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OLAC Best Practice for title of manifestation

Prerecording

Prerecording

Prefer narrower element.

Facsimiles and reproductions

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Titles that contain errors

Abridging long titles of manifestations

Introductory words in titles of manifestations

Titles of manifestations that include names of agents

Alternative titles of manifestations

Titles of manifestations that include music information

Titles of manifestations that include scale information

Titles of manifestation of units and iterations

Titles of manifestations that are issued in units

Titles of manifestations of integrating works

Titles of aggregates

Condition Option

Apply the option for videodiscs. For aggregates consisting of several films, record a collective title but generally do not devise one.

Condition Option

Do not apply the option for videodiscs.

Condition Option

Apply the option for videodiscs. Record each individual title in an aggregate.

Devised titles of manifestations

Devised titles for manifestations of musical works

Devised titles for manifestations of cartographic works

Devised titles for manifestations of moving image works

Devised titles for archival resources and collections

Data provenance

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-5335a9b5-8f8e-327a-867d-5592d7b9e7d1

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