncollectingdeeplyinthearea?

Aredetaileddescriptionslikelytorevealbibliographicvariantsthatwillbeofinteresttoresearchers?

Aredetaileddescriptionslikelytohelppreventtheinadvertentpurchaseofduplicatesorthefailuretoacquiredesirablevariants?

Istheitemorcollectionvulnerabletotheftorvandalism?

Wouldamoredetaileddescriptionhelppreventunnecessaryhandlingbystaffandresearchers?


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Contents:0A.Scope0B.Thebasicdescription0C.Chiefsourceofinformation0D.Prescribedsourcesofinformation0E.Prescribedpunctuation0F.Languageandscriptofthedescription0G.Transcription

0A.Scope

Theserulesprovideinstructionsforcatalogingprintedmonographsbooks,pamphlets,andsinglesheetpublications,otherthanmapsandmusicwhoserarity,value,orinterestmakespecialdescriptionnecessaryordesirable.Theycoverinstructionsforthedescriptiveareasinbibliographicrecordsonly(seealsointroductorysectionsIII).Individualandspecialissuesofserialsandunnumberedspecialissuesmayalsobedescribedasmonographs(seeAppendixH).

0B.Thebasicdescription

0B1.Requiredelements

Thedescriptionmustalwaysincludethefollowingelements,regardlessofthecompletenessoftheinformationavailable:

titleproper

dateofpublication,distribution,etc.

extent

size

Alsoincludeotherelementsofdescriptionassetoutinthefollowingrules,ifavailableandappropriatetothechosenlevelofdescription.

0B2.Basisofthedescription

0B2.1.Generalrule.Basethedescriptiononthecopyinhand.

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0B2.2.Imperfectcopies.Ifdescribingacopyknowntobeimperfect,anddetailsofaperfect(ormoreperfect)copycanbedetermined,basethedescriptionontheperfectcopy.Usesquarebracketsonlywhererequiredfordescriptionoftheperfectcopy.Insuchcases,thedetailsmaybedeterminedbyexaminingadditionalcopiesorbyreferringtoreliabledescriptionsinothersources.Asappropriate,citethesourceusedforthedescriptioninanote(see7B3,7B14).Makealocalnotedescribingtheimperfectionofthecopyinhand(see7B19.1).

Ifnoreliableevidenceofthedetailsofaperfectcopyisavailable,describethecopyasitis.Makeageneralnoteindicatingthatthedescriptionisbasedonanimperfectcopy.

0C.Chiefsourceofinformation

0C1.Singletitlepage

0C1.1.Thechiefsourceofinformationforapublicationotherthanasinglesheet(see1G)isthetitlepage,or,ifthereisnotitlepage,thesourcefromwithinthepublicationthatisusedasasubstituteforit.Ifinformationtraditionallygivenonthetitlepageisgivenontwofacingpagesoronpagesonsuccessiveleaves,withorwithoutrepetition,treatallofthesepagesasthechiefsourceofinformation.

0C1.2.However,ifthepublicationbearsacoverissuedbythepublisher,andthecovercontainsalltheelementstypicallygivenonatitlepagebutwithmorerecentinformationthanthatprovidedonthetitlepage(e.g.,alatereditionstatementandpublicationdate),choosethecoverasthechiefsourceofinformation.Makeanotetoindicatethatthecoverhasbeenchosenasthechiefsourceofinformation(see7B3.1).

Poetry of animated nature illustrated : a chaste, interesting and instructive present for juveniles. -- Second edition. -- Philadelphia : Published by Robert A. Smith, 1848

Note: Title, edition statement, and imprint taken from printed wrapper. Title page reads: Poetry of animated nature illustrated. In a series of numbers. Philadelphia: Published by Robert A. Smith, 1846

0C2.Multipletitlepages

Ifthepublicationhasmorethanonetitlepage,chooseasthechiefsourceofinformationoneofthefollowing,applyingthefirstapplicablecriterion:

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a) Ifthetitlepagespresentthepublicationindifferentaspects(e.g.,asanindividualpublicationandaspartofamultipartmonograph),prefertheonethatcorrespondstotheaspectinwhichthepublicationistobetreated.

b) Ifthepublicationisinmorethanonevolume,eachofwhichhasatitlepage,usethetitlepageinthefirstvolume(orthelowestnumberedvolumeifthefirstvolumeisnotavailable).

c) Ifthepublicationisinonevolumeandthechiefdifferencebetweenmultipletitlepagesisimprintdate,choosetheonewiththelatestdate.

d) Ifthepublicationisinonevolumeandthechiefdifferencebetweentwotitlepagesisthatoneisletterpressandtheotherisnot,choosetheletterpresstitlepage.

e) Ifthepublicationhasthesametitlepageinmorethanonelanguageorscript,choosethetitlepagethatisinthelanguageorscriptofthemainpartofthepublication.

f) Iftwotitlepagesfaceoneanother,choosetheoneontherectoofitsleaf.

g) Iftwoormoretitlepagesfollowoneanother,choosethefirstone.

Makeanoteindicatingthesourcechosenasthechiefsourceofinformationifotherthantheusualtitlepage,or,inamultipartmonograph,ifotherthanthetitlepageofthefirstvolume(see7B3).

0C3.Notitlepage

Forpublicationsissuedwithoutatitlepage(andforpublicationsissuedwithatitlepagewhenthetitlepageismissingandnoreliabledescriptionofitisavailable),ifasingletitleproperisavailableinasinglesourcewithinthepublication,usethissourceasthetitlepagesubstitute.Ifthesametitleproperisavailableinmorethanonesourcewithinthepublication,chooseasthetitlepagesubstitutethesourcethatsuppliesthemostadditionalinformation.Ifdifferenttitles,ordifferingformsofthesametitle,appearwithinthepublication,chooseasthetitlepagesubstituteoneofthefollowing,inthisorderofpreference:

a) asourcewithinthepreliminariesorthecolophon

b) asourceelsewherewithinthepublication

c) areferencesource

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Makeanoteindicatingthesourcechosenasthetitlepagesubstitute(see7B3).

Hereafterintheserules,titlepagemeanstitlepageortitlepagesubstitute.

0D.Prescribedsourcesofinformation

Theprescribedsource(s)ofinformationforeachareaofthedescriptionissetoutinpreferredorderbelow.

