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CATALOGING SERVICE BULLETIN PROCESSING SERVICES

Number 19, Winter 1982 E d i t o r : Robert M. H i a t t

CONTENTS

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING Romanization Tables Cataloging Off-the-Air Videorecordings

f".. SUBJECT HEADINGS

Sub jec t Headings of Current I n t e r e s t Subjec t Cataloging of Juven i l e Ma te r i a l s Punctuat ion f o r Subjec t Tracings The Use o f Abbreviat ions i n Subjec t Headings General See Also References L a t i n America Mul t i p l e Subdiv is ions

LC CLASSIFICATION Biography Class Numbers and t h e C l a s s i f i c a t i o n

of Biography 2 1 SHELFLISTING

Adding Dates t o Monographic Ca l l Numbers Volume Designat ions

DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION Dewey Manual Bracketed DDC Numbers i n LC Catalog Records

PUBLICATIONS Class S , Agr i cu l tu re

ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO LC CLASSIFICATION ALA/LC ROMANIZATION TABLES

Divehi Moplah

Editorial address: Office of the Director for Cataloging, Processing Services, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 Subscription address: Subscriber Accounts, Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20541

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 78-51400 ISSN 0160-8029 Key title: Cataloging service bulletin

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING

U n t i l such t ime a s i n d i v i d u a l romanization t a b l e s a r e de- veloped f o r t h e A l t a i c languages w r i t t e n i n t h e Perso-Arabic s c r i p t (e.g. , Aze rba i j an i ) , t h e L ib ra ry of Congress recommends t h e use of t h e romanizat ion t a b l e f o r Pe r s i an ( c f . Se rv ice , b u l l e t i n 119, F a l l 1976).

A t t h e end of t h i s i s s u e a r e two romanization schemes f o r two Asian languages. Divehi , an Indo-Aryan languages , a l s o c a l l e d Maldivian, i s t h e o f f i c i a l language of t h e Republic of Maldives. It is w r i t t e n i n an adap ta t ion of t h e Perso-Arabic s c r i p t . Moplah ( o r Mopla) is t h e form of Malayalam used by Moslems o f Kerala ; i t i s w r i t t e n i n t h e Perso-Arabic s c r i p t . Both t a b l e s have been approved by t h e ALA/RTSD/ CCS/Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Mate r i a l s .

CATALOGING OFF-THE-AIR VIDEORECORDINGS

There has been cons ide rab le d i scuss ion t h i s yea r about ca t a - l og ing o f f - the -a i r , l i c e n s e d cop ies o f v ideorecordings and l o c a l l y - reproduced videorecording cop ies of motion p i c t u r e s . Af t e r i n q u i r i e s from member i n s t i t u t i o n s , OCLC d i scussed t h e ma t t e r i n gene ra l terms wi th t h e L i b r a r y o f Congress1 O f f i c e f o r Desc r ip t ive Cata loging Po l i cy and announced a t e n t a t i v e dec i s ion t o t r e a t t h e s e m a t e r i a l s under t h e L ib ra ry o f Congress microform ca ta log ing po l i cy . Fur the r d i scuss ion a t t h e meeting on On-Line Audiovisual Ca ta loge r s a t t h e ALA Annual Conference i n Ph i l ade lph ia l e d t o a r e t h i n k i n g of t h e o r i g i n a l d e c i s i o n , and subsequent exchange between OCLC, LC, and members o f On-Line Audiovisual Ca ta loge r s have served t o modify and c l a i r f y t h e unders tanding of t h e i s s u e s . The major p o i n t s t h a t have been agreed upon a r e enumerated below. It is expected t h a t OCLC w i l l cover d e t a i l s and excep t ions t o t h e po l i cy i n i ts Technical B u w .

It h a s been agreed t h a t t h e phys ica l d e s c r i p t i o n a r e a o f a v ideorecording taped from a broadcast should r e f l e c t t h e a c t u a l copy i n hand wi thout a t t empt ing t o reproduce a d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e " o r i g i n a l w item. Many o f t h e s e programs e x i s t a s publ ished videorecordings , and e x i s t i n g r eco rds f o r t h e published v e r s i o n s could be used by l i b r a r i e s t h a t own an o f f - the -a i r copy. Locally-reproduced videorecordings (e.g. , p r e s e r v a t i o n c o p i e s o f d e t e r i o r a t i n g motion p i c t u r e s , made wi th permis- s i o n ) could i n most i n s t a n c e s be t r e a t e d a s cop ies of t h e motion pic- t u r e s . I f a record f o r t h e o r i g i n a l motion p i c t u r e s e x i s t s i n t h e ca t a - l o g , l i b r a r i e s could use t h e e x i s t i n g record and i n d i c a t e t h e informat ion about t h e copy i n t h e n o t e s a rea . If a new record were c r e a t e d , it should r e f l e c t t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e o r i g i n a l i n t h e t r a n s c r i p t i o n o f t i t l e and c r e d i t s informat ion, but t h e phys ica l d e s c r i p t i o n should r e f l e c t t h e copy i n hand. There a r e obvious s i m i l a r i t i e s and d i f f e r e n c e s i n t h e s e s i t u a t i o n s wi th t h e microform copy pol icy . One major d i f - f e r e n c e is t h a t p re se rv ing t h e phys ica l d e s c r i p t i o n a r e a of t h e o r i g i n a l is much l e s s important f o r v ideorecording cop ies than it is f o r microform c o p i e s of p r i n t e d o r i g i n a l s .

The second major po in t o f d i scuss ion was handl ing t h e publ i - c a t i o n , d i s t r i b u t i o n , e t c . , a r e a f o r o f f - the -a i r recordings . Some ca ta - l o g e r s a t tempted t o equate broadcast ing wi th p u b l i c a t i o n and use a r e a 4 t o r eco rd d e t a i l s o f broadcast ing. S ince b roadcas t ing is not p u b l i c a t i o n e i t h e r from a l e g a l s t andpo in t o r i n c a t a l o g i n g theory , t h i s approach

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could n o t be suppor t ed , I n s t i t u t i o n s t h a t own o f f - t h e - a i r c o p i e s could u s e e x i s t i n g r e c o r d s f o r pub l i shed v ideo reco rd ings , o r i f t h e s e r e c o r d s do n o t e x i s t , c a t a l o g t h e i r c o p i e s a s unpubl ished and n o t a t t emp t t o supp ly a name a s t h e p u b l i s h e r o r d i s t r i b u t o r .

S U B J E C T H E A D I N G S

SUBJECT HEAQUIGS OF C U m T INTERES'S.

Beginning w i t h t h i s i s s u e C a t a l ~ g l ' n n S e r v i c e B w w i l l c o n t a i n a s a r e g u l a r f e a t u r e a list o f new s u b j e c t headings t h a t r ep re - s e n t popu la r t r e n d s o r concepts , The list h e r e i n c l u d e s bo th new sub- j e c t s and some changed headings cove r ing t h e t ime from t h e l a s t a v a i l a b l e supplement. The n e x t i s s u e w i l l c o n t a i n on ly head ings e s t a b l i s h e d s i n c e t h e compi l a t i on o f t h i s l ist .

The l i s t is n o t i n t ended t o be exhaus t i ve . The s e l e c t i o n o f " c u r r e n t i n t e r e s t " te rms may appear whimsical . The i n t e n t i s t o a l e r t c a t a l o g e r s t o t e rms t h a t t hey may wish t o use i n c u r r e n t c a t a l o g i n g . However, c a t a l o g e r s should be a l e r t e d t h a t scope n o t e s ma.y be p r e s e n t i n t h e supplements and t h a t t h e s e headings should be used w i th c a u t i o n i f t h e e x a c t meaning o f them i s n o t c l e a r , The f u l l r e f e r e n c e s t r u c t u r e w i l l appear i n t h e s t a t e d q u a r t e r l y supplement. It i s recommended t h a t c a t a l o g e r s n o t i n i t i a t e changes i n s u b j e c t headings u n t i l t h e r e l e v a n t supplement appea r s ,

Th i rd a u a r t e r . 1981

35mm cameras ( I n d i r e c t ) Agent Orange Apple I1 (Computer) Army-Navy s t o r e s ( I n d i r e c t ) B i o p o l i t i c s Egg-free d i e t Expanding u n i v e r s e Inmate gua rds ( I n d i r e c t ) Job p o s t i n g s ( I n d i r e c t ) L i f e c a r e communities ( I n d i r e c t ) Medium format cameras Q u a l i t y c i r c l e s ( I n d i r e c t ) R u b i k t s Cube User cha rges ( I n d i r e c t ) Working c l a s s women ( I n d i r e c t )

Fou r th a u a r t e r . 1981

Afghanistan--History--Soviet Occupat ion , 1979- Bondage (Sexual behav io r ) ( I n d i r e c t ) Career changes ( ~ n d i r e c t ) Cat owners ( I n d i r e c t ) E t h n i c t h e a t e r ( I n d i r e c t ) Hea l ing ( ~ n d i r e c t ) Home v ideo sys tems Langua,ge sp read ( I n d i r e c t ) L i f e s t y l e Local mass media ( I n d i r e c t ) Management s c i e n c e Marine s c i e n c e s ( I n d i r e c t ) Mass s u i c i d e ( I n d i r e c t ) P o l i c e s h o o t i n g s ( I n d i r e c t ) Runaway husbands ( I n d i r e c t ) S o l a r greenhouses , Underground ( ~ n d i r e c t ) S t r e s s i n c h i l d r e n ( ~ n d i r e c t ) Supply-s ide economics ( I n d i r e c t ) T e s t b i a s ( I n d i r e c t )

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Zero l o t l i n e hous ing ( I n d i r e c t )

F i r s t a u a r t e r . 1982

Ch i ld r en o f Holocaus t s u r v i v o r s ( I n d i r e c t ) C i v i l r i g h t s demons t r a t i ons ( I n d i r e c t ) C i v i l r i g h t s movements ( I n d i r e c t ) Genera l Motors J - c a r s Hear ing impai red ( I n d i r e c t ) Hear ing impai red c h i l d r e n ( I n d i r e c t ) Holocaus t s u r v i v o r s ( I n d i r e c t ) I r a q i - I r a n i a n C o n f l i c t , 1980- ( I n d i r e c t ) J o i n t cus tody o f c h i l d r e n ( I n d i r e c t ) Legal a s s i s t a n c e t o abused wives ( I n d i r e c t ) P o l i t i c a l a c t i o n committees ( I n d i r e c t ) Pro-choice movement ( I n d i r e c t ) P r o - l i f e movement ( I n d i r e c t ) P u b l i c b roadcas t i ng ( I n d i r e c t ) P u b l i c r a d i o ( I n d i r e c t ) P u b l i c t e l e v i s i o n ( I n d i r e c t ) Q u i l t s ( I n d i r e c t ) Rubik ' s Snake S e n i o r Olympics ( I n d i r e c t ) Trucking ( I n d i r e c t ) [Formerly: T r a n s p o r t a t i o n , Automotive--Freight] Urban f o l k l o r e

Second a u a r t e r . 1982

An t inuc l ea r movement ( I n d i r e c t ) Apple I11 (Computer) Cable t e l e v i s i o n ( I n d i r e c t ) [Formerly: Community an t enna t e l e v i s i o n ] Camera-ready copy Commodity t a x s t r a d d l e s ( I n d i r e c t ) C rea t i on i sm Food stamp f r a u d ( I n d i r e c t ) Hazardous was te f a c i l i t i e s ( I n d i r e c t ) I n i t i a t i o n r i t e s ( I n d i r e c t ) I n t e r l o c k i n g d i r e c t o r a t e s ( I n d i r e c t ) I n t e r p r e t e r s f o r t h e dea f ( I n d i r e c t ) Keogh p l a n s ( I n d i r e c t ) Low budget cookery Money-making p r o j e c t s f o r c h i l d r e n ( I n d i r e c t ) Money market f unds ( I n d i r e c t ) O f f Off-Broadway t h e a t e r Pac-Man (Game) Rape i n mar r i age ( I n d i r e c t ) R idesha r ing ( I n d i r e c t ) Space s h u t t l e s Urban women ( I n d i r e c t ) Working c l a s s wh i t e s ( I n d i r e c t ) Wrong-way d r i v i n g ( I n d i r e c t ) '

d a u a r t e r . 1982

Bul imarexia ( I n d i r e c t ) Chi ld m o l e s t e r s ( I n d i r e c t ) C i t i z e n cr ime r e p o r t i n g ( I n d i r e c t ) C i v i l r e l i g i o n ( I n d i r e c t ) Command performances ( I n d i r e c t ) C o n f l i c t management ( I n d i r e c t ) Crime scene s e a r c h e s ( I n d i r e c t ) Deprogramrning ( I n d i r e c t ) D i m sum Divorced p a r e n t s ( I n d i r e c t ) Donkey Kong (Game) Employee f r i n g e b e n e f i t s ( I n d i r e c t ) [Formerly: Non-wage payments]

