Qualifiers for Uniform Titles (2 messages) Ann Ercelawn 13 Oct 1995 17:14 UTC
2 messages: _____ Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 12:21:51 -0400 From: Pamela Simpson <pse@PSULIAS.PSU.EDU> Subject: Qualifiers for uniform titles The LCRI for rule 25.5B lists five qualifying terms as the most commonly used to qualify the title proper of a serial: a) place of publication b) corporate body c) place and date or corporate body and date d) date e) edition statement, other title information, etc. It then goes on to state explicitly that the order of terms is not intended to be prescriptive, and that depending on the situation, one or a combination of the terms should be used. Although in practice catalogers tend to choose place if it will suffice (for a variety of reasons I will not go into here), neither the rule nor the LCRI make this required. You can use whatever is appropriate for the situation of the serial being cataloged. Pamela Simpson Serials Cataloger Penn State University E506 Pattee Library University Park, PA 16802-1805 (814) 865-1755 FAX: (814) 863-7293 PSE@PSULIAS.PSU.EDU ______ Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:27:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Louise Ratliff <ECZ5LR2@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Uniform title authorities (Kathleen Thorne) Kay Thorne writes: > In reply to Enrique Gildemeister's query about place vs. corporate body > vs. .... for uniform headings: > > Sometimes all 2, 3, or 5 (anyway, all of 'em) titles are published in > the same place by the same folks and the REAL distinguishing feature about > them is simply the dates. So what's wrong with using the dates? In reply to Kay's question, "what about dates?", well, what's wrong with using dates as additional qualifiers? We need to keep in mind the fact that a uniform title is _not_ supplied expressly for the purpose of adding additional information to a title; it is _only_ a construct used to distinguish one identical title proper from another. This method of assigning qualifiers is somewhat artificial, I think, but until publishers keep their titles stable, I can't come up with a way that is any better, can you? The rules about qualifiers for uniform titles are fairly straightforward and do allow some leeway, and I for one don't want to spend any more time than I have to in choosing which qualifiers to use when, so I just follow LC's RIs. (Besides which, we are a CONSER participant, so the RIs are our Bible :-) --Louise Ratliff Coordinator of Automation Support & Technology (Serials cataloger on special temporary assignment) Cataloging Dept. UCLA University Research Library