Area Prescribedsourcesofinformation1.Titleandstatementofresponsibility Titlepage2.Edition Titlepage,otherpreliminaries,colophon,dust

jacket(seeintroductorysectionIX.2)3.Material(ortypeofpublication)specific (Notapplicable)

details4.Publication,distribution,etc. Titlepage,colophon,otherpreliminaries,dust

jacket(seeIX.2)5.Physicaldescription Thewholepublication6.Series Seriestitlepage,monographtitlepage,cover,4

dustjacket(seeIX.2),restofthepublication7.Note Anysource8.Standardnumberandtermsofavailability Anysource

Donottranscribeinformationfromthesourceinareas1,2,4,and6unlessitispresentinaprescribedsourceforthatarea.Inallcasesinwhichinformationforareas1,2,and4istakenfromelsewherethanthetitlepage,makeanotetoindicatethesourceoftheinformation(see7B3,7B6,7B7.1,7B8).Inallcasesinwhichinformationforarea6istakenfromelsewherethantheseriestitlepage,makeanotetoindicatethesourceoftheinformation(see7B12).

Theprescribedsourceofinformationforareas16ofasinglesheetpublicationistheentiresheet,bothrectoandverso.

4Considerthecovertobeaprescribedsourceonlyifitwasissuedbythepublisher.Series

likestatementspresentoncoversnotissuedbythepublisherusuallyrepresentbinderstitlesandshouldbetreatedascopyspecificinformation.Theymaybetranscribedinalocalnote,ifconsideredimportant.Incaseofdoubt,donotconsiderthecovertobeaprescribedsourceofinformation.

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0E.Prescribedpunctuation

Precedeeacharea,otherthanthefirst,byaperiodspacedashspace(.)unlesstheareabeginsanewparagraph.

Precedeorencloseeachoccurrenceofanelementofanareawithstandardpunctuationasindicatedintheprescribedpunctuationsectionsoftheserules.

Precedeeachmarkofprescribedpunctuationbyaspaceandfollowitbyaspace,withthefollowingexceptions:thecomma,period,closingparenthesis,andclosingsquarebracketarenotprecededbyaspace;theopeningparenthesisandopeningsquarebracketarenotfollowedbyaspace.

Endparagraphswithnormalpunctuation(usuallytheperiod).

Ifanentireareaorelementisomittedfromthebibliographicdescription(e.g.,becauseitisnotpresentinthesource),alsoomititscorrespondingprescribedpunctuation.Donotusethemarkofomission.

0F.Languageandscriptofthedescription

0F1.Generalrule

0F1.1.Inthefollowingareas,transcribeinformationfromthepublicationitselfinthelanguageandscript(whereverfeasible)inwhichitappearsthere:

titleandstatementofresponsibility5

edition

publication,distribution,etc.

series

0F1.2.Giveinterpolationsintotheseareasinthelanguageandscriptoftheotherinformationinthearea,exceptforprescribedinterpolationsandothercasesspecifiedintheserules(e.g.,1E5,4B5,4B6.2,4C6.2).Iftheotherinformationintheareaisromanized,giveinterpolationsaccordingtothesameromanization.

5Ifnonromantexthasbeentranscribedwithinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provide

additionaltitleaccessforaromanizedformofthetitleproper(seeAppendixF).

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0F1.3.Giveanyotherinformation(otherthantitles,citations,signatures,andquotationsinnotes)inthelanguageandscriptofthecatalogingagency.

0F2.Romanization

0F2.1.Ifitisnotfeasibletotranscribefromthepublicationusinganonromanscript,romanizethetextaccordingtotheALALCRomanizationTables.Donotenclosetheromanizedtextwithinsquarebrackets.Makeanotetoindicatethattheromanizedtextappearsinnonromanscriptinthepublication(see7B2.2).

Source:

Transcription:Dionysiou oikoumens perigsis Note: Title in Greek script

Source:Hendecasyllabn

Transcription:Hendecasyllabn Note: In the title, the in Hendecasyllabn is printed in Greek

script

0F2.2.Optionally,ifitisfeasibletotranscribefromthepublicationusinganonromanscript,alsoprovideparallelromanizedfieldsusingtheALALCRomanizationTables.Donotenclosetheromanizedtextwithinsquarebrackets,butmakeanoteindicatingthattheromanizationdoesnotappearinthesource.

Note: Romanization supplied by cataloger

0G.Transcription

Transcribeinformationintheformandorderinwhichitispresentedinthesource,accordingtothesegeneralrules0B0G,unlessinstructedotherwisebyspecificrules.Donotusethemarkofomissiontoindicatetransposition.

0G1.Letters,diacritics,andsymbols

0G1.1.Lettersanddiacritics.Ingeneral,transcribelettersastheyappear.Donotaddaccentsandotherdiacriticalmarksnotpresentinthesource.Convertearlierformsoflettersanddiacriticalmarkstotheirmodernform(seeAppendixG2).If

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thesourceusesagothictypefacethatdoesnotdistinguishbetweenuppercaseIandJorbetweenuppercaseUandV,andthereisnoneedtoconverttheletterstolowercase(see0G2.2),transcribethemasIandVrespectively,eventhoughtheactualletterformswillmorecloselyresembleamodernJandamodernU(seeAppendixG4.1).

Source:

Transcription:Vnspotted Iacob

(Comment:SourceusesagothictypefacethatdoesnotdistinguishbetweentheletterformsI/JortheletterformsU/V)

Inmostlanguages,includingLatin,transcribealigaturebygivingitscomponentlettersseparately.Donot,however,separatethecomponentlettersofinAngloSaxon;inFrench;orandinancientormodernScandinavianlanguages.Ifthereisanydoubtastothecorrectconversionoflettersanddiacriticalmarkstomodernform,transcribethemfromthesourceasexactlyaspossible.

0G1.2.Symbols,etc.Replacesymbolsorothermatterthatcannotbereproducedusingavailabletypographicalfacilitieswithacatalogersdescriptioninsquarebrackets.Makeanexplanatorynoteifnecessary.

0G2.Capitalizationandconversionofcase

0G2.1.Generalrule.ConvertletterstouppercaseorlowercaseaccordingtotherulesforcapitalizationinAACR2,AppendixA.Donotconvertcasewhentranscribingromannumerals.

