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 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

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

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

245 10 $a[Henderson family history].

500 _ _ $aTitle from book jacket.

What if there’s no title?

Cataloger provides a title and records it in brackets245 00 $a[Ballerina teddy bear].500 _ _ $aTitle supplied by cataloger.

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!

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

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

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

Recording the title—cont. DO transcribe grammatically linked phrases in the title

proper On title page: Judy Gorman’s vegetable cookbook 245 10 $aJudy Gorman’s vegetable cookbook

DON’T transcribe introductory phrases in the title proper On title page: Walt Disney presents Snow White 245 10 $aSnow White Add a variant title for the entire phrase

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 245 10 $aSongs for sumner [sic] fun. or 245 10 $aSongs for sumner [i.e. summer] fun 246 3 $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 245 10 $aSongs for sumner fun. 246 3 $aSongs for summer fun

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

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 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

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

Recording variant titles—cont. DO capitalize the first word

245 10 $aJudy Gorman’s vegetable cookbook. 246 30 $aVegetable cookbook

DON’T include initial articles

On title page: The guide to Barbie doll collecting

On cover: The complete Barbie collecting guide 245 04 $aThe guide to Barbie doll collecting. 246 14 $aComplete Barbie collecting guide

DON’T add ending punctuation

Variant title--indicators Indicator 1 (determines if variant title displays and is indexed)

1 Note, title added entry3 No note, title added entry

Indicator 2 (indicates source of variant; generates PAC label)Blank No information provided0 Portion of title1 Parallel title (title in another language on item)2 Distinctive title (title for issue of a serial)3 Other title4 Cover title5 Added title page title6 Caption title (first page of print, usually contents

page) 7 Running title (on each page of print, usually top)8 Spine title

Example--Part title

Example--Alternative title

Example--Parallel title

Example--Title variations

Example--Title variations

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