Contents:

1A1.  Prescribed punctuation

1A2.  Sources of information

1A3.  Form and order of information

1A1.  Prescribed punctuation

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 0E.

Precede the title of a supplement or section (see 1B6) by a period.

Precede each parallel title by an equals sign.

Precede each unit of other title information by a colon.

Precede the first statement of responsibility by a diagonal slash.

Precede each subsequent statement of responsibility by a semicolon.

For the punctuation of this area when a publication has no collective title, see 1F.

1A2.  Sources of information

1A2.1.  General rule

The prescribed source of information for the title and statement of responsibility area is the title page.  For special provisions relating to single-sheet publications, see 1G.

1A2.2.  Omission of pious invocations, etc.

Omit, without using the mark of omission, information found on the title page that constitutes neither title information nor a statement of responsibility.  Such information may include pious invocations, quotations, devices, announcements, epigrams, mottoes, prices, etc. (see 0G5.2).  Transcribe or describe this kind of information in a note if it is considered important.  If such information is a grammatically inseparable part (see 1B1) of one of the elements of the title and statement of responsibility area, however, transcribe it as such.  If such information constitutes the only title-like information present in the source, it may be used as a devised title according to the provisions of 1B5.

1A2.3.  Multipart monographs

If the volume is part of a multipart monograph, and the title page gives a statement of the volume or part number within the larger work, omit this statement without using the mark of omission, unless it is a grammatically inseparable part (see 1B1, 1B4) of the information being transcribed.  Do transcribe statements such as "in two volumes," however (see 1D3).

1A3.  Form and order of information

Transcribe title and statement of responsibility information in the form and order in which it is presented in the source, unless instructed otherwise by specific rules (see 0G).

See also:

1.  Title and Statement of Responsibility Area