0G2.2.LetterformsI,V,i,j,u,andv.IftherulesforcapitalizationrequireconvertingIorVtolowercase,ori,j,u,orvtouppercase,followthepatternofusageinthetexttodeterminewhichletterformtouseinthetranscription.6

6ForinformationonearlyprintingasitpertainstothetranscriptionofI,J,U,V,i,j,u,andv,

andguidanceonhowtodeterminethepatternofusage,seeAppendixG4.IfanyletterformwithinthefirstfivewordsofthetitlehasbeenconvertedfromItoj,fromjtoI,fromVtou,orfromutoV,provideadditionaltitleaccessusingalternativeformsofthetitleproperasneeded(seeAppendixF).

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Source:LESOEVVRESMORALESDEPLVTARQVE,TRANSLATEESDEGREC

ENFRANOIS,REVEVESETcorrigeesenplusieurspassagesparletranslateur

Transcription:Les oeuures morales de Plutarque / translatees de grec en

franois, reueues et corrigees en plusieurs passages par le translateur

(Comment:Inthepublication,thebodyofthetextinromantypeshowsconsistentuseofvforvowelsorconsonantsininitialpositionanduforvowelsorconsonantselsewhere,e.g.,ville,vn,conuersation,tout,andentendu)

0G2.3.FinalcapitalIinLatin.DonotconverttolowercaseafinalcapitalIinLatintextswhenthefinalIisuppercaseandtheimmediatelyprecedinglettersinthewordarelowercaseorsmallercapitalletters.Sincethisusageisnotmerelytypographicbutaffectsmeaning,thecapitalmustbeleftinthatform.7

Source:M.AccIPlautiquaesupersuntComoediae

Transcription:M. AccI Plauti quae supersunt Comoediae

0G2.4.Chronograms.Capitallettersoccurringapparentlyatrandomorinaparticularsequenceonatitlepageorinacolophonmayrepresentachronogram.Wherethereisgoodreasontoassumethatachronogramisbeingused,donotconvertlettersconsideredpartofthechronogramfromuppercasetolowercase,orfromlowercasetouppercase(seealso4D2.2).

0G3.Punctuationinthesource

0G3.1.Generalrule.Donotnecessarilytranscribepunctuationasitappearsinthesource.Instead,followmodernpunctuationconventions,usingcommonsenseindecidingwhethertoincludethepunctuation,omitit,replaceit,oraddpunctuationnotpresent.

7Iftheletteroccurswithinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provideadditionaltitle

accessfortheformoftitlewiththefinalcapitalIconvertedtoii(seeAppendixF).

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Source:Theunhappyfavourite;or,TheEarlofEssex.Atragedy.WrittenbyJno;

Banks

Transcription:The unhappy favourite, or, The Earl of Essex : a tragedy /

written by Jno. Banks

Source:London:PrintedforAMillar,overagainstCatharinestreetintheStrand.

M,DCC,LI.

Transcription:London : Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catharine-Street in

the Strand, MDCCLI [1751]

Alternativerule:Transcribeallpunctuationasfoundinthesourceofinformation,withtheexceptionofthosemarkscoveredinrules0G3.50G3.7.Whenfollowingthisalternativerule,alwaysincludeprescribedpunctuationaswell,evenifthisresultsindoublepunctuation.Prescribedpunctuationistreatedatthebeginningofeachchapterwithintheserules.

The unhappy favourite; or, The Earl of Essex. : A tragedy. / Written by Jno; Banks

(Comment:Commasarenotaddedaroundorwhenapplyingthisoption;commassurroundingaconjunctionintroducinganalternativetitleisanAACR2convention,notprescribedISBDpunctuation.)

London: : Printed for A Millar, over-against Catharine-Street in the Strand., M,DCC,LI. [1751]

0G3.2.Apostrophes.Transcribeapostrophesasfound.Donotsupplyapostrophesnotpresentinthesource.

Uncle Wiggly's picture book

Scotlands speech to her sons

0G3.3.Hyphens.Transcribehyphensusedtoconnecttheconstituentpartsofcompoundwords,normalizingtheirformasnecessary(seeAppendixG2).Donotsupplyhyphensnotpresentinthesource.

A catalogue of the library of Yale-College in New-Haven

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Report of the Boston Female Anti Slavery Society

0G3.4.Punctuationwithinromannumerals.Donottranscribeinternalmarksofpunctuationappearingwithinromannumerals.Omitthemwithoutusingthemarkofomission.

The bye-laws and regulations of the Marine Society, incorporated in MDCCLXXII

0G3.5.Ellipses,squarebrackets,andvirgules.Donottranscribeellipses...orsquarebrackets[]whenpresentinthesource;replacethemwithadashandparentheses()respectivelyoromitthem,asappropriate.Donotconfuseavirgule(/)ingothictypefaceswithaslash;replaceitwithacommaoromitit,asappropriate.Makeanexplanatorynote,ifconsideredimportant.

Source:Leominster,[Mass.]

Transcription:Leominster, Mass. Optional note: On t.p., "Mass." is enclosed by square brackets

0G3.6.Lineendings.Donottranscribeahyphenorothermarkofpunctuationusedtoconnectasingleworddividedbetweentwolines;transcribeasasingleword,ignoringthepunctuation.Ifthefunctionofthehyphenisindoubt(e.g.,ifitmightformpartofacompoundword),transcribeit.

Source(showinglineendings):IDISCORSIDINICOLOMACHIAVELLI,SOPRALAPRIMADECADITITOLIVIO

Transcription:I discorsi di Nicolo Machiauelli, sopra la prima deca di Tito

Liuio

0G3.7.Punctuationsubstitutingforletters.Transcribeashyphensanyhyphens,dashes,orunderscorecharactersusedinthesourceasasubstituteforoneormorelettersinawordoranentireword.Useonehyphenforeachdistinctpieceoftype.

GENERALRULES


Source:Sectsofstte,theLdsoftheAdty

Transcription:Sec--t----s of st--te, the L----ds of the Ad------ty

Transcribeasterisksasasterisks.

par Mr. B***

Ifthevaluesofthemissinglettersareknown,providetheinformationinanote,ifconsideredimportant.

Source:ClaraH_____d

Transcription:Clara H-d Optional note: Clara H-d is Clara Hayward

0G4.Spacing

0G4.1.Spacingwithinwordsandnumbers.Ingeneral,followmodernspacingconventionswhentranscribingfromthesource.Makenoattempttopreservefullorirregularspacesbetweenletterswithinwords.Ifawordisdividedbetweentheendofonelineandthebeginningofthenext,transcribeitasasingleword,ignoringthelinebreak.

