LC-PCC policy statements for Describing a manifestation

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. For further guidance on describing the content of an aggregate manifestation, see Manifestation: note on manifestation.

LC/PCC practice for an aggregate manifestation: Do not apply the option. Use instead Manifestation: expression manifested to relate a manifestation to an aggregated expression or an expression of an aggregating work. The option is not necessary for a manifestation that embodies only one work.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

For instructions on deciding whether to catalog a resource as an integrating work or monograph, see Guidance: Describing an integrating work.

For instructions on deciding whether to catalog a resource as a single-part monograph or serial, or whether to recatalog a monograph as a serial, see Guidance: Describing a serial work.

For instructions on deciding whether to catalog a resource in loose-leaf format, an electronic resource, or a republication as a serial, integrating work, or monograph, see Guidance: Describing a diachronic work.

For instructions on deciding whether to catalog conference publications, supplements, printed travel guides, and certain other printed resources as serials or monographs, see Guidance: Describing a serial work.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if an identifiable part of a manifestation has been described in a separate analytical description.

LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option to relate an analytical description of an inseperable part of a manifestation to a description of the whole manifestation.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

For instructions on deciding whether to catalog a resource as a multipart monograph or serial, see Guidance: Describing a serial work.

For instructions on deciding whether to catalog a resource in loose-leaf format or an electronic resource as a serial, integrating work, or multipart monograph, see Guidance: Describing a diachronic work.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC practice: Apply the option for monographic series and multipart monographs. See the DCM M5 for exceptions.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if an identifiable unit of a manifestation has been described in a separate analytical description.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: For subordinate materials (e.g., accompanying materials, kits, etc.), use cataloger's judgment when a detailed description of carrier characteristics is desired.

LC/PCC practice: For subordinate materials (e.g., accompanying materials, kits, etc.), use cataloger's judgment when a detailed description of carrier characteristics is desired.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option to relate an analytical description of an unit of a manifestation to a description of the whole manifestation.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

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

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment for augmenting and parallel content. For further guidance on noting supplementary content, see Manifestation: supplementary content. For a collection aggregate, provide an informal or formal contents note. Augmenting content may also be included in a contents note.

LC/PCC practice: Identify the expression of an aggregating work for a collection aggregate. Do not apply the option when an aggregate consists solely of a single primary expression and augmenting content or parallel expressions with or without augmenting content.

LC/PCC practice for an augmentation aggregate: Identify the primary aggregated expression. If considered important, give an analytical authorized access point for one or more augmenting expressions.

LC/PCC practice for a parallel aggregate: Identify the original language expression, if present, and at least the first translation in a parallel aggregate. If the manifestation is a parallel aggregate embodying multiple expressions of the Bible or its parts, provide analytical authorized access points for each expression.

LC/PCC practice for a collection aggregate: Identify the first or predominant expression. Record other expressions according to judgment. It is not necessary to identify expressions in anthologies of poetry, hymnals, conference proceedings, journals, collections of interviews or letters, and similar resources. See also the guidance for the option re: note on manifestation.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option for augmentation or parallel aggregates. Do not apply the option in most cases for collection aggregates.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Use instead Manifestation: expression manifested.

LC practice: Apply the option to record illustrators [contributor agents of still images] of resources intended for children. If multiple illustrators are present, apply cataloger's judgment to give more than the first. LC/PCC practice: Record contributors for expressions if they are considered important for retrieval. See Metadata Guidance documents for LC/PCC requirements for recording certain categories of relationship elements in metadata description sets.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for augmenting expressions. Use Manifestation: supplementary content for aggregated expressions that are not the expression of the primary work.

LC/PCC practice: Base the description on the earliest issue available. If the earliest issue available does not have the lowest numbering, base the description on the issue with the lowest numbering available.

LC/PCC practice: Serials may be issued with terms such as "premier," "sample," or "preview." The term "premier" generally implies the first true issue. Do not, however, base the description on an issue that bears only wording such as "Sample," "Preview," or "Introductory issue." Such wording generally indicates that the publisher is testing the potential audience for the serial and it is possible that the serial may never be published. Such issues generally do not have numbering. An issue that bears numbering that precedes "1," such as "Vol. 1, no. 0," "Number 0," or "Volume 0," may be treated as the first issue, provided that there is clear evidence that the issue is not merely serving as a sample or introductory issue.

LC/PCC practice for integrating works: Base the description on a source of information identifying the current iteration of the resource as a whole. If there is no source of information identifying the current iteration of the integrating work as a whole, treat the sources of information identifying its individual contents as a collective source of information for the whole.

LC/PCC practice for electronic serials that don't retain earlier titles/creators: If an electronic serial is reformatted so that all evidence of the earlier title or earlier creator is removed, base the description on the current presentation. Update the existing record if there is one; otherwise, make a new record that covers the earlier and current presentations. Give a note that explains the change in the serial. Give notes and access points for the earlier title proper and/or creator; give information about other changes if considered to be important. Follow these same guidelines if an aggregator presents a range of issues and does not retain the earlier titles or creators.

LC practice: The U.S. ISSN Center creates records for preview issues in order to assign the ISSN. If LC later catalogs the serial, the description is based on the first actual issue and a note is given to explain the preview issue.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Serial Work and Integrating Work Decisions.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option as appropriate to the identifying transcription elements. See specific elements for more detailed instructions on variation in values over time.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Record changes to production, publication, distribution, and manufacture statements in a Manifestation: note on changes in carrier characteristics when changes have been numerous or when circumstances do not allow for coherent statements. Do not apply the option for date of production, publication, distribution, and manufacture statements.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option when the carrier type varies from one issue or part of a diachronic work to another and the Manifestation: media type remains the same. Do not create a new description.

PCC practice: For instructions on the related series authority record, see Guidance: Diachronic works.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option if a change in carrier type also represents a change in Manifestation: media type. Create a new description instead.

LC/PCC practice: Record additional production, publication, distribution, and manufacture statements when recording changes to those statements.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.