LC-PCC policy statements for related agent of work

LC/PCC Core if a value of Agent: authorized access point for agent or its subtypes is used in constructing a Work: authorized access point for work.

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

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

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.

LC/PCC practice: When there is more than one related agent associated with the work, catalogers may provide additional authorized access points for agents or their entity subtypes according to cataloger’s judgment.

LC practice: If the work being cataloged was commissioned by a Library of Congress foundation or fund (e.g., Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, McKim Fund), make an access point for the foundation or fund.