Omitinternalspaceswhentranscribingnumbers(includingromannumerals).

Source:GRAECAEGRAMMATICES

Transcription:Graecae grammatices

Source(showinglineendings):DELAVDIBVSVRBISETRVRIAEETITALIAE

Transcription:De laudibus urbis Etruriae et Italiae

GENERALRULES


Alternativerule:Transcribeinternalspaceswithinnumbers(includingromannumerals).Ifmultiplespacesordifferentsizesofspacesappearbetweentwocharacterswithinthenumber,transcribethemasasinglespace.

Source:M.D.CC.XLIV

Transcription:M. D. CC. XLIV

0G4.2.Spacingbetweenwords.Ifspacingbetweenwordsinthesourceisambiguous,orlacking,includespacesinthetranscriptiontoseparatethewordsasneeded.8

Source:LAMORTEDORFEO

Transcription:La morte d'Orfeo

0G4.3.Variantspellings.Donotinsertspaceswithinsinglewordsthatmerelyrepresentvariantorarchaicspellings.9

Source:Newhampshire&VermontALMANAC

Transcription:Newhampshire & Vermont almanac

0G5.Omissions

0G5.1.Generalrule.Indicateomissionsinthetranscriptionorinaquotednotebyusingthemarkofomission.Whenusingthemarkofomission,generallygiveitwithaspaceoneitherside.However,giveaspaceononlyonesideifthemarkcomesattheendofanarea,isprecededbyanopeningparenthesisoropening

8Ifthemissingspacesoccurinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provideadditionaltitleaccessfortheformoftitleasitappearsinthesource,withoutthespaces(seeAppendixF).

9Ifthevariantorarchaicspellingsoccurinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provideadditionaltitleaccessfortheformofthetitlewiththespacinginserted(seeAppendixF).

GENERALRULES


squarebracket,orisfollowedbyaclosingparenthesis,closingsquarebracket,orcomma.

Oxford : Printed by Leon. Lichfield ... and are to be sold by the Widow Howell, 1698

Amsterdam : Printed for the Widow Swart ..., 1688 (Comment:Themarkofomissionhasaspaceononlyonesidebecauseitisfollowedbyacomma)

0G5.2.Informationnotconsideredpartofanyarea.Ifomittinggrammaticallyseparableinformationfromthetranscriptionbecauseitisnotconsideredpartofanyarea(piousinvocations,etc.;see1A2.2),donotusethemarkofomission.Ifconsideredimportant,givetheomittedinformationinanote.

0G5.3.Informationnottakenfromthechiefsourceofinformation.Iftranscribinginformationfromasourceotherthanthechiefsourceofinformation,omitanywordsprecedingorfollowingtheinformationiftheyarenotconsideredpartoftheelementandaregrammaticallyseparable.Donotusethemarkofomission.Ifconsideredimportant,givetheomittedtextinanote.

The second edition Note: Edition statement from colophon; full colophon reads: This,

the second edition of Le morte Darthur, with Aubrey Beardsley's designs ... is limited to 1000 copies for the United Kingdom and 500 for America, after printing which the type has been distributed

0G6.Interpolations

0G6.1.Generalrule.Indicateaninterpolationinthetranscriptionorinaquotednotebyenclosingitinsquarebrackets.Iftranscribingtextwithmissingorobscuredlettersorwordsthatcanbereconstructedwithsomecertainty,includetheseinthetranscription,enclosingtheminsquarebrackets.Makeanexplanatorynote,ifconsideredimportant.

amico[rum] (Comment:Thewordendswitha )

0G6.2.Conjecturalandindecipherabletext.Indicateaconjecturalinterpolationbyaddingaquestionmarkimmediatelyaftertheinterpolation,withinthesquarebrackets.Supplyaquestionmarkenclosedinsquarebracketsforeachindeterminablewordorportionofword.Makeanotetojustifythe

GENERALRULES


interpolations,provideexplanations,oroffertentativereadingsofindecipherableportionsoftext,ifconsideredimportant.

amico[rum?] (Comment:Thewordendswithasymbolofcontractionthatisconjecturedtobea)

amico[?] (Comment:Thesymbolofcontractionattheendofthewordcannotbedetermined)

El[speth?] [?] McWhorter (Comment:Anautographwithsomeconjecturedlettersintheforenameandanindecipherablemiddleinitial,transcribedinalocalnote)

0G6.3.Lacunaeinimperfectcopies.Ifthedescriptionisbasedonanimperfectcopy(see0B2.2),usethemarkofomissionenclosedinsquarebrackets([...])toshowlacunaeintheresource.

En Barcelo[na] : Por Sebastian Mateu[...] Note: Description based on an imperfect copy; title page torn

with partial loss of imprint

0G6.4.Blankspaces.Iftranscribingtextcontainingablankspaceintendedtobecompletedinmanuscript,asiscommoninformsandcertaingovernmentdocuments,supplythewordblankenclosedinsquarebrackets.10Iftheblankhasbeencompletedintheitembeingdescribed,indicatethisinalocalnote,ifconsideredimportant.

A catalogue of books, to be sold on [blank] the [blank] day of February, 1755 ...

Optional local note: Library's copy has date of auction supplied in manuscript: [Wednesday] the [26th] day of February, 1755

0G6.5.Adjacentelementswithinasinglearea.Ifadjacentelementswithinoneareaaretobeenclosedinsquarebrackets,generallyenclosetheminonesetofsquarebrackets.

[Leipzig : W. Strmer], 1572

10Iftheblankoccursinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provideadditionaltitleaccess

fortheformoftitlewithouttheinterpolatedword[blank](seeAppendixF).

GENERALRULES


Ifthesquarebracketsareduetointerpolationssuchascorrectionsorexpansions(see0G8.2,4B3,4B4,4B5),however,useseparatepairsofsquarebrackets.

Lugduni [Lyon] : [Philippe Tighi?], 1573

0G6.6.Adjacentelementsinseparateareas.Ifadjacentelementsareindifferentareas,encloseeachelementinasetofsquarebrackets.

At London : Imprinted for VVilliam Aspley, [1613] -- [48], 418 p.

