Music Library Association Best Practices for access point for corporate body
Prerecording
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. ollow the instructions at Corporate Body: authorized access point for corporate body or Corporate Body: variant access point for corporate body
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if not using a vocabulary encoding scheme as a source of information.
Base access points for corporate body
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Omissions and changes to a name
Initial articles
Condition Option
Consider "Thee" as the first element of a band name to be a variant spelling of "The" unless there is strong evidence to the contrary. In such cases, record a value of Corporate Body: authorized access point for corporate body that omits the initial article. Routinely also record a value of Corporate Body: variant access point for corporate body that retains the initial article. Apply the same policy to other nonstandard spellings of initial articles. Otherwise follow LC/PCC practice.
LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option. If the initial article is accessed under the article, then apply the option.
Names consisting of or containing initials
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Record a value that reflects the punctuation used in the resource. Optionally, record a variant access point that applies the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Record a value that reflects the punctuation used in the resource. Optionally, record a variant access point that applies the option.
Citations of honours
Terms indicating incorporation and certain other terms
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term or abbreviation is an integral part of the name or the term or designation is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term or abbreviation is not an integral part of the name or the term or designation is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term appears at the beginning of the name and is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is not an integral part of the name or is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is an integral part of the name or is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term appears at the beginning of the name and is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is not an integral part of the name or is not needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term is an integral part of the name or is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the term appears at the beginning of the name and is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body.
Ships
Conferences, etc.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Format of base access points for corporate body
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the following situation: If a term indicating incorporation, etc., is needed to make it clear that the name is that of a corporate body, and the term occurs at the beginning of the name, then transpose the term to the end of the name.
Additional elements and designations in access points for corporate body
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict or to assist in identification.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict.
Option
Follow LC/PCC practice. Apply the option if there is doubt as to whether the preferred name for a performing group conveys the idea of a corporate body. Generally use "Musical group" for performing ensembles. If a conflict exists, use a term for a more specific type of musical group or add an additional distinguishing element. Do not add a qualifier such as "Musical group" simply to bring out the musical aspect of the corporate body.
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if the name of the corporate body does not suggest that it is a corporate body. Add the designation in English.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict. Include a category of government in the language of the corporate body. Do not also add a category of government to the city or town in conflict.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict or to assist in identification, if the associated institution's name is commonly associated with the name of the corporate body. Prefer the associated institution's name instead of the local place name when using it as the Corporate Body: place of conference.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option in the case of conflict. Add the designation in English.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
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.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Higher or related corporate bodies
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Include the value of a Corporate Body: authorized access point for corporate body of the intervening body in the hierarchy if needed to distinguish access points.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Data provenance
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-259d9305-4409-3a7c-82f1-d432b8705bce