LC-PCC policy statements for related work of work

LC Core for compilations and for serial relationships such as “Continuation of,” “Continued by,” etc. In most cases, give serial relationships as reciprocal relationships.

PCC practice: For rare materials, citation notes and references to published descriptions are encouraged. Record in the form prescribed by Standard Citation Forms for Rare Materials Cataloging.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Works.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Descriptive Relationship elements and Relationship labels.

LC practice: If an analytical description is for a resource other than one in a monographic series, apply cataloger’s judgment about establishing a relationship to the related work.

LC/PCC practice: Optionally, apply the instruction using a note.

LC/PCC practice: Record the element using a structured description. If possible, express the relationship using a relationship label, or a relationship label in combination with an identifier or IRI, as allowed by the metadata management system. Apply this policy statement when recording: 1) an authorized access point in a bibliographic record, 2) an authorized access point for a related entity in an authority record, or 3) a structured value that is not functioning as an access point. If the metadata management system does not permit recording a relationship label for the element, omit it.

PCC practice: IF: A work is part of a monographic series that is analyzed in full, and the work lacks a title of part or a distinctive title of part, THEN: Record, if considered important for identification or access, a Work: authorized access point for work for the series to ensure that a search for a component part of the series retrieves this work.