4 Ca t a log ing S e r v i c e B u l l e t i n , No. 19 / Winter 1982

E n t e r p r i s e zones ( I n d i r e c t ) E n t e r p r i s e zones, Rural ( I n d i r e c t ) Falkland I s l a n d s War, 1982 Fraud i n sc i ence ( I n d i r e c t ) Herpes g e n i t a l i s ( I n d i r e c t ) High-carbohydrate d i e t ( I n d i r e c t Househusbands ( I n d i r e c t ) I n t e r e s t a r b i t r a t i o n ( I n d i r e c t ) I n t e r i o r landscaping ( I n d i r e c t ) Latchkey c h i l d r e n ( I n d i r e c t ) Machine l e a r n i n g Nego t i a t ion i n bus iness ( I n d i r e c t ) No-strike c l a u s e ( I n d i r e c t ) P o l i t i c a l s t a b i l i t y ( I n d i r e c t ) P u b l i c l and s a l e s ( I n d i r e c t ) Q u a l i t y o f work l i f e ( I n d i r e c t ) Resources a l l o c a t i o n Reverse d i s c r i m i n a t i o n ( I n d i r e c t ) Sex change ( I n d i r e c t ) [Formerly: Change o f sex] Sexual abs t inence ( I n d i r e c t ) Sexual masochism ( I n d i r e c t ) S toczn ia Gdanska i m , Lenina S t r i k e , Gdansk, Poland, 1980 Visua l communication ( I n d i r e c t ) Wives--Effect o f husband's employment on Work I n c e n t i v e Program ( I n d i r e c t )

t e r . 1982

Alzheimer's d i s e a s e ( ~ n d i r e c t ) C i t y h a l l s ( I n d i r e c t ) Fashion merchandising ( I n d i r e c t ) F o s t e r g randparen t s ( I n d i r e c t ) Gener ic products ( I n d i r e c t ) Hugging ( I n d i r e c t ) Long-term c a r e f a c i l i t i e s ( I n d i r e c t ) [Formerly: Extended c a r e

f a c i l i t i e s ] Psychosexual d i s o r d e r s ( I n d i r e c t ) Tax i n c e n t i v e s ( I n d i r e c t ) Telephone fund r a i s i n g ( I n d i r e c t ) Video d i s p l a y t e r m i n a l s

m o u n d . The purpose o f t h i s a r t i c l e is t o p r e s e n t g e n e r a l g u i d e l i n e s f o r t h e c a t a l o g i n g o f juven i l e m a t e r i a l s us ing L ib ra ry of Congress c l a s s i f i c a t i o n and s u b j e c t headings, A t one t ime j u v e n i l e m a t e r i a l s were r e l e g a t e d t o a few c l a s s i f i c a t i o n numbers a t t h e end o f t h e L i t a a t u r e schedule. Th i s m a t e r i a l is now c l a s s e d i n a p p r o p r i a t e numbers i n a l l schedules and ass igned s u i t a b l e headings from

a r v o f Connress Sub lec t Head,Q@a. Those ca t a log ing p r a c t i c e s and procedures used f o r a d u l t works are app l i ed t o juven i l e works u n l e s s o t h e r s p e c i a l p rov i s ions e x i s t .

Ac Proaram. These g u i d e l i n e s , however, do no t provide in- s t r u c t i o n s f o r t h e c a t a l o g i n g done f o r t h e Annotated Card Program. Th i s program encompasses most books i s sued by American pub l i she r s , a s w e l l a s f o r e i g n books d i s t r i b u t e d i n t h e United S t a t e s , t h a t could be u s e f u l l y shelved i n j u v e n i l e c o l l e c t i o n s , A d e t a i l e d exp lana t ion o f i ts f e a t u r e s appea r s i n t h e s p e c i a l s e c t i o n o f t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e n i n t h e d i t i o n o f L j g r a r v o f Coge;yess Subfec t -, Works s e l e c t e d f o r AC t r ea tmen t a r e i d e n t i f i e d by t h i s code t h a t appea r s i n t h e b i b l i o g r a p h i c record a s p a r t o f t h e LC card number, e.g., 79-76813 AC, bracketed s u b j e c t head- i n g s , and a b r i e f , n o n c r i t i c a l summary,

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Genera l J-, T r e a t a l l m a t e r i a l s in tended f o r c h i l d r e n through age 15, o r t h e 9 t h g rade , a s juven i l e , C las s j u v e n i l e f i c t i o n in tended f o r c h i l d r e n through h igh school i n PZ,

Determin;bna t h e w c t u a l J ,evel o f a Work, For many j u v e n i l e works, t h e pub l i she r i n d i c a t e s i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l by providing a span o f yea r s , Works coded by t h e pub l i she r f o r c h i l d r e n pre-school through age 15, e.g,, 10 up, 14+, o r desc r ibed a s s u i t a b l e f o r j u n i o r h igh school s t u d e n t s , a r e juven i l e , e s p e c i a l l y i f t h e r e is no f u r t h e r i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t h e audience extends beyond t h e high school l e v e l , With t h e except ion o f f i c t i o n , works in tended s o l e l y o r p r i m a r i l y f o r h igh school age and above a r e g iven a d u l t t r ea tmen t , The n o t a t i o n s "young a d u l t n o r "YAW should be const rued t o mean high school l e v e l , Treatment o f b o r d e r l i n e works, i nc lud ing works wi th t h e n o t a t i o n " f o r a l l ages," is based on a de te rmina t ion o f t h e primary audience. F i c t i o n f o r h igh school age o r young a d u l t s i s t r e a t e d a s juven i l e .

. . 1 ) w e c t u a l l e v a no t i n d m , Often t h e in tended age l e v e l is no t e x p l i c i t l y s t a t e d on a juven i l e work, p a r t i c u l a r l y i f its d u s t j a c k e t is missing. Recognition o f its c h a r a c t e r must t hen be based on evidence obta ined from a c a r e f u l examination ( e r g . , s e r i e s s t a t emen t , p re face , p o r t i o n s o f t h e t e x t , e t c . ) , I n more d i f f i c u l t c a s e s t h e de te rmina t ion is based on c o n t e n t s , format, p u b l i s h e r , t r ea tmen t o f p rev ious works i n t h e same s e r i e s , e t c , Give any work o f t h i s t ype j u v e n i l e t r ea tmen t if d e f w t e evidence is found wi th in t h e work i t s e l f t h a t t h e p u b l i s h e r o r au thor in tended t h e work t o be p r i m a r i l y a j u v e n i l e work, o r i f , because o f i ts format o r c o n t e n t s , it is r e a d i l y ev iden t t h a t it is f o r j u v e n i l e r e a d e r s ,

2 ) U t e l l e c t u l e v e l o f Films a r e g iven a MARC code f o r t h e i r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l a s fo l lows:

A -- Age 0 - 5 ( i ,e . , Preschool through k inde rga r t en ) B -- Age 6 - 8 ( i , e , , Primary) C -- Age 9 - 15 ( i r e , , In t e rmed ia t e through j u n i o r h igh ) D -- Age 16 - 19 ( i .e . , Sen io r h igh ) E -- Adult F -- S p e c i a l audiences G -- General

Regard a l l f i l m s through C a s juven i l e f i lms . A f i l m t h a t h a s been coded "FW f o r s p e c i a l audiences can r e c e i v e no second des igna t ion f o r i n t e l l e c - t u a l l e v e l . The i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l of t h i s t ype o f f i l m must, t h e r e f o r e , be determined on t h e b a s i s o f i ts t i t l e , summary, o r in tended audience no te ,

1 ) U ~ i c a l m a t e r i a h , C las s a l l t o p i c a l j u v e n i l e m a t e r i a l i n t h e a p p r o p r i a t e c l a s s e s A-2, The numbers PZ9, PZ10, PZ15, and PZ16 a r e used on ly i n r a r e c a s e s o f amorphous c h i l d r e n ' s books t h a t do n o t lend themselves t o s u b j e c t c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ,

2 ) Jurenile works numbera, Under any s p e c i f i c t o p i c , a s s i g n t h e c l a s s number f o r J u v e u e w o r b t o a l l works f o r j u v e n i l e s through age 15 o r 9 t h g rade and t o a l l f i l m s coded A t o C f o r i n t e l - l e c t u a l l e v e l . M a t e r i a l s s p e c i f i c a l l y f o r s e n i o r h igh school s t u d e n t s do no t r e c e i v e j u v e n i l e t rea tment . If no -number e x i s t s no r deemed necessary f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r t o p i c , a s s i g n t h e G m m number, Do no t fo l low t h e obso le t e p r a c t i c e o f c l a s s i n g j u v e n i l e mat- e r i a l s on a s p e c i f i c t o p i c i n an a v a i l a b l e j u v e n i l e number f o r a broader t o p i c simply because no j u v e n i l e number e x i s t s f o r t h e s p e c i f i c t o p i c , The POD-- number, i f a v a i l a b l e , should be considered f o r works i n t h e AC program t h a t a r e no t considered t o be j u v e n i l e by LC d e f i n i - t i o n ,

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3) T e x t b o o k . - Class school textbooks i n t h e Juv- number f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r t o p i c un less t h e schedule ppovides

s p e c i f i c a l l y f o r textbooks. I f no s p e c i a l cap t ion e x i s t s , c l a s s school textbooks i n t h e General w o r h number. Do no t c l a s s juven i l e textbooks, inc lud ing t eacher s ' e d i t i o n s , i n c l a s s L. Class t eacher s1 e d i t i o n s toge the r wi th t h e s t u d e n t s i e d i t i o n s ,

4) Juveni le be- l e t t r e g . C lass i n PZ a l l books o f f i c t i o n , i n a l l languages, through young a d u l t , a s wel l a s f i l m s coded A t o D f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l , j uven i l e f i c t i o n sound recordings , p i c t u r e s torybooks, a lphabe t and counting books wi th a s t o r y l i n e , s t o r i e s i n rhyme, juven i l e f o l k t a l e s , and t r a d i t i o n a l nursery rhymes. Juven i l e f i c t i o n , f o l k l o r e , e t c . , i n Engl ish a r e c l a s sed i n PZ5-10.3; o t h e r languages a r e provided with s i m i l a r ranges. Class juven i l e poe t ry , drama, and humor i n t h e P-PT l i t e r a t u r e schedules ,

5 ) SJuve- r e c o r w . Class t h e s e m a t e r i a l s by s u b j e c t i n t h e appropr ia t e c l a s s e s A-Z. Under any s p e c i f i c t o p i c , a s s i g n t h e c l a s s number f o r Juveni le workg t o a l l worlcs through age 15 o r 9 t h grade.

6 ) boogkg. Class juven i l e polyglot b e l l e s l e t t r e s , i nc lud ing f i c t i o n , poetry , and drama i n PZ10,5. Class t o p i c a l polyglot juven i l e books i n t h e appropr ia t e c l a s s e s A-Z, C lass b i l i n g u a l juven i l e f i c t i o n , f a i r y t a l e s , f o l k l o r e , and f a b l e s i n t h e juven i l e numbers o f t h e le9ser-known language, C lass b i l i n g u a l e d i t i o n s o f juven i l e poetry and drama i n P-PT with t h e o r i g i n a l language.

1 ) luveqj& mat-. Assign LC juven i l e s u b j e c t headings and subd iv i s ions t o t o p i c a l m a t e r i a l s f o r juven i l e s through age 15 o r 9 t h grade. Use t h e form subd iv i s ions --Juvenile f i lms , --Ju- v e n i l e l i t e r a t u r e , and --Juvenile sound recordings a s t h e f i n a l element i n a l l s u b j e c t headings ass igned t o t o p i c a l juven i l e m a t e r i a l s un less s p e c i a l form headings o r subd iv i s ions have been e s t a b l i s h e d , e,g., Chi ld ren ' s encyclopedias and d i c t i o n a r i e s ; --Dictionaries, Juveni le . With r a r e except ions , i f a work i s ass igned any juven i l e heading, a l l headings ass igned must r e f l e c t t h e juven i l e n a t u r e o f t h e work.

2 ) ~ e x t b o o ~ . Assign t h e heading [topic]--Juvenile lit- e r a t u r e t o textbooks f o r c h i l d r e n through age 15 o r 9 t h grade. Do no t use t h e subd iv i s ion --Text-books a s a form subd iv i s ion f o r textbooks. Follow t h e c r i t e r i a f o r t h e use o f t h i s subd iv i s ion presented i n t h e f l In t roduc t ion ,n 8 t h ed., &Jj, which s p e c i f y t h a t --Text-books is used under t o p i c a l headings f o r works t h a t u s c u a textbooks on t h e t o p i c , In t hose few cases when usage o f a form subd iv i s ion f o r textbooks has become an e s t a b l i s h e d p r a c t i c e , however, cont inue t o fol low t h e prac- t i c e .

