[OPLINLIST] Fwd: MARC record question

Thu Sep 20 09:29:10 EDT 2018

Sorry, everyone - Melyssa requested some specific sources; I meant to reply
to the list so you would all have access to this content. I'm fortunate to
have access to subscription services that allow training-related sharing of
quoted text and screenshots.

Misty Alvaro, MLIS
Cataloger Librarian
Upper Arlington Public Library <http://www.ualibrary.org/>
614-486-9621 x302

Explore. Gather. Grow.

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From: Misty Alvaro <malvaro at ualibrary.org>
Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [OPLINLIST] MARC record question

Sure! I'll give you some freely accessible stuff so you don't have to worry
about subscription paywalls, but I've also copied a lot from my
subscription services. Everything here has tons of examples. If you need
more or different examples of sentence case capitalization, let me know.

***This is from the *Catalogers Reference Shelf CONSER Cataloging Manual,*
which is freely available. It's basically a chunk from AACR2 Appendix
A.4.A1, Capitalization -- General Rules -- Title and Statement of
Responsibility Area. When you click through the link, it's 6.1.3.
Transcribing the title proper, section e.
https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/conser/conser/module_6_1__ccm.htm

e.  Capitalization

Capitalize words in the title according to AACR2 Appendix A.  Always
capitalize the first word in the title.  Capitalize other words according
to the language of the piece (AACR2 A.4A1).

1)   When the title consists of a common title and section title (see CCM
6.2
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/conser/conser/module_6_2__ccm.htm>),
capitalize the first word in the section title (AACR2 A.4D1).  If a
designation ($n) begins with a word, capitalize the word.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a Journal of chemistry. $p Organic chemistry.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a American men and women of science. $p The medical sciences.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a Clinical and experimental hypertension. $n Part B, $p Hypertension
in pregnancy.

2)   Capitalize the first word of a title embedded within another title.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a Supplement to The journal of the Friends Historical Society.

3)   If the serial is the result of a merger of two serials, however, and
both titles are represented in the title proper, do not capitalize the
title of the second serial (AACR2 A.4C1).

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a Farm chemicals and crop life.

4)   Capitalize the first word in an alternative title.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 04 $a The literary gazette, or, Journal of criticism, science, and the
arts.

Further examples of capitalization in the title proper:

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 10 $a Proceedings of the ... International Convention of the United
Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 10 $a Electoral College : $b [proceedings].

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 04 $a The Mailbox Club messenger.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a WordPerfect report.

245
<https://www.itsmarc.com/crs/mergedprojects/editgde/editgde/idh_245_ceg.htm>
 00 $a Colección Estudios internacionales.

***For what it's worth,* here's the section as it appears in AACR2.* I
can't link directly to it because it's behind a paywall, but it says the
same thing. Note the bold and italicized line (my emphasis): that matters
because, for example, in German I believe all nouns are capitalized -
proper or not. The examples show capitalization according to other language
rules, too. I'm adding the bit after it that explains the English language
capitalization. Apologies for the weird spacing; it's formatted strangely
and hard to copy and paste cleanly:

A.4A1.   In general, capitalize the first word of a title (title proper,
alternative title, parallel title, quoted title, etc.). 2 If the first word
of a title is a compound term beginning with a lower case letter or letters
(e.g.,“e” for electronic) followed by one or more letters in upper case,
capitalize only the secondary element of the compound term immediately
following the introductory letter(s), whether or not the elements are
separated by a hyphen. For a title that begins with an Internet address (or
part of an Internet address), do not capitalize the first element if it is
not capitalized on the resource. If the title includes a corporate name
with unusual capitalization, follow the capitalization practice of the
body. *Capitalize other words as instructed in the rules for the language
involved. *See A.20 for the capitalization of names of documents.

***The following is from AACR2 Appendix A, section 12, *Capitalization --
English language -- General rules. *Note that it refers to the Chicago
Manual of Style, which is also behind a paywall, but your library may have
access to it for general patron use. Check with your reference people if
you're not sure.

A.12 GENERAL RULE
A.12A.  The rules for English-language capitalization basically follow
those of the *Chicago Manual of Style. *Certain rules that differ have been
modified to conform to the requirements of bibliographic records and
long-standing cataloguing practice.
A.12B.  Where a rule prescribes the capitalization of the name of a person,
corporate body, or place, or of a title of nobility, term of honour,
appellation, epithet, etc., understand this to mean that each separate word
or initial is to be capitalized excepting articles, prepositions, and
conjunctions. However, in a place name, capitalize an article that forms an
accepted part of the name according to gazetteers.
A.12C.  Capitalize a plural generic term when it precedes the distinctive
nouns in two or more proper names. Do not capitalize the generic term when
it follows the nouns.

***RDA didn't say anything about capitalizing titles at first: it just said
to transcribe the title as it appears on the preferred source of
information. There is an appendix on capitalization in RDA now (Appendix
A.1), which I will copy below, too. I've included the general instruction
on capitalization and the bit about capitalizing titles. RDA now says to
apply Appendix A... but you don't have to. There is specific language that
allows cataloging agencies to apply their own capitalization schemes, but
it encourages catalogers to use set schemes or exact transcription, not to
just do different things every day on a whim.

