LC-PCC policy statements for Work entity

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Work elements.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Series/subseries: Work: entity boundary of work.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if there is a change in the authorized access point representing an agent that was used in constructing the authorized access point for the work. This change may be a change from one agent to another or a change of name for the agent.

LC/PCC practice for multipart monographs: Do not apply the option if a work is identified by a creator agent based on the first or earliest volume received, and subsequent volumes indicate additional creators are involved. Record additional creators when considered important.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for language versions of a serial work. If the underlying serial work is transformed into a new serial work because of a change in Work: preferred title of work, new descriptions should be made of any language versions based on this new serial work, even if the Manifestation: title proper of an earlier language version is identical to the Manifestation: title proper of the later language version.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate. Also update the older work with other changes to reflect the change.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate. Also update the older work with other changes to reflect the change.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate. Also update the older work with other changes to reflect the change.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate. Also update the older work with other changes to reflect the change.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option if a serial work only changes frequency. Instead follow the instructions at Work: frequency.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if a serial work has two frequency editions that are published concurrently and/or there is a change in ISSN.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. If a separate work is necessary and the works are related, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, apply the option. Do not apply the option if the media type varies within the serial work (not a change from one type to another).

LC practice: Do not apply the option for U.S. newspapers in microform. Follow instead the guidelines of the United States Newspaper Program (USNP), which in most cases uses the “master record convention” (i.e., the bibliographic record describing the newspaper as it was originally published) to account for the various physical forms in which a newspaper is held.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Basic Cataloging Decisions.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for serial cumulations if the individual issues and the cumulation have different numbering systems. The individual issues and the cumulation may or may not have different titles. When in doubt, apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option for serial cumulations if the individual issues and the cumulation have a continuous numbering system or if the individual issues and the cumulation have the same title, have only chronological designations, and the cumulation is published in lieu of the last individual issue.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, apply the option for serials issued in parts if the individual parts are unnumbered or otherwise undesignated as parts of one serial, the individual parts have their own numbering system, or the parts can be purchased separately. When in doubt, apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option for serials issued in parts if the individual parts do not have a numbering system that relates to the serial as a whole, the parts have a continuous pagination or enumeration, the parts cannot be purchased separately, or the parts appear to be designed to be used together.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option for loose-leaf services. Create instead only one bibliographic record for a loose-leaf service as a whole; consider the service as a whole to be an integrating work. In a note, list the component parts in enough detail to identify them. Give any volume designation that is found on a part. Optionally, include numeric or chronological designations of newsletters, bulletins, etc., within the service. If a component is lacking, give such information in a note.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option for special sections of a loose-leaf that report and analyze latest developments in a particular field. These sections are typically called Bulletin, Newsletter, Report bulletin, Report, etc., and are for the most part indexed in the loose-leaf. They carry a numeric or chronological designation of their own. Information of permanent value from these sections is often later included in the main text and old issues can be periodically discarded or transferred. Do not create a separate record for such a section. Instead, on the bibliographic record for the updating loose-leaf, give a note explaining the inclusion of any separately numbered and separately titled section. Give an appropriate access point for the section.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option for a transfer volume, which is a bibliographic unit containing material of a permanent nature originally issued as a section or binder of a loose-leaf service. The material is transferred from the loose-leaf mode by one of the following methods: the material is reissued by the publisher in bound form and sent to the subscriber as part of a subscription or made available for separate purchase; the material is transferred from the original loose-leaf mode to permanent binders (sometimes supplied by the publisher) or bound separately by the subscriber. In most cases, do not create a separate bibliographic record for the transfer material. Instead, on the bibliographic record for the updating loose-leaf, give a note explaining the inclusion of transfer material of permanent value. If the transfer section has a title of its own or acquires a title of its own in its transferred/bound stage, cite the title in the note and give an access point.

LC/PCC practice: By exception, apply the option if creating separate records for the component parts of a loose-leaf service, including transfer material. Identify each part as an updating loose-leaf, multipart monograph, etc., and catalog it accordingly. In a note, indicate the relationship to the parent loose-leaf service and give an authorized access point for the loose-leaf service.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for current information of temporary or permanent value that is published in pamphlet or paperback form and distributed to subscribers of a loose-leaf service as part of the subscription. Such publications are keyed to a section or a service or to several services. In addition to individual, distinctive titles, they carry also the title of the service and the numbering of a section of the service (usually a supplementary bulletin, to which is added a further distinguishing characteristic such as the words “Extra,” “Section 2,” etc.). Although these publications are often indexed in the service, they are unsuitable for filing into the service. If such a publication is considered of permanent value, create a separate record. Apply cataloger judgment about including a note in the bibliographic record indicating a relationship to the loose-leaf service and about giving an authorized access point for the service.

PCC practice: At first, these publications may appear to be volumes in a monographic series because there is a comprehensive title (the title of the loose-leaf service), a type of numbering, and a volume title. To avoid confusion, create a series-like phrase series authority record; use the titles of the service and of the section of the service in the authorized access point and give instructions for handling the materials in a note.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Basic Cataloging Decisions.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option to all diachronic works that are serials (including monographic series), and to series-like phrases. Do not apply the option to integrating works. Multiple minor changes in the title do not equal a major change. When deciding to create a new work, compare the title on that issue or part to the Manifestation: title proper in the serial metadata description set. Follow the options for the condition at Manifestation: title proper. Change in title proper to determine if a new work is needed.

PCC practice: Apply as needed. When the main series title proper of a Work: subseries appears or disappears, create a new description of the Work. Relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate. If the appearance or disappearance of the title proper of the main series is inconsistent, do not continue to create new descriptions. Use the Work: authorized access point for work of the latest Work and add the relevant relationships and variant access points to that description, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, consider all changes in the title proper of 17th-19th century U.S. almanacs or session laws of the U.S. states to be minor changes and do not create a new metadata description set.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option, instead relate the Works as a Work: related work of work or more specific relationship, as appropriate.