Geographyh-Text-books--1945- Religious education--Text-books--Jewish

3) Juven i l e b w l e t t r e a . Assign juven i l e form headings and subd iv i s ions t o b e l l e s l e t t r e s f o r c h i l d r e n through high school , i nc lud ing young a d u l t s , e,g, , Chi ldren 's s t o r i e s ; Nursery rhymes; --Ju- v e n i l e drama; --Juvenile f i c t i o n ; --Juvenile poetry. When juven i l e form headings do no t e x i s t and a r e not deemed appropr ia t e t o e s t a b l i s h , a s s i g n a d u l t headings, e,g., Ghost s t o r i e s ; De tec t ive and mystery s t o r i e s .

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Do n o t use t h e subd iv i s ion --Juvenile l i t e r a t u r e under form headings f o r j u v e n i l e b e l l e s l e t t r e s . The excep t ions t o t h i s p r a c t i c e t h a t occurred i n t h e p a s t , e.g,, Limericks--Juvenile l i t e r a t u r e ; Rid- d les- -Juveni le l i t e r a t u r e , have been removed from = and should no t be used o r r e -e s t ab l i shed ,

Do n o t t r e a t f o l k l o r e m a t e r i a l s a s b e l l e s l e t t r e s ,

m o t b o o b . E s t a b l i s h and a s s i g n t o both i n d i v i d u a l works and t o c o l l e c t i o n s o f Juven i l e f i c t i o n , drama, and poe t ry pre- s en ted i n t h r e e o r more languages headings o f t h e type Ch i ld ren ' s s t o r i e s , Po lyg lo t ; Ch i ld ren ' s p l ays , Po lyg lo t ; Ch i ld ren ' s poe t ry , Poly- g l o t .

4) J u v e n i l e f&s and sound r e c o r w . Assign headings d f t h e type [ topic]- -Juveni le f i l m s o r [ topic]- -Juveni le sound r eco rd ings t o m a t e r i a l s wi th t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l code A , B, o r C. Also a s s i g n headings o f t h i s t ype t o m a t e r i a l s coded F ( f b r s p e c i a l audiences) i f t h e r e is evidence t h a t t h e m a t e r i a l is juven i l e i n n a t u r e ,

5 ) A U d l O v i s \ b i i l t e d t o bo- . . . When a juve- n i l e sound r eco rd ing o r f i l m r e p r e s e n t s an audio o r p ro jec t ed ve r s ion o f a publ ished work a l r e a d y ca t a loged a t LC, t h e o r i g i n a l headings a s s ikned a r e no t n e c e s s a r i l y r e t a i n e d u n l e s s t h e c o n t e n t s and i n t e l - l e c t u a l l e v e l s a r e t h e same f o r both m a n i f e s t a t i o n s o f t h e work, The same is t r u e f o r books based on AV m a t e r i a l s , For b e l l e s l e t t r e s , f o r example, a f i l m v e r s i o n o f a j u v e n i l e work is f r e q u e n t l y produced f o r a much broader audience and, t h e r e f o r e , i s ass igned an i n t e l l e c t u a l code of E o r G. I n such cases , t r e a t t h e f i l m ve r s ion a s an a d u l t work, a l though t h e publ ished work r e q u i r e s j u v e n i l e t r ea tmen t ,

1 ) Books ( T o ~ l c a l )

a ) Assign j u v e n i l e c l a s s numbers i n t o p i c a l c l a s s e s through age 15 o r 9 t h grade.

b ) Use --Juvenile l i t e r a t u r e o r o t h e r j u v e n i l e headings through age 15 o r 9 t h grade.

c ) Bracketed c h i l d r e n ' s l i t e r a t u r e headings a r e ass igned t o a l l works i n t h e AC program.

d ) Summaries a r e added t o a l l works i n t h e AC program.

a ) Assign PZ c l a s s numbers t o f i c t i o n p r imar i ly f o r c h i l d r e n through high school ; f o r o t h e r b e l l e s l e t t r e s a s s i g n numbers i n P-PT l i t e r a t u r e schedules ,

b) Use --Juvenile f i c t i o n o r o t h e r j u v e n i l e headings or+ sub- d i v i s i o n s through high schoo l , i nc lud ing young adu l t s .

c ) Bracketed c h i l d r e n ' s l i t e r a t u r e headings a r e ass igned t o a l l works i n t h e AC program.

d) Summaries a r e added t o a l l works i n t h e AC program.

a ) Assign j u v e n i l e c l a s s numbers i n t o p i c a l c l a s s e s through age 15 o r 9 t h g rade o r c l a s s wi th elementary t e x t s , e t c , , i f schedule s o provides ,

b ) Use --Juvenile l i t e r a t u r e o r o t h e r j u v e n i l e headings through age 15 o r 9 t h g rade , u n l e s s subdivided by --Text-books ( o r v a r i a t i o n t h e r e o f ) ,

c ) Bracketed c h i l d r e n ' s l i t e r a t u r e headings a r e ass igned t o a l l works i n t h e AC program,

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d ) ' Summaries a r e added t o a l l works i n t h e AC program.

4 ) U m s and Sou- ( T o ~ i c a l )

a ) Assign juven i l e numbers i n t o p i c a l c l a s s e s through age 15 o r 9 t h g rade o r f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l s A-C (and F, i f ap- p r o p r i a t e ) .

b) Use --Juvenile f i l m s o r --Juvenile sound r eco rd ings through age 15 o r 9 t h g rade o r f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l s A-C (and F, i f a p p r o p r i a t e ) .

c ) Bracketed c h i l d r e n ' s l i t e r a t u r e headings a r e ass igned f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l s A-D, a s we l l a s E-G i f s u i t a b l e a l s o f o r c h i l d r e n ,

d ) Summaries a r e added.

5 ) Films a n u o u n d R e c o r w ( B e l l e s l e t t r e s )

a ) Assign PZ c l a s s numbers t o f i c t i o n f i l m s through high school o r f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l s A-D, u n l e s s l i m i t e d t o 11 th and 12 th g rades (and i f a p p r o p r i a t e ) ; f o r o t h e r b e l l e s l e t t r e s f i l m s a s s i g n numbers i n P-PT.

b ) Use --Juvenile f i l m s o r --Juvenile sound r eco rd ings through age 15 o r 9 t h g rade o r f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l s A-C; do not use f o r age 16+ o r l e v e l D.

c ) Bracketed c h i l d r e n ' s l i t e r a t u r e headings a r e ass igned f o r i n t e l l e c t u a l l e v e l s A-D, a s we l l a s E-G i f s u i t a b l e a l s o f o r c h i l d r e n ,

d ) Summaries a r e added,

ON FOR SUBJECT TRA-

1 ) f e r i o d _ a f t e r i n ~ number, Always p l a c e a pe r iod a f t e r t h e a r a b i c numeral des igna t ing s u b j e c t t r a c i n g number, Leave one space be fo re t h e f i r s t l e t t e r o f t h e s u b j e c t heading.

2 ) m o d a t t h e a d o f a trac-, Always p l a c e a per iod a t t h e end o f a t r a c i n g , Omit, however, t h e f i n a l per iod i f t h e f i n a l element i n t h e t r a c i n g is a c l o s i n g p a r e n t h e s i s , an open d a t e , o r some o t h e r mark o f ending punctuat ion,

1. Seasonal v a r i a t i o n s (Economics) 1, Education--Washington (D .C, ) 1. United States--Economic policy--1981- 1. Capote, Truman, 1924- 1. Sienkiewicz , Henryk, 1946-1916. Quo vadis?

3 ) -. Subd iv i s ions a r e des ignated by p l a c i n g a dash be fo re t h e subd iv i s ion (two ad jacen t hyphens on a t y p e w r i t e r ) .

1, S o v i e t Union--Foreign re la t ions--Uni ted States--Bibliography.

a ) Use t h e hyphen wi th no space be fo re o r a f t e r .

Afro-Americans X-rays High school teachers--In-service t r a i n i n g St . Louis-San F ranc i sco Railway

b) P a t e s . Use a s i n g l e hyphen t o s e p a r a t e d a t e s , even when t h e hyphen is t h e l a s t element o f a t r a c i n g because t h e d a t e has n o t y e t been f i l l e d i n ,


1. United States--History--1945- 1. China--Civilization--1912-1949,

For s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s on open d a t e s and spacing i f a s u b d i v i s i o n o r o t h e r informat ion fol lows t h e open d a t e , s e e below.

a ) Do n o t l e a v e space a f t e r pe r iods wi th in an abbrevi- a t i o n ,

C,O,D, shipments B ib le , N,T, Matthew, Washington (D,C, ) Russian S.F,S.R. Egypt--History--To 332 BwC,

b ) Do no t l eave space between a d j a c e n t i n i t i a l s when a personal name forms p a r t o f a co rpora t e name o r p a r t o f a s u b j e c t heading,

C,S, Wertsner & Son I . G , Farben T r i a l , Nuremberg, 1947-1948

c ) Do no t l e a v e space a f t e r l e t t e r s w i th in an acronym,

DYNAMO (Computer program language) MARC System

d ) Do no t l e a v e space a f t e r an abbrev ia t ion and t h e dash des igna t ing a subd iv i s ion o r a f t e r an abbrev ia t ion and t h e hyphen o f a d a t e span,

China--History--Han dynasty , 202 B,C,-220 A,D,--Biblio- graphy

e ) Leave one space a f t e r t h e per iod o f an abbrev ia t ion and a word t h a t fo l lows i n t h e same element,

C,O,D. shipments Breakage, sh r inkage , e t c , (Commerce) Church finance--Early church, ca, 30-600

However, i f t h e word t h a t fo l lows an abbrev ia t ion is a subheading ( s e e 8) below), l eave two spaces a f t e r t h e abbrev ia t ion ,

Bible . O,T, Genesis, Bible . N,T, Cor in th i ans , I s t ,

f ) Leave one space wi th in ad jacen t i n i t i a l s i n personal name headings ,

Manchester, P, W, Smith, J. J,, 1910-

g ) Leave one space between preceding and succeeding i n i - t i a l s i f an a b b r e v i a t i o n c o n s i s t s of more than a s i n g l e l e t t e r ,

Char les ton (W, Va,) Adelaide (S. Aust,) Whitehead, David, Ph, D,

h ) Leave one space be fo re and a f t e r an ampersand.

Columbus & G r e e n v i l l e Rai l road

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6) h e n d a t a . I f an element ends wi th an open d a t e and a subd iv i s ion o r o t h e r informat ion (e.g., a t i t l e ) fo l lows i t , l eave t h r e e spaces a f t e r t h e hyphen be fo re beginning t h e dash and subd iv i s ion o r o t h e r informat ion.

1, United Sta tes- -Foreign relations--1981- P e r i o d i c a l s ,

1, Capote, Truman, 1924- - -Cr i t ic ism and i n t e r - p r e t a t i o n .

1. Capote, Truman, 1924- I n cold blood.

Note: I n n a m e / t i t l e headings wi th an in t e rposed open d a t e appear a s [name], [open date-] , [ t i t le] ,

Dalf , Salvador , 1904- . Homage t o Goya. Wyeth, Andrew, 1917- , C h r i s t i n a ' s world,

When as s ign ing headings o f t h i s t ype , i gnore LCSH and d e l e t e t h e pe r iod between t h e open d a t e and t h e t i t l e . Leave t h r e e spaces a f t e r t h e hyphen be fo re t r a n s c r i b i n g t h e t i t l e ,

Da l f , Salvador , 1904- Homage t o Goya. Wyeth, Andrew, 1917- C h r i s t i n a ' s world.

7) W B = ~ e s t U h e d bv d e s c r l ~ t l v e c a . . t a l m , Use t h e same punctuat ion, c a p i t a l i z a t i o n , d i a c r i t i c s , and spacing i n d i c a t e d on v a l i d AACR 2 name a u t h o r i t y records .

1, S t Joseph d e s Vieux Hab i t an t s (Church) [no per iod a f t e r S t ]

1, E g l i s e de St-Joachim (Saint-Joachim, Quebec) [no acu te accen t over c a p i t a l "Em; no per iod a f t e r s t 1

1, C,S, Wertsner & Son. 1, Chung-kuo kung chLan tang. 1, Athens (Greece)--History,

Headings on name a u t h o r i t y r eco rds u s u a l l y end wi th a pe r iod , I n a s s ign ing such headings a s s u b j e c t headings wi th f u r t h e r subd iv i s ion , d e l e t e t h e per iod be fo re adding t h e subd iv i s ion ,

I. C h r i s t i e , Agatha, 1890-1976, 1. ~ h r i s t ~ e , Agatha, 1890-1 976--Addresses, e s says ,

l e c t u r e s .

However, i f t h e heading ends wi th a mark o f punctuat ion o t h e r than a pe r iod , r e t a i n t h i s mark o f punctuat ion be fo re adding t h e subd iv i s ion .