0G7.Misprints,etc.

0G7.1.Misprints.Transcribeamisprintasitappearsinthepublication.Followsuchaninaccuracyeitherby[sic]orbytheabbreviationi.e.andthecorrectionwithinsquarebrackets.11

Of the knowledeg [sic] whiche maketh a wise man

The notted [i.e. noted] history of Mother Grim

One day's dty [i.e. duty]

Donotcorrectwordsspelledaccordingtoolderornonstandardorthographicconventions,e.g.,franoiseforfranaise,orantientforancient.

0G7.2.Turnedandapproximatedletters.Transcribeaturnedletter(i.e.,alettersetupsidedown),whetherinadvertentordeliberate,astheintendedletter.Transcribetwolettersusedtoapproximateathirdletterastheintendedletter.However,transcribevvasvv(seeAppendixG5).Makeanexplanatorynote,ifconsideredimportant.12

London Optional note: First "n" in "London" printed with a turned "u"

Wittenberg Optional note: The "W" in "Wittenberg" is formed using "rv"

11Ifthemisprintoccursinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provideadditionaltitle

accessfortheformoftitlewithouttheinterpolationandfortheformoftitleasifithadbeenprintedcorrectly(seeAppendixF).

12Ifthetwolettersusedtoapproximateathirdletteroccurinthefirstfivewordsofthetitleproper,provideadditionaltitleaccessfortheformoftitlewiththeletterstranscribedasset(seeAppendixF).

GENERALRULES


0G7.3.Blankspacesforinitialletters.Whentheprinterhasleftablankspaceforaninitialletter,supplytheintendedletterinsquarebrackets,regardlessofwhethertheletterhasbeenexecutedinmanuscript,andmakeanexplanatorynote.Ifaguideletterhasbeenprinted,transcribeitwithoutsquarebrackets.Incaseofdoubtaboutwhetheraprintedguideletterispresent,transcribetheletterwithoutsquarebrackets.Makealocalnotetoindicatethepresenceorabsenceofmanuscriptexecutioninthecopy,ifconsideredimportant.

[H]istoriarum libri XXXV Note: Space for initial letter of first word of title left blank

by printer Optional local note: LC copy: Initial letter executed in red and

green ink

Historiarum libri XXXV Optional local note: LC copy: Printed guide letter "H" at

beginning of title not executed in manuscript

0G8.Abbreviationsandcontractions

0G8.1.Whentranscribingfromthepublication,donotabbreviateanywordsnotabbreviatedinthesource.

0G8.2.Ifspecialmarksofcontractionhavebeenusedbytheprinterincontinuanceofthemanuscripttradition,expandaffectedwordstotheirfullformandenclosesuppliedlettersinsquarebrackets(seeAppendixG3).Makeanexplanatorynote,ifconsideredimportant(see7B4.2).Ifacontractionstandingforanentirewordappearsinthesource,supplyinsteadtheworditself,enclosedinsquarebrackets.However,transcribeanampersandoraTironiansign( )asanampersand.Encloseeachexpansionorsuppliedwordinitsownsetofsquarebrackets.

Esopus co[n]structus moralizat[us] & hystoriatus ad vtilitate[m] discipulo[rum]

Ifthemeaningofacontractionisconjectural,applythebracketingconventionsgivenin0G6.2.

0G9.Superscriptsandsubscripts

Transcribesuperscriptandsubscriptcharactersonthelineunlessthesensewouldbeaffected(e.g.,inamathematicalformula).

GENERALRULES


Source:M.rJ.asMcAdam

Transcription:Mr. Jas. McAdam

0G10.Initials,etc.

0G10.1.Transcribeinitials,initialisms,andacronymswithoutinternalspaces,regardlessofhowtheyarepresentedinthesourceofinformation.

Pel battesimo di S.A.R. Ludovico ...

KL Ianuarius habet dies xxxi

Monasterij B.M.V. Campililioru[m]

J.J. Rousseau

0G10.2.Treatanabbreviationconsistingofmorethanasingleletterasifitwereadistinctword,separatingitwithaspacefromprecedingandsucceedingwordsorinitials.

Ph. D.

Ad bibliothecam PP. Franciscan. in Anger

Mr. J.P. Morgan

0G10.3.Iftwoormoredistinctinitialisms(orsetsofinitials),acronyms,orabbreviationsappearinjuxtaposition,separatethemwithaspace.

M. J.P. Rabaut (Comment:ThefirstinitialstandsforMonsieur)


1.TITLEANDSTATEMENTOFRESPONSIBILITYAREA

Contents:1A.Preliminaryrule1B.Titleproper1C.Paralleltitles1D.Othertitleinformation1E.Statementsofresponsibility1F.Publicationswithoutacollectivetitle1G.Singlesheetpublications

1A.Preliminaryrule

1A1.Prescribedpunctuation

Forinstructionsontheuseofspacesbeforeandafterprescribedpunctuation,see0E.

Precedethetitleofasupplementorsection(see1B6)byaperiod.

Precedeeachparalleltitlebyanequalssign.

Precedeeachunitofothertitleinformationbyacolon.

Precedethefirststatementofresponsibilitybyadiagonalslash.

Precedeeachsubsequentstatementofresponsibilitybyasemicolon.

Forthepunctuationofthisareawhenapublicationhasnocollectivetitle,see1F.

1A2.Sourcesofinformation

1A2.1.Generalrule.Theprescribedsourceofinformationforthetitleandstatementofresponsibilityareaisthetitlepage.Forspecialprovisionsrelatingtosinglesheetpublications,see1G.

1A2.2.Omissionofpiousinvocations,etc.Omit,withoutusingthemarkofomission,informationfoundonthetitlepagethatconstitutesneithertitleinformationnorastatementofresponsibility.Suchinformationmayincludepiousinvocations,quotations,devices,announcements,epigrams,mottoes,prices,etc.(see0G5.2).Transcribeordescribethiskindofinformationinanoteif

AREA1.TITLEANDSTATEMENTOFRESPONSIBILITY


itisconsideredimportant.Ifsuchinformationisagrammaticallyinseparablepart(see1B1)ofoneoftheelementsofthetitleandstatementofresponsibilityarea,however,transcribeitassuch.Ifsuchinformationconstitutestheonlytitlelikeinformationpresentinthesource,itmaybeusedasadevisedtitleaccordingtotheprovisionsof1B5.

