LC-PCC policy statements for variant access point for family
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Family elements.
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Base variant access points for family
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Record the proper name in the title as the first element, followed by a comma and the term of rank in the plural.
Format of base variant access points for family
Additional elements and designations in variant access points for family
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Make additions to a variant access point when needed to break a conflict with an authorized access point in another record, or with another variant access point in the same record, or based on cataloger's judgment.
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2026/06/13
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-cea4c1b5-6cd3-362b-b8e8-1a27f44a6d86