You may or may not be able to look up the RDA appendices and LCPCC PS for
free; they've changed what's freely available a couple of times. This is
all copied from RDA Toolkit.

There is, however, a Library of Congress policy that basically echoes AACR2
practice. The LC policy statements have a really funny acronym in RDA: the
LC-PCC PSes (Library of Congresss-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy
Statements)

LC-PCC PS for A.1
<http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdaappa&target=rdaa-10004#rdaa-10004>
ALTERNATIVE
LC practice/PCC practice for Alternative: For capitalization of transcribed
elements, catalogers are encouraged (but not required) to follow Appendix A
<http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdaappa>; it is permitted to
“take what you see” on the resource. For other elements, follow this
appendix. If supplying information in brackets or providing a romanized
form, apply cataloger’s judgment to follow this appendix or not.

RDA Appendix A.1 General Guideline

Unless instructed otherwise at A.2–A.9, capitalize words according to the
guidelines for the language involved. Record in lower case any words not
covered by the guidelines in this appendix.
See A.10–A.55 for information that applies to the languages included in
this appendix. For other languages, consult style manuals that apply to
that language.
*Alternative*
When recording the attributes of a manifestation or item (see chapters
1–4), the agency creating the data can choose to establish in-house
guidelines for capitalization or to choose a published style manual, etc.,
as its preferred guide (see the alternative at 1.10.2). When this occurs,
use those guidelines or that style manual instead of appendix A.

RDA Appendix A.4 Titles of Manifestations
A.4.1 General Guidelines

Capitalize the first word or the abbreviation of the first word in a title,
or in a title of a part, section, or supplement (see 2.3.1.7). Capitalize
other words within titles by applying the guidelines at A.10–A.55, as
applicable to the language involved.

EXAMPLE
The big book of stories from many lands
The 1919/1920 Breasted Expedition to the Far East
Les misérables
IV informe de gobierno
Eileen Ford’s a more beautiful you in 21 days
Journal of polymer science
Sechs Partiten für Flöte
Still life with bottle and grapes
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Strassenkarte der Schweiz = Carte routière de la Suisse = Carta stradale
della Svizzera = Road map of Switzerland
The greenwood tree : newsletter of the Somerset and Dorset Family History
Society
Quo vadis? : a narrative from the time of Nero
King Henry the Eighth ; and, The tempest
An interpretation of The ring and the book
Selections from the Idylls of the king
… / by the Author of Memoirs of a fox-hunting man
A dictionary of American English on historical principles
Les cahiers du cinéma
The anatomical record
Faust. Part one
Advanced calculus. Student handbook
Journal of biosocial science. Supplement
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Philologica
Progress in nuclear energy. Series 2, Reactors

("Screen images from the RDA Toolkit (www.rdatoolkit.org) used by
permission of the Co-Publishers for RDA (American Library Association,
Canadian Federation of Library Associations, and CILIP: Chartered Institute
of Library and Information Professionals)".)

I hope that helps. Good luck!

Misty Alvaro, MLIS
Cataloger Librarian
Upper Arlington Public Library <http://www.ualibrary.org/>
614-486-9621 x302

Explore. Gather. Grow.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 5:07 PM Melyssa Jones <mallen at hbmlibrary.org> wrote:

> Any links to information would be amazing! I couldn't find anything!
>
>
> Melyssa
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Misty Alvaro <malvaro at ualibrary.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2018 4:55:59 PM
> *To:* Melyssa Jones
> *Subject:* Re: [OPLINLIST] MARC record question
>
> The prevailing practice - note that it is not required under RDA - is to
> use what is called, "sentence-case capitalization." It means that we
> capitalize the first word and all proper nouns. This was explicit in AACR2
> and was retained as a Library of Congress practice in RDA through their
> policy statements (LCC-PCC PS).
>
> If you need links or snips of those sources, let me know. I'll be happy to
> send them to you!
>
>
> Misty Alvaro, MLIS
> Cataloger Librarian
> Upper Arlington Public Library <http://www.ualibrary.org/>
> 614-486-9621 x302
>
>
> Explore. Gather. Grow.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 4:40 PM Melyssa Jones via OPLINLIST <
> oplinlist at lists.oplin.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
>
> I just have a quick question. A co-worker and I are having a discussion
> about capitalization in titles in MARC records. Our previous Director, who
> has a Masters in Library Science, told me when I was the cataloger that
> only the first letter of the first word in the title was capitalized and
> everything else was lower case, regardless if it was a proper noun or not.
> This is how I taught the person who took over my job. However, while
> looking at other libraries catalogs, there are quite a few that capitalize
> proper nouns in the title.
>
>
> What is the correct grammar to use in this situation? Thank you for any
> input!
>
>
> Melyssa Jones
>
>
> Adult Services Coordinator
>
> Hurt/Battelle Memorial Library
>
> 614-879-8448
>
> mallen at hbmlibrary.org
>
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