1A2.3.Multipartmonographs.Ifthevolumeispartofamultipartmonograph,andthetitlepagegivesastatementofthevolumeorpartnumberwithinthelargerwork,omitthisstatementwithoutusingthemarkofomission,unlessitisagrammaticallyinseparablepart(see1B1,1B4)oftheinformationbeingtranscribed.Dotranscribestatementssuchasintwovolumes,however(see1D3).

1A3.Formandorderofinformation

Transcribetitleandstatementofresponsibilityinformationintheformandorderinwhichitispresentedinthesource,unlessinstructedotherwisebyspecificrules(see0G).

1B.Titleproper

1B1.Wordsconsideredpartofthetitleproper

1B1.1.Thetitleproperisthefirstelementofthedescription.Titleinformationprecedingthechieftitleonthetitlepageisconsideredpartofthetitleproper.Ifthechieftitleisprecededorfollowedinthesourcebyotherelementsofinformation,transposetheseelementstotheirappropriateareasinthedescription(orgivetheminanote)unlesscaseendingswouldbeaffected,thegrammaticalconstructionoftheinformationwouldbedisturbed,orthetextisotherwisegrammaticallyinseparablefromthetitleproper.Inthelattercases,transcribetheinformationaspartofthetitleproper.

The post-humous works of Robert Hooke

Monsieur Bossu's treatise of the epicke poem

M. Tullii Ciceronis de officiis libri tres

Bell's edition of Shakspere



1B1.2.Makeanotetoindicatetheoriginalpositiononthetitlepageoftransposedelements.

Prudence Palfrey : a novel / Thomas Bailey Aldrich Note: Author's name at head of title

1B2.Noteonthesourceofthetitleproper

Makeanoteonthesourceofthetitleproperifitisatitlepagesubstitute,e.g.,thecaptiontitle,dockettitle,etc.

A new list of fifty two ships sent to the East-Indies Note: Docket title

1B3.Formsofthetitleproper

Thetitlepropercantakeavarietyofforms,someofwhichareexemplifiedbelow:

1B3.1.Titleproperinclusiveofothertitlesorothertitleinformationappearingbeforethechieftitleonthetitlepage:

Seculum Davidicum redivivum, The divine right of the revolution scripturally and rationally evinced and applied

(Comment:Byvirtueofitstypographicalprominence,theEnglishtitleisclearlythechieftitle)

Prize dissertation, which was honored with the Magellanic Gold Medal, by the American Philosophical Society, January, 1793. Cadmus, or, A treatise on the elements of written language

(Comment:CadmusisclearlymoreprominentthanPrizedissertation)

Hereafter foloweth a litel boke called Colyn Cloute (Comment:ColynClouteisthechieftitle)

1B3.2.Titleproperinclusiveofalternativetitles:

Christianographie, or, The description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the vvorld not subject to the Pope

1B3.3.Titleproperconsistingsolelyofthenameofaresponsiblepersonorbody:

Salustius



1B3.4.Titleproperinclusiveofacaption.(See1G4forcaptiontitlesonsinglesheetpublications):

Source:TotheHonourableCommissionersappointedbyActofParliamentfor

enquiringintotheLossesandServicesoftheAmericanLoyalists.ThememorialofSilvesterGardinerhumblysheweth,...

Transcription:To the Honourable Commissioners appointed by act of Parliament

for enquiring into the losses and services of the American loyalists. The memorial of Silvester Gardiner humbly sheweth ...

1B4.Titleproperwithgrammaticallyinseparabledesignation

Ifapublicationisinmorethanonevolumeandthetitleproperofeachvolumeincludesagrammaticallyinseparabledesignationsuchasnumberingthatisspecifictothatvolume,supplyinsquarebracketsafterthefirstdesignationahyphenandthefinaldesignation,omittingintermediatedesignations.Dothesameforsinglevolumepublicationsthatcontainmultipleparts.

Quinti Horatii Flacci epistolarum liber primus[-secundus]

Thomas Masterson his first[-second] booke of arithmeticke

Le premier[-quart] volume de messire Jehan Froissart lequel traicte des choses dignes de memoire aduenues tant es pays de France, Angleterre, Flanders, Espaigne que Escoce, et autres lieux circonuoisins

Ifitisnotfeasibletodothis,transcribethetitleproperofthefirstvolumeorpartwithoutthisinterpolationandmakeanoteaboutthelaterdesignation(s).

1B5.Notitleproper

Ifnotitlecanbefoundinanysource,useasthetitlepropertheopeningwordsofthetextiftheseprovideareasonablydistinctivetitle.Iftheopeningwordsofthetextarenotsuitable,orifthebeginningofthetextislacking,deviseabriefdescriptivetitle,preferablyinthelanguageandscriptofthecatalogingagency,andusethisdevisedtitle,enclosedinsquarebrackets,asthetitleproper.Makeanoteindicatingwhetherthetitleproperistakenfromtheopeningwordsofthetextorhasbeendevisedbythecataloger.



I am a jolly huntsman, my voice is shrill and clear Note: Title from opening two lines of poem

(Comment:Titleisnotbracketedbecausethefirstpageoftextisherethetitlepagesubstitute)

[Observations on a bill relative to the militia] Note: Title devised from content

(Comment:OpeningwordsHerewithandthedesireofbeingserviceableinthesmallestdegreetomycountry...notsuitableastitle)

[Sermon on Christian baptism] Note: Title devised from content of sermon

1B6.Titleproperwithsupplementaryorsectiondesignationortitle

Ifthetitleproperforaworkthatissupplementaryto,orasectionof,anotherworkappearsintwoormoregrammaticallyseparableparts,transcribethetitleofthemainworkfirst,followedbythedesignation(s)and/ortitle(s)ofthesupplement(s)orsection(s)inorderoftheirdependence.Makeanoteindicatingtheoriginalpositiononthetitlepageofanytransposedelements.

Faust. Part one Note: Title page reads: Part one. Faust

Ifdescribinganindividualissueofaserial,transcribethenumberingoftheissueasinstructedinAppendixH.

1B7.Abridgmentsofthetitleproper

1B7.1.Generalrule.Abridgealongtitleproperonlyifitcanbedonewithoutlossofessentialinformation.Donotomitanyofthefirstfivewords.Indicateomissionsbythemarkofomission.

