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LC-PCC policy statements for preferred title of work

Prerecording

Prerecording

LC/PCC Core.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Work elements.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Work: preferred title of work.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Work: preferred title of work: series-like phrases.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Prefer the option to record title of work if one is available.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Work: preferred title of work: additional omissions and changes: parts of works.

Omissions and changes to a title

Alternative title

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Additional omissions and changes

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the options when they are applicable.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Work: preferred title of work: additional omissions and changes: parts of works.

Different titles or forms of title for the same work

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option first to works created after 1500.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option second to works created after 1500.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. If applying the option, use the criteria given in this section to decide what is the preferred title of a representative expression.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option third to works created after 1500.

Preferred titles of work that are created before 1501

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Classical or Byzantine Greek work

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option first. The preferred language is English.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option second.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option third.

Title of work that is not found in an original language or is not applicable

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Work: preferred title of work: title not found in original language or is not applicable.

Title of work that is found in a non-preferred script

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for anonymous works created before 1501 and written neither in Greek nor in the Latin alphabet. Choose as the preferred title an established title in English if there is one.

Data provenance

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply this option if 1) the metadata has been taken from a source other than the manifestation being described and there is a requirement to record that source OR 2) if directed to do so by other LC/PCC documentation.

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-34bac655-4e47-3061-92da-7a0f0c3f2e3e

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