1, Associa t ion o f F l i g h t At tendants (U.S.1--Periodicals. 1, Sienkiewicz , Henryk, 1846-1916, Quo vadis?--Ad-

d r e s s e s , e s says , l e c t u r e s

8 ) -, Subheadings a r e used i n name headings t o d e s i g n a t e r e l a t i o n s h i p s between u n i t s and s u b u n i t s , much i n t h e same way t h a t s u b j e c t c a t a l o g e r s use subd iv i s ions . Subheadings a r e always preceded by a per iod and two spaces , T i t l e s i n a u t h o r / t i t l e e n t r i e s a r e be considered subheadings f o r punctuat ion purposes,

Yale Univers i ty . Library . United S t a t e s , Army, Chaplain Corps, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Sonnets, B ib le , N,T. Mark,

a ) Leave a per iod and two spaces be fo re each subheading w i t h i n a t r ac ing .


b) I f t h e name o r u n i t be fo re t h e subheading is q u a l i f i e d , always p l ace a per iod a f t e r t h e pa ren theses , when t h e name a u t h o r i t y r eco rd does no t have t h e pe r iod

1. New York (N.Y.). Dept. o f S o c i a l Se rv ices ,

T HE USE OF ABBREVIATIONS I N SUBJECT

1 ) E8;bicv f o r s u b i e c t he-, General ly , do n o t i n c l u d e s t anda rd abbrev ia t ions when e s t a b l i s h i n g new s u b j e c t headings , except when s p e c i f i c a l l y a.uthorized i n t h e s e i n s t r u c t i o n s , However, t r an - s c r i b e e x i s t i n g headings wi th abbrev ia t ions e x a c t l y a s they have been e s t a b l i s h e d , except when s p e c i f i c a l l y p roh ib i t ed i n t h e s e i n s t r u c t i o n s .

2 ) P o l i c v f o r name h e U s used a s s u b i e c t heaaiXlgg, Assign v a l i d AACR 2 pe r sona l , co rpora t e names, and j u r i s d i c t i o n a l names e x a c t l y a s they appear on name a u t h o r i t y r eco rds , i nc lud ing a l l ab- b r e v i a t i o n s .

3) Form and t o ~ i c a l subd iv i s ions yBth a b b r e v m . . Many s t anda rd subd iv i s ions were formerly abbrev ia t ed on LC c a r d s and may be encountered today when working wi th pre-1970 reco rds , S p e l l ou t a l l t o p i c a l and form subd iv i s ions when a s s ign ing headings t o new works being ca t a loged , Do no t use a b b r e v i a t i o n s i n form o r t o p i c a l sub- d i v i s i o n s except -.

--Description and t r a v e l --Desc, & t r a v . --History & - - H i s t . --History and c r i t i c i s m - - H i s t , & c r i t , - -Pe r iod ica l s & --Period. - - P o l i t i c s and government & --Pol, & govt , --20th cen tu ry & --20th c e n t ,

4 ) Agronvms. lnltlalla . . . m s . e t q , E s t a b l i s h concepts t h a t a r e known p r i m a r i l y i n an abbrevia ted form a s such, Use t h e form o f t h e a b b r e v i a t i o n , acronym, e t c , , p r e f e r r e d i n r e f e r e n c e sources , I n a l l c a s e s , make a m r e f e r e n c e from t h e s p e l l e d ou t form t o t h e abbrev ia t ed heading,

C,O.D, shipments X. Cash on d e l i v e r y shipments

C o l l e c t on d e l i v e r y shipments

DBS/R (Computer system) x Datenbankbetriebssystem Robotron (Computer system)

DC-to-DC c o n v e r t e r s x D i r e c t cu r ren t - to -d i r ec t c u r r e n t c o n v e r t e r s

DDT ( I n s e c t i c i d e ) x Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

MARC System x Machine-readable Cata log System

T - s h i r t s x Tee s h i r t s

5) & n ~ e r s a S a g , Do no t use ampersands i n form o r t o p i c a l subd iv i s ions , e ,g , , --History and c r i t i c i s m & - - H i s t , & c r i t , Do no t use ampersands t o connect t h e q u a l i f i e r o f a geographic heading, e,g., Harding, Lake (Ga, and Ala.) J&& Harding, Lake (Ga, & Ala,) , I n s u b j e c t headings , always s p e l l o u t ampersands except i n t h e fo l lowing s i t u - a t i o n s :

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a ) Name head- used a s sub lec tg , Use t h e name heading wi th an ampersand, i f it appears on a name a u t h o r i t y record.

Black & Decker Manufacturing Company (Towson, Md.) C.S. Wertsner & Son, Dow, Jones & Co.

b ) W o a d headinas e s t a b l i s h e d bv sub-iect c a t a ~ ~ c Headings f o r s p e c i f i c r a i l r o a d l i n e s a r e e s t a b l i s h e d by s u b j e c t ca t a - l o g e r s and should match t h e co rpora t e r a i l r o a d heading a s c l o s e l y a s p o s s i b l e , but should no t con ta in t h e word "Company" o r i ts equ iva len t , I f t h e co rpora t e r a i l r o a d heading inc ludes an ampersand, r e t a i n t h e ampersand i n t h e s u b j e c t heading f o r t h e r a i l r o a d l i n e .

Columbus & G r e e n v i l l e Rai l road Chicago, Bur l ington & Quincy Rai l road

6 ) Dates

a ) 8 n n a m n i n l : Before Chr . .

j.g&. Continue us ing t h e abbre- v i a t i o n s A,D, and BwCw, when a p p r o p r i a t e , but on ly a f t e r a s p e c i f i c yea r o r span o f years . Do no t add A w D w t o d a t e s un le s s t h e d a t e s span both B.C, and A,D. Always s p e c i f y B.C, da te s . I f a d a t e span is B.C., add B.C. on ly t o t h e end o f t h e d a t e span.

Egypt--History--332-30 B,C, China--History--Han dynasty , 202 B,C.-220 A.D.

b) [ , , , I century , S p e l l "centuryq1 i n f u l l ,

Engl ish l i t e r a tu re - -20 th cen tu ry Twenty-f i rs t cen tu ry

c ) m. Continue us ing t h e abbrev ia t ion "ca." i n per iod subd iv i s ions .

United States--History--Colonial pe r iod , c a , 1600-1775 Church his tory--Pr imi t ive and e a r l y church, ca. 30-600

d ) Names o f monthg, S p e l l names o f months i n f u l l .

Washington (D.C.)--Demonstration, 1971 ( A p r i l 28-May 7 ) Bulgaria--History--September Upris ing, 1944

7 ) Doctor: Doctor o f C . , .I Use t h e abbrev ia t ion used i n t h e name a u t h o r i t y record.

D r . Wil l iam's Library--Catalogs F ranc i s , John, D r . - - A r t c o l l e c t i o n s Hartmann, P e t e r , D r . jur,--Poster c o l l e c t i o n s Vi l leneuve , ~ n d r d , M, D, --Addresses, e s says , l e c t u r e s

8 ) F t c e t e r a , Continue us ing t h e abbrev ia t ion "e tc ," i n headings and subd iv i s ions .

Law r e p o r t s , d i g e s t s , etc,--United S t a t e s Surveying--Handbooks, manuals, e t c , Sub jec t cataloging--Anecdotes, f a c e t i a e , s a t i r e , e t c .

9 ) G e o a r a ~ h i c au- . . . Most geographic headings a r e

q u a l i f i e d by t h e name o f t h e l a r g e r geographic un i t . J u r i s d i c t i o n s t h a t can be abbrev ia t ed when used a s geographic q u a l i f i e r s a r e l i s t e d i n AACR 2 , p, 556-557.


West (U .S,) Harpers Fe r ry (W. Va.) Harry S, Truman Dam (Mo , ) Kremlin (Moscow, R,S.F.S.R,) Red River (Tex.-La,)

Note: Do n o t use ampersands t o connect t h e q u a l i f i e r s o f a geographic heading,

Harding, Lake (Ga, and Ala,) Overland Telegraph Line (N,T, and S, Aust,)

10) G r e a t B r i t a j a , S p e l l i n f u l l ; t h e abbrev ia t ion I t G t ,

B r i t . " i s no longe r au thor i zed by AACR 2,

Great Br i ta in--His tory Women authors--Great B r i t a i n Labour P a r t y (Great B r i t a i n ) Great B r i t a i n , Royal Navy

Mount Zion Cemetery (Washington, D,C,) Signa l Mountain (Tenn . ) Appalachian Mountains

12) Mr, : Mrg, Use t h e abbrev ia t ion w M r , f t o r nMrs,w i f used i n t h e name a u t h o r i t y record,

M r , A ' s Boy's Ranch--History M r , Lucky. T r i ck dog t r a i n i n g , Downing, Clyde, Mrs,--Art col lec t ions--Cata logs

13) S a i n t ( includhna forU-), S p e l l i n f u l l ,

B e l l i n i , Giovanni, d. 1516, S a i n t F r a n c i s i n ecs t a sy . S a i n t Lawrence River S a i n t N i n i a n v s I s l a n d (Scot land)

However, when a s s ign ing name headings a s s u b j e c t s , use t h e headings e x a c t l y a s they appear i n name a u t h o r i t y r eco rds ,

Federal Reserve Bank o f S t , Louis. S a i n t Louis Museum o f Fine Arts, S t , Louis post -dispatch, S t Joseph d e s Vieux Hab i t an t s (Church) [no per iod a f t e r S t ] E g l i s e de St-Joachim (Saint-Joachim, Qudbec) [no a c u t e

accen t over c a p i t a l "En; no per iod a f t e r S t ]

14) United S t a t e g , S p e l l i n f u l l .

United States--Economic c o n d i t i o n s France--Foreign re la t ions--Uni ted S t a t e s Progress ivism (United S t a t e s p o l i t i c s ) Pos t exchanges (United S t a t e s Army)

However, a s a q u a l i f i e r , "United S t a t e s w is always abbrev ia t ed w(U.S,)v,

A t l a n t i c Coast (U.S,) West (U,S,)

However, when a s s ign ing name headings a s s u b j e c t s , use t h e headings a s they appear i n name a u t h o r i t y r eco rds ,

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United S t a t e s , Congress, House, United S t a t e s . Dept. of Agr i cu l tu re .

U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Labora to r i e s . U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

US Army M i l i t a r y P o l i c e School. US-USSR J o i n t Symposium on Myocardial Metabolism.

Chemical Center and School (U. S. ) Ryukyu I s l a n d s (United S t a t e s C i v i l Adminis t ra t ion,

1950-1972)

GENERAL SEE ALSO REFERENCES

Definition. A genera l =- r e f e r e n c e i s a r e f e r e n c e made no t t o s p e c i f i c i n d i v i d u a l headings but t o an e n t i r e group o f headings , f r e q u e n t l y l i s t i n g one o r more i n d i v i d u a l headings by way o f example.

Backmound. There a r e numerous i n s t a n c e s i n o f g e n e r a l m m r e f e r e n c e s having been made because it was considered imprac t i ca l t o list a s s p e c i f i c r e f e r e n c e s a l l i n d i v i d u a l headings encompassed by a broader heading even though such s p e c i f i c r e f e r e n c e s would have been t h e o r e t i c a l l y l o g i c a l and proper wi th in a h i e r a r c h i c a l r e f e r e n c e s t r u c t u r e . I n such s i t u a t i o n s , a gene ra l &&Q r e f e r e n c e s e r v e s t o suggest t o t h e use r o f t h e s u b j e c t headings list t h e p a t t e r n o f t h e headings under which a p a r t i c u l a r c l a s s o r group o f t o p i c s is en te red . It would have been, f o r example, appro- p r i a t e i n theo ry t o c o n s t r u c t t h e fo l lowing heading and r e f e r e n c e s t r u c t u r e :

Tools a Axes

F i l e s and r a s p s Hammers Knives P l i e r s Saws Screwdrivers Wrenches etc.

For r easons o f economy i n J a y , however, l i s t i n g s o f i n d i v i d u a l head- i n g s o f t h i s t ype were n o t normally made. I n s t e a d a s i n g l e g e n e r a l - - r e f e r e n c e was made.

Tools -1 t o o l s . e.q. F i l e s and r a sps ; Saws

Such r e f e r e n c e s s e r v e a l s o t o a l e r t u s e r s o f LCSH who a r e unaware o f t h e p r i n c i p l e o f s p e c i f i c i t y t h a t t hey may be sea rch ing under a broader term than is proper f o r t h e s p e c i f i c t o p i c they seek and t o provide guidance a s t o t h e t v ~ e o f heading more a p p r o p r i a t e t o t h e i r search.