An act or law passed by the General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's English colony of Connecticut ... on the seventh day of February ... 1759

1B7.2.Alternativetitle.Ifthetitlepropercontainsanalternativetitle,donotomitanyofthefirstfivewordsofthealternativetitle.

England's alarm, or, A most humble declaration, address, and fervent petition ...

1B7.3.Chieftitle.Extendthetranscriptionofthetitleproperatleastthroughtheendofthechieftitleoftheresource.Applythisprovisionevenifotherwordsin



thetitleproperprecedethechieftitle(see1B1.1,1B3.1).Iftheendofthechieftitlecannotbedetermined,breakoffthetranscriptionatthefirstgrammaticallyacceptableplace,butinnoeventwithinthefirstfivewordsofthechieftitle.

Jo. Danielis Schoepflini consil. reg. ac Franciae historiogr. vindiciae typographicae

(Comment:ThechieftitleisVindiciaetypographicae)

A brand new song, entitled The Irishman's address to the twenty-six Nottingham worthies ...

(Comment:ThechieftitlebeginsTheIrishmansaddressbutitsendingisambiguous)

1C.Paralleltitles

1C1.Orderandsourceofparalleltitles

Transcribeparalleltitlesintheorderindicatedbytheirsequenceon,orbythelayoutof,thetitlepage.Iftheoriginaltitleappearselsewherethanonthetitlepage,transcribeitinanote,ifconsideredimportant.

1C2.Languageofparalleltitlesandrelationshiptotitleproper

1C2.1.Transcribeanoriginaltitleinalanguagedifferentfromthatofthetitleproperappearingonthetitlepageasaparalleltitle,unlessitisgrammaticallyinseparablefromanotherpartofthedescription.

Fables = Fabulae

1C2.2.Transcribeasothertitleinformationanoriginaltitleinthesamelanguageasthetitleproper(see1D).

The adventures of Red Riding Hood : Little Red Riding Hood

1D.Othertitleinformation

1D1.Orderandsourceofothertitleinformation

Transcribeothertitleinformationappearingonthetitlepageintheorderindicatedbythesequenceon,orlayoutof,thetitlepage.Transcribeothertitleinformationnotappearingonthetitlepageinanote,ifconsideredimportant.



1D2.Othertitleinformationbeginningwithprepositions,conjunctions,etc.

1D2.1.Generalrule.Transcribetitleinformationthatappearsfollowingthetitleproperasothertitleinformation,evenifitbeginswithapreposition,conjunction,prepositionalphrase,etc.

The English Parliament represented in a vision : with an after-thought upon the speech delivered to His Most Christian Majesty by the deputies of the states of Britany on the 29th day of February last ... : to which is added at large the memorable representation of the House of Commons to the Queen in the year 1711/12 ...

1D2.2.Ifthisothertitleinformationappearsfollowingthestatementofresponsibility,transcribeitasasubsequentstatementofresponsibility(see1E14.2).

1D2.3.Ifthisothertitleinformation,orsomeportionofit,constitutesaformalstatementofthecontentsofthework,andisgrammaticallyseparablefromthetitleproperandothertitleinformation,transcribeitinanote,ifconsideredimportant(see7B16.2).Whentheseformalstatementsareomittedfromthetitleandstatementofresponsibilityarea,usethemarkofomission.

The spinning wheel's garland : containing several excellent new songs ...

Optional note: Contents: (from t.p.) I. The good housewife's coat of arms -- II. The spinning wheels glory -- III. The taylor disappointed of his bride -- IV. The changeable world

1D2.4.Distinguishtheabovesituationsfromthoseinwhichtitlesofotherworksaregivenequalprominencewiththefirstnamedwork(see1F1).

1D3.Statementsaboutillustrationsorvolumes

Treatanillustrationstatementorastatementsuchasintwovolumesasothertitleinformation,unlessthestatementisgrammaticallyinseparablefrominformationtranscribedaspartofanotherelementorarea(see1E13and2B8).Ifthestatementappearsfollowingthestatementofresponsibility,transcribeitasasubsequentstatementofresponsibility.

The American child's pictorial history of the United States : illustrated by sixty engravings

General index to fifty-six volumes of the Gentleman's magazine : from its commencement in the year 1731 to the end of 1786 /



compiled by Samuel Ayscough, clerk, assistant librarian of the British Museum ; in two volumes

1D4.Abridgmentofothertitleinformation

Optionally,ifothertitleinformationisverylengthyandcanbeabridgedwithoutlossofessentialinformation,omitlessimportantwordsorphrases,usingthemarkofomission.Ifconsideredimportant,transcribeomittedwordsorphrasesinanote(includingtheothertitlesorphrasesreferredtoin1D2.3).

1D5.Othertitleinformationwithgrammaticallyinseparableelements

Iftheothertitleinformationincludesastatementofresponsibilityoranelementbelongingtoanotherarea,andtheelementisagrammaticallyinseparablepartoftheothertitleinformationaccordingtooneormoreoftheconditionsenumeratedin1B1.1,transcribeitasothertitleinformation.

Constitutiones legitime seu legatine regionis Anglicane : cu[m] subtilissima interpretatione d[omi]ni Johannis de Athon

(Comment:Statementofresponsibilitytranscribedaspartofothertitleinformationbecauseofgenitivecaseending)

1D6.Parallelstatementscontainingothertitleinformation

Transcribeparallelstatementscontainingothertitleinformationintheorderinwhichtheyappearonthetitlepage.

1E.Statementsofresponsibility

1E1.Statementsofresponsibilityonthetitlepage

Transcribestatementsofresponsibilityfoundonthetitlepageintheforminwhichtheyappear.

The history of the long captivity and adventures of Thomas Pellow, in South-Barbary ... / written by himself

De indiciis et praecognitionibus : opus apprime utile medicis / Dauide Edguardo Anglo authore

I dieci libri di architettura / di Leon Battista Alberti

Thoughts on education / by the late Bishop Burnet

Moore's Irish melodies / illustrated by D. Maclise, R.A.



1E2.Statementsofresponsibilityonothersources

Ifastatementofresponsibilityappearsinasourceotherthanonthetitlepage,oristakenfromoutsidethepublication,recordthestatementanditssourceinanote.

