Music Library Association Best Practices for numbering within sequence
Prerecording
Prerecording
Routinely record the element for numbered series.
LC/PCC Core.
PCC practice: For information about recording numbering in authorized access points for series and subseries, see Work: numbering of part.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: numbering of sequence.
Option
Generally do not record manifestation statements. Refer to the Best Practices for Guidance: Manifestation statements for details.
Recording
Recording
In MARC: Record as an unstructured description using field 490 subfield $v.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Manifestation: numbering within sequence.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the chronological designation serves as a proxy numeric designation. Do not apply the option when recording both a numeric and/or alphabetic designation and a chronological designation. Instead include parenthesis around the chronological designation.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Manifestation: numbering within sequence.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option and record the correct numbering with a Manifestation: note on manifestation.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option and also record the incorrect numbering as it appears.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Manifestation: numbering within sequence.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Instead, if there are different forms of the same series numbering within the resource, transcribe (in order of preference):
- the form on the same source as the series title proper
- a form that includes a caption
- any form chosen by the cataloger, if a. and b. do not apply
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if no numbering sequences match the language or script of the title proper.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. If parallel titles for series/subseries are being recorded and the numbering also appears in more than one language or script, record each number after the title proper/parallel title to which it relates. If the number appears only once, record it after the title it linguistically matches or after the last title if it matches all, more than one, or none of the titles.
New sequence of numbering
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Data provenance
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/07/03
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-de8382e9-24af-3fc0-b69f-e614d376cb94