The p r a c t i c e o f making new r e f e r e n c e s o f t h i s t ype has now l a r g e l y been abandoned i n f avor o f making a s p e c i f i c r e f e r e n c e from a broader head- i n g whenever a new heading is e s t a b l i s h e d . E x i s t i n g g e n e r a l = - r e f e r e n c e s o f t h i s t ype a r e being r e t a i n e d i n LCSH u n t i l a l l i n d i v i d u a l headings t h a t had formerly been covered by t h e gene ra l r e f e r e n c e a r e a c t u a l l y p r i n t e d a s s p e c i f i c r e fe rences . There a r e o t h e r c a t e g o r i e s o f gene ra l r e f e r e n c e s t h a t have been made i n t h e p a s t and t h a t may still be made. These inc lude r e f e r e n c e s t o sub-


d i v i s i o n s t h a t a r e f r e e - f l o a t i n g o r t h a t a r e s o f r equen t ly e s t a b l i s h e d , t h a t it would be imprac t i ca l t o l i s t i n each i n s t a n c e o f t h e i r use.

Law . . . g a sub- Law and l e g i s l a t i o n under s u w

Taxat ion g a s u b d m Taxation m d e r s u b j e c t s

P i e r s m s u b d i v a Docks, wharves, e t c . under names of L2rws.a

Also included a r e genera l r e fe rences t o c a t e g o r i e s o r types o f headings.

Basebal l c l u b s s a names of indUAaL ba9ebJ.l teams

and genera l r e fe rences o f t h e type

Kidneys wi th t h e word Renal

Many genera l r e fe rences combine elements o f more than one o f t h e s e c a t e g o r i e s .

Exh ib i t ions s a s u b d i v i s i ~ n Exh ib i t ions a e r w e s of c i t w j . .

sub.iects. e.a, Bookbinding--Exhibitions; anQ mmes o f W i v i d u a l exh,&yJiong . . .

These re fe rences always appear a t t h e end o f t h e a l p h a b e t i c a l l i s t i n g o f s p e c i f i c =.also r e fe rences .

Procedures

1 ) General s e e a l s o r e f e r e n c a and free-flo-- . . w. There is no d i r e c t r e l a t i o n s h i p between genera l e m r e fe rences t o subd iv i s ions and p rov i s ions making subd iv i s ions f ree- f l o a t i n g . The presence of a general-- r e fe rence t o any sub- d i v i s i o n does no t au tomat i ca l ly a u t h o r i z e t h e assignment o f t h a t sub- d i v i s i o n on a f r e e - f l o a t i n g b a s i s . T rea t only those subd iv i s ions t h a t have been e x p l i c i t l y l i s t e d a s being f r e e - f l o a t i n g ( f o r example, s e e t h e p re face t o t h e 1979 Supplement t o LCSH).

2) G . 3 . a , L s o re fe rences vs. s ~ e c l f i c refere-. . . Provide s p e c i f i c r e fe rences i n preference t o a s i n g l e genera l m u r e fe rence whenever poss ib le . Make new genera l e m r e fe - r ences only i n t h e fol lowing circumstances:

a ) To r e f e r from a gener i c heading t o a f r ee - f loa t ing sub- d i v i s i o n o r t o a non-free-f loat ing subd iv i s ion used so f r equen t ly t h a t it would be imprac t i ca l t o provide a complete l i s t o f s p e c i f i c re- f e rences

Taxat ion sub- Taxation m d e r sub- i ec t s

Note: Whenever a formerly non-free-floating subd iv i s ion is dec la red f r e e - f l o a t i n g , cancel a l l s p e c i f i c also r e fe rences t h a t have been made t o t h e subd iv i s ion under t h e gener i c heading and provide

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i n s t e a d a g e n e r a l m m r e fe rence . For example, when t h e subdivi - s i o n --Alchohol use was made f r e e - f l o a t i n g , s p e c i f i c r e f e r e n c e s t o it under t h e heading Alcoholism were cance l l ed and a s i n g l e gene ra l re- f e r e n c e e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e i r p lace .

b) To r e f e r from a s u b j e c t heading t o a ca t egory o r type of name heading t h a t is normally n o t p r i n t e d i n LCSH.

Banks and banking ga names o f i n d i v i d u bankg

c ) To r e f e r from a gene r i c heading t o a group o f headings a l l beginning wi th t h e same word.

Science s be- wl th t h e word S c i e n t i f i c

3) F o r V a l s e e a l s o r e fe rences . For t h e con- s i s t e n c y i n =, use , whenever p o s s i b l e , t h e fo l lowing formulat ions i n c o n s t r u c t i n g gene ra l r e f e r

a ) Pe fe rences t o sub&

ga head-R wl th t h e word 1.. . I

b) Befe renses t o name hea$ium:

o) Referenoestogul used under sub- iec t be-:

-1. . . I under sub i e c t q

a- [. . .I under m i v i d u a b [wars, animals , p a r t s o f t h e body, languages, e t c . 1

d ) J i - t o used under n w e head- . .

. . . . . s a sub- [ . . . I ynder w s o f i n d i v w 1.. . I

e ) J teferences t o sub- used under lace names:

la s u b c u . ! ~ ~ i C 4 es, e t c .

sub- C.. . J w a e r m e s of c o u n t r i e s . e t c , [ f o r subd iv i s ions used only a t t h e country l e v e l ]

. . . s a sub- C.. . I ynde r names o f ci- [ f o r subd iv i s ions used on ly a t t h e c i t y l e v e l ]

If s e v e r a l of t h e s e e lements a r e incorporated i n t o a s i n g l e r e f e r e n c e , use t h e fo l lowing o r d e r i n c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e r e fe rence :

sub- [ . . . I under l t ype of p l ace name] ; B J - ! . . . [ , . . ] m d e r W e s of: [ ca t egory o f name headings] o r s u b i e c t g [ o r i n d i v i d u a l wars, animals , e tc .1 ; a s o headinns b e n ~ n n l n q

. .

w i t h e word [ . . . I ; names o f individual , [ ca t egory o f name headings 1

Note t h a t each c l a u s e begins wi th t h e word "a lson except f o r t h e f i n a l c l a u s e which begins wi th t h e word "and." Each c l a u s e is sepa ra t ed from t h e fo l lowing c l a u s e by a semicolon.

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This phraseology should se rve a s t h e p a t t e r n f o r t h e most common s i t u a t i o n s i n which genera l m w r e fe rences a r e r equ i red ; s l i g h t modi f i ca t ions may be r equ i red f o r e s p e c i a l l y complex o r unusual s i t u - a t i o n s .

4 ) Erovidinn_examoles i n t h e refer-

a ) Pas t p r a c t i c e , r e f l e c t e d throughout -, was t o pro- v i d e examples r o u t i n e l y t o i l l u s t r a t e nea r ly a l l genera l r e fe rences . Th i s p r a c t i c e is no longer followed. I n s t e a d , provide examples i n t h e r e f e r e n c e only i f t hey a r e required f o r c l a r i t y .

Time management g a s u b d i v a Time management ynder c l a s s = o f aer- SQm

Pamphlets sub- Pamphlets - 1 8 t h

centurv pe r iod s u b d i v i s a s o f R u r o ~ e a n an4 p m e r i c ~ s t o r v . e . q. ~ermany--~istory--15174648--Pamphlets; a under individu-S. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pamph- l e t s .

b) Never provide an example i l l u s t r a t i n g t h e use o f a sub- d i v i s i o n under t h e name of' a p l ace , s i n c e such usage is sel f -evident .

L i b r a r i e s Ja sub- Librar . ies y l ~ d e r names o f c i t w . .

L i b r a r i e s g a subdiv- L i b r a r i e s under names o f c u e s . e.4. . . New York (N.Y.1--Libraries

c ) Avoid, whenever poss ib le , u s ing name headings a s examples, e s p e c i a l l y name headings t h a t a r e no t a l r eady p r i n t e d i n LCSK. How- eve r , i f t h e name heading a l s o se rves a s a p a t t e r n s u b j e c t heading and is, t h e r e f o r e , a l r eady p r i n t e d i n D, it may be c i t e d a s an example.

d ) W t e r n hfzdjags a s qxam~lee . When providing examples t o i l l u s t r a t e a genera l r e fe rence , always choose a p a t t e r n heading i f t h e category being i l l u s t r a t e d is c o n t r o l l e d by a p a t t e r n heading. Be more generous i n providing examples t o i l l u s t r a t e t h e use o f a sub- d i v i s i o n if i t can be i l l u s t r a t e d by adding a p a t t e r n heading,

P_urrzose. To provide g u i d e l i n e s f o r a s s ign ing t h e s u b j e c t heading L a t i n America and L a t i n Americans and f o r cons t ruc t ing and ass ign ing headings incorpora t ing t h e a d j e c t i v e s L a t i n American and Spanisl an.

w o u n d . The s u b j e c t heading L a t i n America replaced Spanish America i n 1964. The heading Spanish Americans was discon- t inued and made a r e fe rence t o L a t i n Americans i n 1979.

m. The informat ion presented he re updates w- Service , b u l l e t i n 5 (page 2 ) .

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Procedureg , -

1 ) L a t i n America. Assign t h e heading L a t i n America t o works d e a l i n g c o l l e c t i v e l y wi th t h e a r e a and/or c o u n t r i e s sou th o f t h e Rio Grande, a s w e l l a s a l l o r p a r t s o f t h r e e o r more o f t h e r e g i o n s t h a t make up L a t i n America, i . e . , Mexico, Cen t ra l America, South America, and t h e West Ind ie s .

Also a s s i g n L a t i n America a s t h e c o l l e c t i v e geographic heading and subd iv i s ion f o r t h e Spanish-speaking c o u n t r i e s of L a t i n America.

2 ) J&&l Americana. Assign t h e heading L a t i n Americans t o works dea l ing wi th t h e c i t i z e n s o f La t in America.

Use t h e heading Hispanic Americans f o r United S t a t e s c i t i - zens o f L a t i n American descent .

3) b t i n A m e r m . Const ruct and a s s i g n headings in- co rpora t ing t h e a d j e c t i v e "Lat in Americann t o des igna te r eg ion , e t h n i c group, e t c .

Arts, L a t i n American Nat ional c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , L a t i n American United Sta tes- -Foreign opinion, L a t i n American

Use "Lat in Americanvv t o q u a l i f y l i t e r a r y s u b j e c t headings, , o r t hose wi th a l i n g u i s t i c conno ta t ion , t o r e f e r t o m a t e r i a l r e l a t i n g c o l l e c t i v e l y t o t h e Spanish , Portuguese, and/or French-speaking c o u n t r i e s o f L a t i n America.

Authors, L a t i n American Ch i ld ren ' s s t o r i e s , L a t i n American L a t i n American newspapers

4) S ~ a n i s h A m e r m . Q u a l i f y l i t e r a r y s u b j e c t headings , o r t hose wi th a l i n g u i s t i c conno ta t ion , w i th t h e a d j e c t i v e "Spanish Americanv1 t o r e f e r t o m a t e r i a l l i m i t e d t o t h e p a r t s o f L a t i n America where Spanish is t h e p r e v a i l i n g language.

Spanish American p e r i o d i c a l s Spanish American poe t ry S a t i r e , Spanish American

PLE SUBDIVISIQKS

Backnround. S e r v i c e B u l l e t i n , no. 10 (p. 30) conta ined background informat ion on t h e use o f m u l t i p l e headings. A s i n d i c a t e d t h e r e , c o n s t r u c t i o n o f new m u l t i p l e headings was discont inued i n 1979. Each newly c rea t ed heading t h a t would formerly have been un- p r i n t e d because o f t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a m u l t i p l e heading i n is now p r i n t e d i f it i s requ i red f o r new m a t e r i a l being cata loged. E x i s t i n g m u l t i p l e headings a r e being r e t a i n e d i n m, however, on ly t o s e r v e a s an i n d i c a t i o n t o u s e r s t h a t t h e i n d i v i d u a l l y p r i n t e d headings do no t n e c e s s a r i l y c o n s t i t u t e an exhaus t ive list o f v a l i d forms o f t h e heading and t h a t many a d d i t i o n a l forms o f t h e heading may have been c rea t ed f o r works ca t a loged be fo re 1979. Sub jec t Cata loging Div i s ion po l i cy re- ga rd ing m u l t i p l e subd iv i s ions , however, is q u i t e d i f f e r e n t from t h e p o l i c y f o r m u l t i p l e headings. Mul t ip l e subd iv i s ions a r e still i n use and a r e still being added t o LCSH. The purpose here is t o d e s c r i b e t h e c o n d i t i o n s under which new m u l t i p l e subd iv i s ions a r e being e s t a b l i s h e d and how they a r e t o be used.

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nd deScriDti0rl . A m u l t i p l e s u b d i v i s i o n i s a s u b d i v i s i o n i n t h a t i n c o r p o r a t e s b r acke t ed t e rms , g e n e r a l l y f o l - lowed by t h e word lletc.ll T h i s dev i ce is used t o sugges t t h e c r e a t i o n o f s i m i l a r s u b d i v i s i o n s under t h e heading. The p re sence o f a m u l t i p l e s u b d i v i s i o n under a heading i n a u t o m a t i c a l l y g i v e s f r e e - f l o a t i n g s t a t u s t o analogous s u b d i v i s i o n s under t h e same heading and, i f t h e heading is a p a t t e r n head ing , under t h o s e head ings t h a t it c o n t r o l s .

