Appendix C - 1. Cataloging Provisions
1.1. Apply the following cataloging rules to serials published before 1801 and to later ones for which a more detailed level of description is desired than is provided for by AACR2:
AACR2
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs)
appropriate areas of DCRB, namely, 0-4 and 7.
When AACR2 and LCRIs differ from DCRB, prefer DCRB, except as noted below.
Apply also the instructions found in the CEG.
1.2. Do not apply the provision of DCRB in 1B1 that allows for including within the title proper any other titles or statements about the chief title when they appear before the chief title on the title page . Instead, follow the approach to the selection of the title proper found in AACR2. This will ensure that the national serials database shows consistency in choice of title for serials.
1.3. Transcribe serial designations in the form in which they appear in the source, in the numeric and/or alphabetic, chronological, or other designation area. If these elements are grammatically linked to one or more elements in the title and statement of responsibility area, use the mark of omission in that area to indicate their omission.
1.4. Apply the principle that information from any source other than the prescribed source of information is enclosed in square brackets.
1.5. When appropriate, add the bibliographic format in the physical description area, as provided for in DCRB 5D1.
1.6. Whenever possible, give references to published descriptions in the note area, following DCRB 7C14. (See also 2.3 )
1.7. Apply liberally the provisions for making notes found in AACR2 12.7 and in DCRB area 7. For rare serials it is often important to expand the use of notes to being out specific points, e.g., certain contributors, illustrators, etc. (See also 2.4 )
1.8. When considered desirable by the cataloging institution, create separate records for individual issues of a serial in addition to the collective record for the entire serial. Link the individual records to the collective record by whichever technique is available or preferred by the institution (See also 2.8 ). This allows detailed bibliographic description of single issues of rare and early serials, together with subject analysis pertinent to each issue separately cataloged, which is particularly important in the case of rare serials for which extant issues are sparse.
1.9. Use "designations of function" ("relator terms") when appropriate to the publication being cataloged or when required by institutional policy, as provided in AACR2 21.0D and in Relator Terms for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Cataloguing .(12) (See also 2.9 )
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