9.5B.  Extent of item (including specific material designation)

Table of Contents:

9.5B1.

Option Decisions:

First option

LC practice:  Effective December 2001, apply the first optional provision of the rule and use conventional terminology in LC original cataloging.  Accept the terms prescribed by 9.5B1 when such terms are found in records originally created by other cataloging agencies and used by LC in its own cataloging.  (Note:  Prior to December 2001, LC used the terms prescribed by 9.5B1.  Existing records are generally not changed to reflect current policy.)

Second option

LC practice:  Apply the second optional provision of the rule on a case-by-case basis.

9.5B3.

Option Decision:

LC practice:  Apply the optional rule on a case-by-case basis.

See also:

9.5.  Physical Description Area