World War, 1939-1945--Personal n a r r a t i v e s , American, [French, German, e t c . I

J e s u s Chr i s t - -A t t i t ude towards Jewish d i e t a r y laws, [ A t - t i t u d e towards Jewish law, e t c . ]

S u b j e c t headings--Aeronautics, [Educat ion , Law, e t c . ] Abortion--Religious aspects--Buddhism, [ C h r i s t i a n i t y , e t c . ] Handicapped children--Education--Art, [ e t c . ] Names, Pe r sona l - -Sco t t i sh , [Spanish , Welsh, e t c , 1

Many f r e e - f l o a t i n g s u b d i v i s i o n s under p l a c e names, a l t hough n o t a c t u a l l y p r i n t e d under any heading i n JICSH, a l s o f u n c t i o n a s m u l t i p l e subd iv i - s i o n s , i n t h a t n o t o n l y t h e s u b d i v i s i o n i t s e l f b u t a l s o t h e b r acke t ed e lement may be a s s igned on a f r e e - f l o a t i n g b a s i s .

--Hurricane, [ d a t e ] --Siege, [ d a t e ]

The f u n c t i o n a l e q u i v a l e n t o f a m u l t i p l e s u b d i v i s i o n is i n some in- s t a n c e s p r e sen t ed i n D i n t h e form of an i n s t r u c t i o n a l scope no t e .

Ocean c u r r e n t s Subdivided by body o f wa te r , u. Ocean c u r r e n t s

- -A t l an t i c Ocean.

E c l i p s e s , S o l a r Subdivided by d a t e , &g. E c l i p s e s , solar--1 854.

Such scope n o t e s a l l o w f o r f r e e - f l o a t i n g s u b d i v i s i o n o f t h e heading a s d e s c r i b e d and i l l u s t r a t e d i n t h e n o t e i n t h e same manner a s a m u l t i p l e s u b d i v i s i o n . (Do n o t con fuse scope n o t e s o f t h i s t ype w i th g e n e r a l 3- r e f e r e n c e s t h a t do n o t n e c e s s a r i l y a u t h o r i z e f r e e - f l o a t i n g usage o f a s u b d i v i s i o n . )

1 ) B r o ~ o s i n a new m u l u ~ l e s u b d i v i s i o n s

a ) When propos ing a new m u l t i p l e s u b d i v i s i o n , f o l l ow t h e format and punc tua t i on of t h e fo l l owing example, i n c l u d i n g placement o f commas and b r a c k e t s :

J e s u s Chr i s t - -A t t i t ude toward Jewish d i e t a r y l aws , [ A t - t i t u d e toward Jewish law, e t c . 1

b ) L i s t one s u b d i v i s i o n o u t s i d e t h e b r a c k e t s and gen- e r a l l y o n l y one a d d i t i o n a l s u b d i v i s i o n i n s i d e t h e b r a c k e t s u n l e s s more t han one is needed t o avoid ambigui ty a s t o t h e t y p e o f s u b d i v i s i o n o r q u a l i f i e r be ing i l l u s t r a t e d . Use t h e word "etc." a s t h e f i n a l element w i t h i n t h e b r acke t s .

o ) Never propose any X, a, o r ~ Z I r e f e r e n c e s t o be e s t ab - l i s h e d under headings w i t h m u l t i p l e s u b d i v i s i o n s . If a r e f e r e n c e is r e q u i r e d f o r an i n d i v i d u a l s u b d i v i s i o n t h a t would be f r e e - f l o a t i n g because o f t h e e x i s t e n c e o f t h e m u l t i p l e , e s t a b l i s h t h a t i n d i v i d u a l s u b d i v i s i o n s e p a r a t e l y , making t h e r e q u i r e d r e f e r e n c e ( s 1 .

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2) F u r t h e r subdividjlaa headinns wi th w l e subdivj.- m. I f it is necessary t o use a non-free-f loat ing subd iv i s ion a s a f u r t h e r subd iv i s ion under a heading having an e s t a b l i s h e d m u l t i p l e subd iv i s ion , e s t a b l i s h t h e non-free-f loat ing subd iv i s ion a s a f u r t h e r subd iv i s ion under t h e m u l t i p l e , provided t h e subd iv i s ion has gene ra l a p p l i c a t i o n . Its usage w i l l thereby be allowed under a l l subd iv i s ions of t h e type Y l l u s t r a t e d by t h e mul t ip l e . For example, i f it is neces- s a r y t o a s s i g n t h e heading Mentally handicapped children--Educa- tion--Reading--Law and legis la t ion--Uni ted S t a t e s , e s t a b l i s h t h e subdi- v i s i o n --Law and l e g i s l a t i o n under t h e e x i s t i n g m u l t i p l e , a s fo l lows:

Mentally handicapped children--Education--English language, [Reading, etc.1--Law and l e g i s l a t i o n

Do n o t make any x, a, o r a r e fe rences . The subd iv i s ion --Law and leg- i s l a t i o n would then be au thor i zed f o r use under any heading o f t h e type Mental ly handicapped children--Education--[topic].

3 ) A s s l a n l n n h e a a t h e s t a b l i s h e d mubf,jSle sub . . w-

m. Once a m u l t i p l e subd iv i s ion ( o r i t s equ iva len t , a s descr ibed above) has been e s t a b l i s h e d under a heading, formulate and a s s i g n any subd iv i s ion f a l l i n g wi th in t h e scope i l l u s t r a t e d by t h e m u l t i p l e sub- d i v i s i o n a s a f ree-f loat - subd iv i s ion under t h a t heading o r , i f it i s a p a t t e r n heading, under any heading t h a t it c o n t r o l s .

Note: It is u s u a l l y necessary when as s ign ing a f r e e - f l o a t - i n g subd iv i s ion o f t h i s t ype t o a s s i g n a t l e a s t one a d d i t i o n a l heading t o t h e work being cata loged t o b r i n g ou t t h e t o p i c named i n t h e sub- d i v i s i o n .

JxuJ2: H a w a i j L a n I n c l d e n t . . : i o n of Mr. . .

Cleveland 's W u d e toward t h e Revolut ion qf: 1891.

1. Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908--Views on t h e Hawaiian Revolution of 1893.

2. Hawaii--History--Revolution o f 1893.

The f i r s t s u b j e c t heading is au thor i zed by Lincoln , Abraham, 1809- -1 865--Views on s l a v e r y , [Views on temperance, etc. I

m: The b e s t m e book k t h e kh&e wide world 1. Names, Personal--English. 2. Engl ish language--Etymology--Names.

The f i r s t s u b j e c t heading is au thor i zed by Names, Personal-Scottish, [Spanish, Welsh, etc.]

T_itle: C)_rdlnat10n of n r a e s t s i n t h e - CathQUc c-• . . 1. Ordination--Catholic Church. 2. Ca tho l i c Church--Clergy.

The f i r s t s u b j e c t heading us au thor i zed by Ordination--Baptists, [Ca tho l i c Church, etc. 1

LC CLASSIFICATION

W n r o m . I n t h e LC C l a s s i f i c a t i o n System it is cus- tomary t o provide s p e c i a l biography numbers under a d i s c i p l i n e whose span of c l a s s numbers has been expanded t o any g r e a t e x t e n t . These


numbers a r e normally pos i t ioned i n t h e g e n e r a l i t i e s a r e a , which occur s a t t h e beginning o f t h e span o f numbers be fo re t h e sub top ics o f t h e d i s c i p l i n e a r e ind ica t ed . A t y p i c a l p rov i s ion f o r biography i s

Biography C o l l e c t i v e I n d i v i d u a l , A-Z

Although such numbers a r e c a l l e d biography numbers, va r ious k inds of o t h e r works a r e c l a s s e d i n such numbers i n a d d i t i o n t o works t h a t merely p resen t f a c t s concerning t h e personal l i f e of an i n d i v i d u a l . Such numbers a r e used f o r any work whose purpose it is t o r e l a t e an i n d i v i d u a l ( o r group of i n d i v i d u a l s ) t o a d i s c i p l i n e . Such works may and o f t e n do g i v e personal d e t a i l s , but they may a l s o merely d i s c u s s t h e i n d i v i d u a l ' s a c t i v i t i e s , c o n t r i b u t i o n , views, e t c . , r e l a t i n g t o t h e d i s c i p l i n e . The purpose h e r e i s mainly t o p resen t g u i d e l i n e s f o r c l a s s i n g works i n biography numbers. I n a d d i t i o n , i t a l s o provides some guidance on t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of b iog raph ies i n g e n e r a l , r e g a r d l e s s o f whether they a r e c l a s sed i n biography numbers.

Procedures

1 ) General r u l e . C las s b iog raph ica l works, i n d i v i d u a l o r c o l l e c t i v e , wi th t h e t o p i c with which t h e biographee(s1 is most c l o s e l y i d e n t i f i e d . Use t h e s p e c i a l biography numbers provided under t h e t o p i c f o r t h i s purpose. C las s i n CT (General biography) on ly b iog raph ies o f i n d i v i d u a l s no t i d e n t i f i e d wi th a s p e c i a l t o p i c . For an except ion, s e e 5 ) below.

2 ) E s t a b l i s h i n a bioaraghv numbers. I f biography numbers have no t been provided under t h e t o p i c , provide them i n accordance wi th t h e t r a d i t i o n s o f t h e p a r t i c u l a r schedule .

Provide new numbers under s p e c i f i c sub top ics t h e f i r s t t ime they a r e r e q u i r e d , i f custom s o d i c t a t e s , a s o f t e n is t h e case i n t h e h i s t o r y c l a s s e s .

Use t h e biography numbers provided under t h e major d i s - c i p l i n e r a t h e r than c r e a t i n g new numbers under t h e sub top ic , i f t h a t i s t h e normal t r ea tmen t , such a s i n C las s Q.

I f normal f o r t h e c l a s s , use t h e Genera l works number under very s p e c i f i c sub top ics when no biography number i s a v a i l a b l e and under e x i s t i n g c i rcumstances an expansion o f t h e form cap t ion a r e a i s un- j u s t i f i e d .

3) Form of w t i o u . When e s t a b l i s h i n g biography numbers, e s t a b l i s h a p a i r of numbers a t t h e same t ime, fo l lowing t h e above example. Use t h e c a p t i o n s i n d i c a t e d u n l e s s t h e p a r t i c u l a r schedule pro- v i d e s f o r o t h e r s t anda rd cap t ions . When p o s s i b l e , avoid s p l i t t i n g c l a s s numbers by use of C u t t e r s ; use decimals i n s t e a d .

Biography 915.5 Biography 915.49 C o l l e c t i v e QQL .A1A-Z C o l l e c t i v e

.5 I n d i v i d u a l . A 3 4 I n d i v i d u a l , A-Z

4) C o l l e c t i v e vs . i n d i v i d u a l b i o n r w

a) B r k s o f colJ&s&Lve b i o a r a ~ k Clas s a s c o l l e c t i v e biography works t h a t d i s c u s s t h e l i v e s and/or c o n t r i b u t i o n s o f two o r more i n d i v i d u a l s , i f a d i s c r e t e s e c t i o n i n t h e work i s devoted t o each i n d i v i d u a l .

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b) Works on t h e ~nd- . . . . Class a s i n d i v i d u a l biography

a cont inuous n a r r a t i v e t h a t d i s c u s s e s t h e l i f e o r t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e t o p i c of a s i n g l e i n d i v i d u a l . Also c l a s s au tob iograph ies a s i n d i v i d u a l biography.

Consider a s i n d i v i d u a l biography works of t h e type Yv l i f e wi th r a famous ~ e r s o q ] a s we l l a s combined b iograph ies o f two c l o s e l y r e l a t e d people , such a s a husband and wife ; b ro the r and s i s t e r . C las s such works wi th t h e more i l l u s t r i o u s person.

c ) S i n n l e cont inuous t e x t i n which severa.1 d i s ~ a r a t e l i v e s a r e d iscussed. C las s according t o t h e i n t e n t i o n o f t h e au thor o r pub- l i s h e r . I f t h e apparent i n t e n t is t o t e l l a s i n g l e s t o r y with s t r e s s on one person, c l a s s t h e work a s an i n d i v i d u a l biography. I f t h e i n t e n t i s t o d i s c u s s s e v e r a l l i v e s i n r e l a t i o n t o a t o p i c , family , p l ace , e t c . , c l a s s a s c o l l e c t i v e biography.

d ) B i o n r a ~ h i e s o f t h e members o f one family. C las s a s i n d i v i d u a l biography ( u n l e s s t h e p a r t i c u l a r schedule makes s p e c i a l pro- v i s i o n f o r i n d i v i d u a l f a m i l i e s ) .

