240 Uniform Title (NR) (Variable Data Fields)
First indicator - -Uniform title printed or displayed:
The first indicator regulates the printing of the uniform title in brackets on printed cards. With the adoption of AACR2, LC decided to print all uniform titles on its cards. According to CONSER practice, therefore, the first indicator is always set to value "1".
0 Not printed on LC cards [Pre-AACR2]
1 Printed on LC cards
Second indicator- -Nonfiling characters:
The second indicator specifies the number of nonfiling characters to be ignored for sorting purposes. Initial articles are not input according to CONSER policy, therefore, always set the second indicator to value "0". Example:
0 Nonfiling characters present
to
9
For serials, the most commonly used subfields, in order of input are:
$a, $n, $p, $l
The remaining subfields are rarely or never used on serial records cataloged according to AACR2.
a Uniform title (NR)
d Date of treaty signing (R)
f Date of a work (NR)
g Miscellaneous information (NR)
k For subheading (NR)
l Language of a work (NR)
m Medium of performance for music (R)
n Number of part/section of a work (R)
o Arranged statement for music (NR)
p Name of part/section of a work (R)
r Key for music (NR)
s Version (NR)
6 Linkage (NR)
Description/Instructions:
Field 240 contains uniform titles that are added to serials entered under a name heading (fields 100 , 110 , or 111 ). The name heading and uniform title together comprise the main entry for the serial. Uniform titles that are added to serials entered under title are given in field 130 .
Uniform titles, whether given in field 240 or 130, are of two types:
1. those that bring together all entries for the same work when different manifestations (e.g. translations, editions) have appeared under different titles, or that bring together certain types of legal publications, e.g., treaties, codes, etc. Example:
2. those that differentiate two works entered under the same name and same title proper (LCRI 25.5B)
Editing instructions:
1. According to CONSER policy, do not input initial articles.
2. Do not input brackets; these may be supplied on output by a user's print program.
3. Do not input terminal punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation or closing parenthesis.
4. When transcribing a uniform title constructed according to LCRI 25.5B, use the punctuation appropriate to field 245 (e.g., use a comma between subfields $n and $p). Precede all other elements of the uniform title with a period.
Related fields, etc.
See also:
20X-24X Title and Title-Related Fields
