LC-PCC policy statements for extent of manifestation

Prerecording

LC/PCC Core if the manifestation is complete or if the complete extent is known.

LC/PCC Core for serials or integrating works that have ceased. Include both the number of units and the term indicating the type of unit.

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

PCC practice: For rare materials, apply Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM) conventions when recording extent; do not use abbreviations.

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Condition Option

LC practice: Apply the option if an appropriate term is not included in the closed list for this element, and notify PTCP of the need for a new term.

PCC practice: Apply the option if an appropriate term is not included in the closed list for this element, and notify the chair of the Standing Committee on Standards of the need for a new term.

Recording a structured description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: extent of manifestation: terms.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: extent of manifestation: terms.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for the predominant and subordinate parts of an information resource. Also apply the option when the subordinate parts are of the same carrier type as the predominant part.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Exact number of units not readily ascertainable

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Units cannot be named concisely

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Units and sets of units with identical content

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC practice: For archival moving image materials, do not use the term "identical." Instead assign a copy number in parentheses to identical units and sets of units.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC practice: For moving image materials, do not use the term "identical." Instead assign a copy number in parentheses to identical units and sets of units, following the specific manifestation description.

Number of subunits

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC practice: For moving image resources, record the number of units in hand followed by "of" and the total number of units of the resource. If the total number of units is not readily ascertainable, record the total number of units with a question mark.

Computer discs, cartridges, etc.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Filmstrips and filmslips

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Flipcharts

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Microfiches and microfilm

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Online resources

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Overhead transparencies

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Stereographs

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Videodiscs

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Exact number of subunits not readily ascertainable

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC practice: For moving image resources, record the number of units in hand followed by "of" and the total number of units of the resource. If the total number of units is not readily ascertainable, record the total number of units with a question mark.

Subunits in multiple unit manifestations

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Incomplete manifestations

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: extent of manifestation: CIP cataloging.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for:

a currently-published serial work that is a tangible non-print resource
a currently-published integrating work
any former serial or integrating work for which the total extent is not known

If an updating loose-leaf includes transfer volumes, describe the extent in terms of "loose-leaf" and "transfer."

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option for currently-published print serial works.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option to diachronic works that have ceased when the total extent is not known.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC practice: For moving image resources, record the number of units in hand followed by "of" and the total number of units of the resource. If the total number of units is not known, use a question mark in place of the total number of units.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Describing a manifestation that is a collection

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Number of items, containers, or volumes

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Storage space

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC practice: Apply the option. Record the amount of storage space in inches, cubic inches, feet, or cubic feet.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Number and type of unit

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Describing a part of a manifestation

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Number of units or subunits in a part

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Location of a part within a larger manifestation

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Extent of manifestations of cartographic works

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Two or more cartographic units on one or more sheets

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Cartographic units presented in two or more segments

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Atlases

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Extent of manifestations of notated music

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: 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.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Extent of manifestations of still images

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Two or more images on one or more units

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

One image spanning two or more units

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Albums, portfolios, etc.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Extent of manifestations of text

Single unit manifestations

Single volumes with numbered pages, leaves, or columns

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: 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.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Single volumes with unnumbered pages, leaves, or columns

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Numbered and unnumbered sequences

Condition Option

LC practice: Apply the option. If the unnumbered sequences constitute a substantial part of the resource, use the phrase "unnumbered sequence of pages" or equivalent term.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Inessential matter

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option when the pagination cannot be recorded succinctly.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option when the pagination cannot be recorded succinctly.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option when the pagination cannot be recorded succinctly.

Change in form of numbering within a sequence

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Misleading numbering

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Incomplete volumes

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.

Pages, etc., numbered as part of a larger sequence

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Complicated or irregular paging, etc.

Condition Option

PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Leaves or pages of plates

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Numbered leaves or pages of plates

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Unnumbered leaves or pages of plates

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Folded leaves

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Double leaves

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Duplicated paging, etc.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Pages numbered in opposite directions

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Single sheets

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: 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.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Single portfolios or cases

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Multiple unit manifestations

Two or more volumes

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Completed serials

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Continuously paged volumes

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option for a multipart monograph if the information is readily available.

Individually paged volumes

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

LC practice: Do not apply the option.

PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Updating loose-leafs

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. If the updating loose-leaf includes transfer volumes, describe the extent in terms of "loose-leaf" and "transfer."