I n d i v i d u a l bi- -g f r

a ) I f t h e biography emphasizes one p a r t i c u l a r c a r e e r , c l a s s wi th t h a t c a r e e r . For example, c l a s s a biography o f Schwei tzer a s a musician i n ML; Leonardo da Vinci a s a s c i e n t i s t i n Q.

b) If a biography d i s c u s s e s s e v e r a l c a r e e r s i n which a person is /was engaged, c l a s s wi th t h e t o p i c with which t h e biographee is /was most c l o s e l y a s soc ia t ed . I f according t o r e fe rence works no s i n g l e c a r e e r predominates i n t h e l i f e o f t h e biographee (e.g. , A lbe r t Schwi tze r ) , c l a s s t h e biography i n CT.

6 ) Order of s u b i e c t t r a c u . Whether 'the work is c l a s s e d i n a gene ra l works number o r biography number, always a s s i g n t o bio- g r a p h i c a l works t h e name o f t h e b i o n r a ~ h e e a s t h e f i r s t s u b j e c t heading. Th i s name w i l l i n t u r n be t h e name on which t h e f i r s t o f two C u t t e r s i n t h e c a l l number w i l l be based.

The word wbiographical" above is used i n t h e very broad sense t o i n c l u d e on ly works t h a t a r e t r u e b iog raph ies , but a l s o works t h a t d i s c u s s mainly an i n d i v i d u a l ' s b e l i e f s , c o n t r i b u t i o n s , r e l a t i o n t o t h e d i s c i p l i n e , e t c . For t h e above t o apply , t h e i n d i v i d u a l must be t h e s u b j e c t o f t h e work f o r a t l e a s t t h e major p o r t i o n o f t h e t e x t . However, i f t h e work focuses mainly on a t o p i c and t h e name o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l is ass igned merely a s an a d d i t i o n a l s u b j e c t , do no t a s s i g n t h e name a s t h e f irst s u b j e c t t r a c i n g . I n s t e a d , a s s i g n a s t h e f i r s t heading a heading des igna t ing t h e t o p i c a l a s p e c t o f t h e work.

7 ) The i n d i v i d u a l biggE._i?gbv t a b l e . Works c l a s s e d i n i n d i v i d u a l biography numbers a r e always f u r t h e r subarranged i n accordance wi th an a p p r o p r i a t e biography t a b l e . I f such a t a b l e is n o t provided i n t h e p a r t i c u l a r schedule (such a s t h e i n d i v i d u a l biography t a b l e s o f C las s D, t h e a r t i s t t a b l e o f C las s N , o r t h e l i t e r a r y au thor t a b l e s o f C las s P), t h e fo l lowing gene ra l t a b l e is used:

. x C u t t e r f o r t h e i n d i v i d u a l . xA2 Col lec ted works. By d a t e . xA25 Se lec t ed works. S e l e c t i o n s . By d a t e Inc lud ing quo ta t ions

. xA3-39 Autobiography, d i a r i e s , e t c . By t i t l e . xA4 L e t t e r s . By d a t e . xA5 Speeches, e s says , and l e c t u r e s . By d a t e . xA6-Z Biography and c r i t i c i s m


Unless t h e schedule makes s p e c i a l p rov i s ion , t h e numbers f o r Co l l ec t ed workq, S e l e c t e d works, and SDeeches. essavs . and l e c t u r e s a r e very seldom used, s i n c e c o l l e c t i o n s o f t h i s kind a r e normally c l a s s e d wi th t h e t o p i c . Without s p e c i a l p rov i s ions , a s s i g n t h e s e numbers on ly when t h e c o l l e c t i o n by t h e i n d i v i d u a l biographee is s o g e n e r a l t h a t no s p e c i f i c t o p i c can be i d e n t i f i e d and t h e work would be o the rwise c l a s sed i n A , e .g. , t h e c o l l e c t e d w r i t i n g s of a j o u r n a l i s t on a l l t o p i c s . Therefore , most d e c i s i o n s invo lv ing t h e t a b l e w i l l be t o determine i f t h e work is autobiography, correspondence, o r biography and c r i t i c i s m .

Biography t a b l e s normally provide f o r t h e assignment o f two C u t t e r s i n t h e formulat ion o f t h e c a l l number. Assign t h e first Cu t t e r f o r t h e name of t h e biographee, i . e . , t h e name o f t h e person ind ica t ed i n t h e f i r s t t r a c i n g o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l record. Assign t h e second Cu t t e r according t o t h e p rov i s ions o f t h e number and cap t ion s e l e c t e d from t h e t a b l e . For example, i f t h e work is t o be c l a s s e d under B i o a r a ~ h v and . . i t ~ c i s m , a s s i g n a s t h e second Cu t t e r a C u t t e r based on t h e main e n t r y heading of t h e work. (Note: i n case it is no t obvious t o t h e r eade r t h a t t h e second Cu t t e r i n t h e example is by main e n t r y heading, it should be remembered t h a t subarrangement of works under any c l a s s number o f t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n system is a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by main e n t r y heading un les s t h e r e a r e e x p l i c i t p rov i s ions f o r another arrangement. For example, i n t h e t a b l e .xA4 "Le t t e r sw u t i l i z e s an arrangement o t h e r than by main e n t r y heading. The second Cu t t e r is f ixed and t h e uniqueness o f t h e c a l l number is achieved by t h e use o f d a t e s ) .

8) a s . B' a Never app ly a biography t a b l e t o any biography c l a s sed i n a General w o r b number, even i f a no te under t h e General works cap t ion s t a t e s " Including biography." Use on ly t h e s tandard provis ion f o r Cu t t e r ing works o f a s i n g l e au thor i n a Genera l works number ( s e e Ca ta loa ina S e r v i c e , b u l l e t i n 120, (page 16) ) . Such a Cu t t e r ing arrangement may be summarized a s fo l lows :

Collected works. By d a t e Se lec t ed works. By d a t e Sepa ra t e works. By t i t l e Biography and c r i t i c i s m . By au thor , A-Z

Works & t h e au thor ( r ep resen ted by t h e f i r s t t h r e e c a p t i o n l i n e s above) make use o f a s i n g l e Cu t t e r t h a t is app l i ed success ive ly t o achieve t h e i n d i c a t e d subarrangement o f works. Works a b o u t t h e au thor ( t h e f o u r t h c a p t i o n l i n e above) a r e ar ranged by a double Cu t t e r : t h e f i r s t f o r t h e au thor and t h e second f o r t h e main e n t r y heading of t h e work. E x c e ~ t i o n : s i n g l e Cu t t e r au tob iograph ies and correspondence, t r a c i n g them a s u- .rate..works ( t h e t h i r d l i n e above).

A t t h e end of t h i s i s s u e is a q u e s t i o n n a i r e on t h e use made of Add i t ions and Channes t o J.C C l a s s i f i c a t i o g t h a t t h e L ib ra ry of Congress would a p p r e c i a t e your f i l l i n g o u t and submit t ing.

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ING DATES TO MONOGRAPHIC CALL NUl$jEE

P u r ~ o s e . To provide g u i d e l i n e s f o r adding d a t e s t o monographic c a l l numbers, i nc lud ing l i s t i n g of except ions and r e s o l u t i o n o f c o n f l i c t s t h a t a r i s e when more than one d a t e is a v a i l a b l e f o r use. Also included is t h e p re fe r r ed o rde r f o r s h e l f l i s t i n g va r ious e d i t i o n s , f a c s i m i l e s , t r a n s l a t i o n s , abridgments, and c r i t i c i s m s o f a work.

Reference: The fol lowing supersedes " S h e l f l i s t i n g t h e va r ious e d i t i o n s of a work" i n C a t a m a S e r v i c e BulJ&&, no. 3, (page 20-23 ) .

B_acknrouna: U n t i l Apr i l 1982 a d a t e was added, o r n o t added, t o a c a l l number f o r a v a r i e t y o f r easons , i nc lud ing co rpora t e author- s h i p , previous e d i t i o n ( s ) , pub l i sh ing s t a t emen t s , e t c . Seve ra l memoranda were followed by LC s h e l f l i s t e r s i n determining i f a d a t e were necessary and, when a p p l i c a b l e , which d a t e t o add. No s t anda rd , e a s i l y followed g u i d e l i n e ex i s t ed . There is c u r r e n t l y o n l y one r u l e , which has a s e v e r e l y l i m i t e d number o f except ions .

The implementation o f t h e fo l lowing g u i d e l i n e s w i l l have a p o s i t i v e impact on o t h e r l i b r a r y a c t i v i t i e s , such a s c o l l e c t i o n s i m - provement i n f a c i l i t a t i n g t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n and subsequent weeding o f previous e d i t i o n s , s u r p l u s cop ies , e t c . ; on b ib l iog raph ic c o n t r o l i n a s s i s t i n g t h e r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n s t o i d e n t i f y more r e a d i l y t h e most r e c e n t work i n a g iven s u b j e c t a r e a ; and on a c q u i s i t i o n s i n i d e n t i f y i n g new works o r t h e most r e c e n t e d i t i o n s .

The b a a t the0 a11 . . mononrar>hs.

197- ; use 19702. [ i f co rpora t e body, use 19701 197-? ; use 19702. [ i f co rpora t e body, use 19701 19-- ; use 19002. [ i f co rpora t e body, use 19001 19--? ; use 19002. [ i f co rpora t e body, use 19001 1976? ; use 1976 1969 (1 973 p r i n t i n g ) ; use 1973. ca . 1976 ; use 1976. 1980 p r i n t i n g , c1957 ; use 1980. 1981, c1980 ; use 1981. 1979 [ d i s t r i b u t e d ] 1980 ; use 1979. 1971, c1972 ; use 1972. 1979-1981 ; use 1979. 1979 [i .e. 19781 ; use 1978. between 1977 and 1980 ; use 1977. 1962 o r 1963 ; use 1962. 1978/79 [ i . e . 1978 o r 19791 ; use

1978

1) c o n ~ r e s s o r conference headinn. I f p r e s e n t , add t h e d a t e o f t h e congress o r conference found i n t h e heading; o the rwise , use t h e impr in t d a t e .

d a t e i n heading: 1981, use 1981. -ding: 1979-1980, use 1980

2 ) P h o t o c o ~ v o r fa-. Add t h e d a t e o f t h e o r i g i n a l work and t h e work l e t t e r "an.

3 ) r n t i o n . Use t h e impr in t d a t e . I f another e d i t i o n is rece ived wi th t h e same impr in t d a t e , use work l e t t e r s s t a r t i n g wi th "b"


4) C o r ~ o r a t e authorshig . Use t h e impr in t d a t e . I f ano the r work by t h e same co rpora t e body is rece ived , use work l e t t e r s s t a r t i n g wi th

.R37 1981, . R37 1981a, .R37 1981b, [ e t c . ]

1 ) Supplement. Supplements a r e ind ica t ed by adding llSuppl.ll t o t h e c a l l number of t h e o r i g i n a l work. No d a t e is t o be added.

.K56, .K56 Suppl. , .K56 Suppl. 2, 1 e t c . 1

.C64 1977, .C64 1977 Suppl., .C64 1977 Suppl. 2 , [ e t c . ]

2) C l a s s subarranged by d a t e onlv. I f a work is c l a s sed i n an a r e a t h a t is subarranged by d a t e on ly , do no t add another d a t e t o t h e c a l l number, I n s t e a d , add a work l e t t e r t o t h e da te .

CD1106 1918, CD1106 l918a, [ e t c . ]

3 ) C l a s s subarranged by d a t e and main e n t r y heading. Although a d a t e appea r s a s p a r t o f t h e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n number, t h e i m p r i n t d a t e should a l s o be added t o t h e c a l l number.

S h e f l i s t o r d e r

o r i g i n a l work Cu t t e r and d a t e .L55 1952

f a c s i m i l e o r photocopy Cu t t e r and d a t e with .L55 1952a of o r i g i n a l work n a!! (.L55 1952aa,

ab , e t c . )

e d i t i o n o r r e p r i n t Cu t t e r and d a t e .L55 1967

f a c s i m i l e o r photocopy Cu t t e r and d a t e o f .L55 1967a of e d i t i o n e d i t i o n wi th "am (.L55 1967aa, ab.

e t c .

t r a n s l a t i o n

abridgement o r condensed v e r s i o n

t r a n s l a t i o n of abridgement o r condensed ve r s ion

s e l e c t i o n

t r a n s l a t i o n o f s e l e c t i o n

c r i t i c i s m

Cut t e r expanded by .L5513 1963 12-19 and d a t e Engl ish

t r a n s l a t i o n )

Cu t t e r expanded by L552 1980 2 and d a t e .S6L552 1980

Cu t t e r expanded by 212 - 219 and d a t e

,L55213 1982 (Engl ish t r a n s l a t i o n )

C u t t e r expanded by .L5525 1981 25 and d a t e .S6L5525 1981

Cu t t e r expanded by 2512- .L552513 1982 2519 and d a t e (Engl ish

t r a n s l a t i o n )

Cu t t e r expanded by .L553T5 1976 3 o r 3-39 and d a t e .S6L5537 1976

I f s h e l f l i s t i n g a t r a n s l a t i o n o f a c r i t i c i s m , use t h e t r a n s - l a t i o n t a b l e .

