Titles Title Statement and Variant Titles

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

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

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

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

What if there’s no title? Cataloger provides a title and records it in brackets $a[Ballerina teddy bear]. 500 _ _ $aTitle supplied by cataloger.

MARC coding—title statement n Title proper: 245 _ _ $aTitle proper n Subtitle: 245 _ _ $aTitle proper :$bsubtitle n Parallel title: 245 _ _ $aTitle proper =$bParallel title n Alternative title: 245 _ _ $aTitle proper, or, Alternative title n Part title: 245 _ _ $aTitle proper.$pPart title n Numbering: 245 _ _ $aTitle proper.$nNumbering,$pPart title n Note: Watch capitalization and punctuation!

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

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

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

Recording the title—cont. n DO transcribe grammatically linked phrases in the title proper u On title page: Judy Gorman’s vegetable cookbook u $aJudy Gorman’s vegetable cookbook n DON’T transcribe introductory phrases in the title proper u On title page: Walt Disney presents Snow White u $aSnow White u Add a variant title for the entire phrase

Recording the title—errors n 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 u $aSongs for sumner [sic] fun. or u $aSongs for sumner [i.e. summer] fun u $aSongs for summer fun n RDA: transcribe as it is on the source; add variant title with correct form On title page: Songs for sumner fun u $aSongs for sumner fun. u $aSongs for summer fun

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

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)

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

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

Recording variant titles—cont. n DO capitalize the first word u $aJudy Gorman’s vegetable cookbook. u $aVegetable cookbook n DON’T include initial articles On title page: The guide to Barbie doll collecting On cover: The complete Barbie collecting guide u $aThe guide to Barbie doll collecting. u $aComplete Barbie collecting guide n DON’T add ending punctuation

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

Example--Part title

Example--Alternative title

Example--Parallel title

Example--Title variations

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