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|a title as it appears on the title page of the book in hand.
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|b subtitle(s) - use a colon to separate subtitle elements; use = to separate parallel titles.
|c statement of responsibility - authors, editors, photographers, translators, anyone who contributed to the book - separate elements with semicolons.
|c [serials] if issuing body on piece differs, replace 245 with current name and include superseded information in a 550 note. Wiki Markup
Filing indicators – In a 245 field the first indicator shows whether there is to be an added entry for title, i.e. whether a 1XX field is present. The second indicator shows the number of nonfiling characters. NOTE: Check filing indicator, whenever present, for accuracy.
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246
Varying Form of Title – Enter varying forms of the title: portion of title, cover title, etc. Do not enter initial articles in subfield a. For a title with an ampersand or numeral in the first 5 words of the 245 field, there must be a 246 with “and” or the numeral spelled out.
245 00 Me & my shadow
246 3 Me and my shadow
245 00 1001 Arabian nights
246 3 One thousand one …
Second filing indicators (246):
_0 = portion of title
_1 = parallel title
_2 = distinctive title (serials)
_3 = other title (serials)
_4 = cover title
_5 = added title page
_6 = caption title
_7 = running title
_8 = spine title
260
Publication, Distribution, Etc.
|a place
|b publisher/distributor - taken from the title page, t.p. verso, or colophon
|c date of publication
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|c [serials] if place and/or publisher differs, update 260 and include superseded
information in a 500 note.
263
Projected date of publication (month & year)
300
Physical Description
|a pagination - number of consecutively numbered pages; 1 v. (various pagings) for non-consecutively numbered pages. Plates are noted here, following pagination, with the number of plates in brackets if unnumbered in the book, or unbracketed if numbered
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300 xvi,
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250
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p.,
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[8
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]
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p.
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of
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plates
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|b ill. – any illustrations (with maps noted specifically)
|c size of the book in centimeters. If size is 42 cm or larger, item type is OVERSIZE
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|e [# and type of computer disk]:
;|c24 cm. +|e1 computer disk (3 ½ in.)
or:
;|c24 cm. +|e1 laser optical disc (4 ¾ in.)
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For CIP cataloging, fill in required elements of the 300 field as above.
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310.
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Current
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Publication
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Frequency
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– Make
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sure
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frequency
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matches
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that
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described
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in
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item;
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if
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different,
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put
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current
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frequency
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in
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310
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and
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move
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old
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frequency
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to
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321;
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add
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subfield
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|f
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to
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both
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notes
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to
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indicate
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dates
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each
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frequency
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was
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in
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effect.
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362
Dates of Publication and Volume Designation [Serials] – Check numeric/chronological designation against item; if different, either add new numbering to this field or describe in a 515 note.
362 0 Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1962) – v. 29, no. 4 (Mar. 1991); no. 116-
First filing indicators (362):
0_ = formatted
1_ = unformatted
400, 410, 411
Series Statement / Personal, Corporate or Conference Names.
440.
Series Statement / Added Entry – Obsolete field. Use 490 field now for all series statement.
490
Series Statement – Title is not traced or is traced differently. First indicator shows whether series is not traced or is traced in a different form.
First filing indicators (490):
1_ = Series title traced differently - there is an 8xx field.
0_ = Series title not traced
500
General Note: Any notes which will further describe features of this particular work (see 500 Notes We Find Useful).
504
Bibliography, Etc. Note
505
Contents Notes: titles and authors of articles or chapters in the book.
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515
Numbering Peculiarities Note [Serials] – For frequency changes too complicated for the 362 field.
546
Language notes.
586
Awards notes.
590
Gift notes, notes indicating temporary locations, status ("Currently on CD STO-decision shelf" ; "defective copy"), or notes for accompanying materials (see Mixed Media).
6XX
Subject fields are checked for typos and egregious errors.
600, 610, 611
Names must meet guidelines for name authorities (See 100 field discussion),
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7XX
Authors, editors, contributors to the book. Names must meet name authority guidelines or print-outs must be sent to DBM (See 100 field discussion).
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785
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[Serials
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If
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a
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previous
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or
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later
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title
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is
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included
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in
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a
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linking
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field,
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search
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Sirsi
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for
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these
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titles
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also;
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if
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earlier
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or
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later
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holdings
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are
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found,
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consider
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treating
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as
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a
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title
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change
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rather
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than
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as
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an
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entirely
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new
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record.
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800
Series added entry, personal name. Traced form of series title from 490. Indicators are same as for 100 field.
830
Series added entry, uniform title. Traced form of series title from 490. Second indicator shows number of non-filing characters.
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Editing Good Member Copy (GMC)
Follow same procedures as above. Special care should be paid to both call numbers and subject headings for validity and accuracy. Also, any purely local subject headings (easily identifiable by unusual indicators or by language other than English) should be deleted.