26 Cata loging Se rv ice B u l l e t i n , No. 19 / Winter 1982

VOLUME DESIGNATIONS

I n t h e L i b r a r y ' s semi-annual r e p o r t t h a t appeared i n t h e u- brarv of Connress Informat ion B u l l e t i n , June 11, 1982, it was r epor t ed on page 174 t h a t a change i n s h e l f l i s t i n g p r a c t i c e was i n s t i t u t e d whereby volume d e s i g n a t i o n s would hence fo r th be expressed i n Engl ish i n a l l cases . It was a l s o noted t h a t t h i s change would be r e f l e c t e d i n c a l l numbers o f b i b l i o g r a p h i c i tems. I n essence, t h e change is s t r i c t l y a change i n i n t e r n a l L ib ra ry of Congress procedures and does not a f f e c t t h e c a l l numbers o f r eco rds d i s t r i b u t e d t o t h e l i b r a r y community.

B r i e f l y s t a t e d , t h i s change is: When mainta ining t h e in- ventory record wi th in t h e S h e l f l i s t i n g Sec t ion and when w r i t i n g t h e f i n a l c a l l number i n t h e i n d i v i d u a l volume, use Eng l i sh volume des igna t ions r a t h e r than those i n t h e ve rnacu la r o f t h e c a t a l o g record f o r a l l mono- g raph ic , non-analyzable, m u l t i p a r t i tems. Th i s change i n procedure d o e s no t a f f e c t s e r i a l e n t r i e s , e n t r i e s o f any type which a r e ana lyzab le i n n a t u r e , o r volumes being added t o c a t a l o g r eco rds a l r eady e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e l i b r a r y .

The M n a 1 c n , t prepared by t h e Decimal C l a s s i f i c a t i o n Divis ion, i s now a v a i l a b l e from its pub l i she r Fores t P r e s s , 85 W a t e r l i e t Avenue, Albany, New York 1 2206, f o r $20.00 (595 pages, p las t ic- impregnated paper b inding) . The manual c o n s i s t s o f t h r e e p a r t s : 1) genera l p r i n c i p l e s o f l i b r a r y c l a s - s i f i c a t i o n and o f t h e DDC, 2) a d i scuss ion i n schedule o r d e r o f t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e t a b l e s and schedu les , accompanied by guidance i n c l a s - s i f y i n g i tems i n d i f f i c u l t a r e a s , and 3 ) indexes by DDC numbers r e - f e r r e d t o and t o p i c s d iscussed.

B A C K E T E D DDC NUMBERS I N L C CATA1,OG RECORDS

The fol lowing i n d i c a t e s t h e meaning o f bracketed number f o r s p e c i f i c c l a s s e s o f works a s ass igned by t h e Decimal C l a s s i f i c a t i o n Div i s ion :

1 ) Adu l t works

a ) Works be1oqgj.n~ t o a s e r i e q . A c l a s s number followed by an ' I s , " e .g. , OBIS, is t h e number ass igned t o t h e e n t i r e s e r i e s a s a c o l l e c t e d s e t . The a s s o c i a t e d bracketed c l a s s number, e.g, L326.97471, is t h e s p e c i f i c c l a s s number f o r t h e a n a l y t i c o f t h e s e r i e s covered by t h e p a r t i c u l a r record. The s p e c i f i c number is supp l i ed f o r t hose li- b r a r i e s wishing t o c l a s s i f y s e p a r a t e l y t h e va r ious i n d i v i d u a l i tems i n t h e s e t .

b) -v. A bracketed "Bn is ass igned t o works t h a t a r e p r i m a r i l y b iog raph ica l ; i f more than h a l f t h e work d e a l s w i th t h e pe r son ' s r e l a t i o n t o t h e s u b j e c t o r t o t h e f i e l d o f s tudy wi th which he/she is a s s o c i a t e d , t h e [B] is no t given.

1 ) ) m n o ~ r a ~ h s . For monographic i t ems , s e p a r a t e l y c l a s s i f i e d , a s p e c i f i c c l a s s number and a bracketed "BN a r e given.

Cata loging Se rv ice B h l l e t i n , No. 19 / Winter 1932

2 ) ) S e r i e s . For s e r i e s t h a t LC c o l l e c t s , t h e series number is given followed by a bracketed s p e c i f i c number f o r t h e p a r t i - c u l a r a n a l y t i c and a bracketed "BW.

780 '.92 4s 1788 '. 66'0924 I [B]

c ) & k k & L l . . . Four numbers a r e u s u a l l y ass igned t o works i n a l e g a l s e r i e s c l a s sed toge the r . The Decimal C l a s s i f i c a t i o n Div i s ion g i v e s both t h e p re fe r r ed number ( co l - l e c t e d s e t number and s p e c i f i c number f o r t h e a n a l y t i c ) and t h e Option B nu] s e t and 1. The p r e f e r r e d c i t a t i o n o r d e r is: & j u r i s & subd iv i s ion o f kind o f law; Optit d i c t i o n f law then subd iv i s ion o f t h e kind.

mber ( c o 34 & kin ' on B: 34

l l e c t e d d o f law

& jur is l

a n a l y t i c d i c t i o n I

& kind , o

P r e f e r r e d 345.73s ~345.73'0771

Option B 347.305s [347.3057711/

2 JuvenUe works s i o n .

a ) Easv boo&. Easy books wi thout a r e a d i l y def ined t o p i c i n a recognized f i e l d of s tudy , e.g. , Tommv Takes H l s . First . T r i b t o t h e s t o r e , a r e ass igned a bracketed

Easy books wi th a d i s c e r n i b l e t o p i c i n a recognized f i e l d o f s tudy a r e a s s igned a s p e c i f i c number f o r t h e t o p i c and a bracketed "E."

942 [El

b) m. For works K-3, through age 8 , on ly a brack- e t e d "En is ass igned. I f t h e p ro tagon i s t is nea r adulthood (ove r 16) o r t h e s t y l e o f w r i t i n g r e q u i r e s t h e language s k i l l s o f an a d u l t (e.g. ,

e r T w j & ) , a c l a s s number w i l l be ass igned a s we l l .

Adult f i c t i o n t h a t has been deemed a p p r o p r i a t e f o r a j u v e n i l e a s we l l w i l l bea r a c l a s s number.

1 ) ) U o u t s u e c t o r d lsc lbbbnarv a s s o w . . . . . . I f t h e biography is o f one person, [92] is as s igned ; i f it is o f more than one person, [920] is ass igned.

2 ) ) U t h W i e c t o r -arv a s s o c w . If t h e biography is o f one person, a c l a s s number f o r biography i n t h e p a r t i - c u l a r s u b j e c t is ass igned a s w e l l a s a bracketed "B" and a bracketed "92. l1

If t h e biography is of more than one person, a c l a s s number f o r biography i n t h e p a r t i c u l a r f i e l d , a bracketed "B," and a bracketed "92OW a r e ass igned.

--------------- I / Segmentation marks can be given f o r t h e p re fe r r ed c i t a t i o n o r d e r only .

2 8 Cata loging S e r v i c e B u l l e t i n , No. 19 / Winter 1982

The f o u r t h e d i t i o n o f C las s S, Agr i cu l tu re , was r e c e n t l y publ ished. It is f o r s a l e by t h e Cata loging D i s t r i b u t i o n Se rv ice f o r $15.00.

This e d i t i o n is a cumulated e d i t i o n , The o n l y s i g n i f i c a n t change is t h e r e l o c a t i o n o f n u r s e r i e s and t h e nu r se ry i n d u s t r y t o a more l o g i c a l l o c a t i o n i n t h e scheme. Other changes a r e t h e d e l e t i o n o f p a r e n t h e t i c a l numbers, t h e updat ing o f terminology, and t h e a r r ang ing of n o t e s and r e f e r e n c e s t o conform t o c u r r e n t p r a c t i c e , The index is new,


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IONS AND CHaGES TO CLAS-

The L ib ra ry o f Congress has publ ished &&l$tions and C- t o LC Cia- s i n c e 1928, g e n e r a l l y on a q u a r t e r l y , noncumulative bas i s . It has been assumed t h a t upon r e c e i p t o f each i s s u e s u b s c r i b e r s record t h e changes i n t o t h e i r c l a s s i f i c a t i o n schedules . However, it is recognized t h a t t h i s assumpution may be wrong. I f A&&&&m and C h m would be used more e a s i l y by s u b s c r i b e r s i f i t appeared on a l e s s f r e - quent b a s i s , t h e frequency o f p u b l i c a t i o n would be changed. However, cumulation would still no t be poss ib l e .

Your response t o t h e ques t ions below would a s s i s t i n d e t e r - mining whether t o change t h e frequency o f m o n s and C h a n a .

1 . When an i s s u e of p m o n s m d C w is received: (check a l l t h a t apply

A l l c l a s s numbers a r e w r i t t e n i n t o a master schedule .

Important c l a s s numbers a r e w r i t t e n i n t o a master schedule.

The i s s u e is routed t o c a t a l o g e r s , who may w r i t e some c l a s s numbers i n t o t h e i r cop ies o f t h e schedules .

The i s s u e is routed/ looked a t and f i l e d .

- The i s s u e is f i l e d .

The o l d e r i s s u e s a r e consu l t ed a s needed.

- The o l d e r i s s u e s a r e no t consul ted because i t ' s d i f f i c u l t and time-consuming

Comments :

2. The i d e a l frequency o f p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e noncumulative &Mj&Lons and .Channea would be: (check on ly one)

Q u a r t e r l y a s c u r r e n t l y

Twice a yea r ( con ta in ing 6 months o f c l a s s numbers)

- Once a yea r ( con ta in ing 12 months o f c l a s s numbers)

- Other ( d e s c r i b e )

3. I would want LC t o develop a s e r v i c e t h a t would inform me o f new numbers on a monthly b a s i s , even i f it were expensive,

a . I f is publ ished on a semi-annual b a s i s Yes No ( C i r c l e one)

b. I f A& is publ ished on an annual b a s i s Yes No ( C i r c l e one)

Comments :

Send to : Name T i t l e

Chief , Sub jec t Cata loging Div i s ion L ib ra ry L ib ra ry o f Congress Address Washington, D. C. 20540

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Divehi equivalents to represent Arabic letters

2 ( & ) th

A ( c ) a

2 (t) kh

9 ( 3 )

A ( & )

0

6

omit'

= ( b )

2- ( P )

+ ( e )

( & I

3 ( ' 5 )

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1. R o ~ ~ n i s e 3 u b, when it daublea the following rmuwamt, or b d u a Jott.1 rtop, s,g.,

/ d o F P'P//I 8b~8n8

2, When d in medial position dthoot t (mkan), ramaniap M &, 0.8..

4y.A aAga

Jt"; h b d a

3. (a) When meed in the initial pemitbn with any vowel aign, do not rommim, s.g,,

>< Ida

(b) When d in $he medial p i t ion with my rowel r i p , mmanbe ar, ' , e.g,,

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( 0 ) When a oomonant follow8 /j in medial poition, double' it in rommhtion, q,,

3 2 ~ 3 =ppalu

JA3A.4 0 appaod

(d) When med in the final p i t i o n with 2, mm8nize a8 B, e,g.,

4. Romaai~e .? folIored by another Z u & y.,

4mri

6. Only the rawel forms that appear a t the beginning of a myllable are listed. When the voweb follow a aonmnant, A h not wed and the rowel signs r re added to the aamnant forme. Do not distinguish between the two in mmanization.

6. L(oa1led mkun), generally indicates omimion of inherent rowel in a wnmnant. For ita other w e , ree not- 1,3, and 4 above.

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MOPWH IN ABABIC BCBIPT

Vowels and diphthongs1

4

1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of eyllablee are lisfed; the

forms ueed for vowel. following a mmnant exclude 1 (slif), except in the ow of (L - \

( \ or \ ) No dietinction between the two ie mads in mxnmization.

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Alone

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hbials

Wrl " Medial Atone + Value

L A S P

Final

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W a l Medial Final Al6m Value

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Initial Medial Fkul

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0 - A 1. - , - , or, (jazm) indidat the abaence of any vmel following the letter over

which it is written. Do not romsnize it.

b b 2. When (shaddah) appears over any oaneonant, repreuent it in romaniestion by

doubling the aoneonant.

1 3. Rornanize \i (alif mqqiirah) wed in:plaoe of \ to rep-nt the long rowel a. L

n

4. When the word ending in a is in the aonstruct &ate, m-h d rm t.

5. When medial or b r l ; romanhe S ( h a m ) rm '.

0

6. Romanbe the h b i o article d\ (dm written r dl) u al-

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