Note: Pref. signed: Thomas Hopkins (Comment:Hopkinsisnotrecordedinthestatementofresponsibilityareaeventhoughheisknowntobetheauthor)

Note: "By an engineer"--Introd.

1E3.Transpositionofstatementsofresponsibility

Ifastatementofresponsibilityprecedesthetitleproperinthesource,transposeittoitsrequiredpositionunlessitisagrammaticallyinseparablepartofthetitleproperaccordingtooneormoreoftheconditionsenumeratedin1B1.1.Whentransposingthestatementofresponsibility,donotusethemarkofomission.Makeanoteindicatingthetransposition.

Hanc dissertationem medicam de hydrope tympanite ... submittit ad diem [blank] Martii MDCLXXII ... David Richter, Zitt-Lusatus, autor / praeside ... Dn. Johanne Arnoldo Friderici

Note: "Praeside" statement precedes title on t.p.

1E4.Singlestatementsofresponsibilitywithtwoormorenames

1E4.1.Transcribeasinglestatementofresponsibilityassuchwhetherthetwoormorepersonsorcorporatebodiesnamedinitperformthesamefunctionordifferentfunctions.

Puzzled people : a study in popular attitudes to religion, ethics, progress, and politics in a London borough / prepared for the Ethical Union by Mass-Observation

A new method of discovering the longitude both at sea and land ... / by William Whiston and Humphry Ditton

A treatise of health and long life, with the sure means of attaining it : in two books / the first by Leonard Lessius, the second by Lewis Cornaro ...

1E4.2.Ifarespondentandpraesesaregivenforanacademicdisputation,treatbothnamesandthewordsindicativeoftheirfunctionaspartofasinglestatementofresponsibility(unlessgrammaticallyinseparablefromthetitleproperorothertitleinformation).



/ pro disputatione publica proponebatur praeside Jacobo Fabricio, respondente Johanne Reembbelt

but De peripneumonia disputationem ... sub praesidio ... Dn. Jacobi Fabricii ... publice examinandam proponit Johannes Hellinger

1E5.Omissionofnamesinstatementsofresponsibility

Whenasinglestatementofresponsibilitynamesmorethanonepersonorcorporatebodyperformingthesamefunctionorwiththesamedegreeofresponsibility,transcribeallthenamesmentioned.Optionally,iftheresponsiblepersonsorbodiesnamedinasinglestatementareconsideredtoonumeroustolistexhaustively,allafterthethirdmaybeomitted.Indicatetheomissionbythemarkofomission,andsupplyafteritinsquarebracketsaphraseinthelanguageandscriptofthecatalogingagencytoconveytheextentoftheomission.

/ idee e motti di Giannino Antona-Traversi ; disegni di G. Ardy, A. Bonzagni, A. Cagnoni ... [and 7 others] ; sculture di V. Franco

1E6.Twoormorestatementsofresponsibility

Iftherearetwoormorestatementsofresponsibility,transcribethemintheorderindicatedbytheirsequenceon,orbythelayoutof,thetitlepage.Ifthesequenceandlayoutareambiguousorinsufficienttodeterminetheorder,transcribethestatementsintheorderthatmakesthemostsense.

El Fuero Real de Espaa / diligentemente hecho por el noble Rey don Alonso noveno ; glossado por Alonso Daz de Montalvo ...

1E7.Termsofaddress,etc.,instatementsofresponsibility

Includetitlesandabbreviationsoftitlesofnobility,address,honor,anddistinctionthatappearwithnamesinstatementsofresponsibility.

/ by Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford ...

/ par Monsieur Guilliaulme Staundforde, chiualer

/ by the late Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, bart. ...

/ con un prlogo del Excmo. Sr. D. Manuel Danvila y Collado

/ by the Rev. Daniel Lysons ...



1E8.Qualificationsinstatementsofresponsibility

Qualificationssuchasinitialsindicatingmembershipinsocieties,academicdegrees,andstatementsofpositionsheldmaybeomittedfromthestatementofresponsibility,usingthemarkofomission,unless:

thequalificationsarenecessarygrammatically

or thequalificationsarenecessaryforidentifyingthepersonorareusefulinestablishingacontextforthepersonsactivity(initialsofreligiousorders,phrases,oradjectivesdenotingplacenames,etc.)

or thestatementofresponsibilityrepresentstheauthoronlybyapseudonym,adescriptivephrase,ornonalphabeticsymbols.

1E9.Ambiguousstatementsofresponsibility

Iftherelationshipbetweenthetitleofaworkandtheperson(s)orbody(bodies)namedinthestatementofresponsibilityisnotclear,supplyanexplanatorywordorshortphraseinthelanguageofthetext,withinsquarebrackets,ormakeanote.

De l'humour noir / [compil par] Andr Breton

Ifconsideredimportant,makeanoteaboutexpansions,explanations,andcorrectionsofstatementsofresponsibilitywhenneededforclarity(see7B6).

1E10.Statementsofresponsibilityfollowingtitlesinmorethanonelanguageorscript

1E10.1.Iftherearetitlesinmorethanonelanguageorscript,butonlyasinglestatementofresponsibility,transcribethestatementofresponsibilityafterallthetitleinformation.

Jeux de cartes pour enfants = Children's playing cards / par Giovanni Belgrado et Bruno Munari

1E10.2.Iftherearebothtitlesandstatementsofresponsibilityinmorethanonelanguageorscript,transcribeeachstatementofresponsibilityafterthetitleproper,paralleltitle,orothertitleinformationtowhichitrelates.Ifanyofthesetitleslackamatchingstatementofresponsibility,transcribetheinformationintheorderindicatedbythesequenceon,orbythelayoutof,thetitlepage.



Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata / auctore Gulielmo Hunter ... = The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures / by William Hunter

1E10.3.Makeanotetoindicatetheoriginalpositiononthesourceofanytransposedstatements.

1E11.Nounsandnounphrases

1E11.1.Treatanounornounphraseoccurringinconjunctionwithastatementofresponsibilityasothertitleinformationifitisindicativeofthenatureofthework.

Comus : a mask / by John Milton

1E11.2.Ifthenounornounphraseisindicativeoftheroleoftheperson(s)orbody(bodies)namedinthestatementofresponsibilityratherthanofthenatureofthework,treatitaspartofthestatementofresponsibility.

Paradise lost : a poem in twelve books / the author John Milton

A cushion of downe / text by Gilb

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