<div dir="ltr"><div>In connection with the LC proposal relating to devised titles (<a href="http://www.rda-jsc.org/sites/all/files/6JSC-LC-32.pdf">http://www.rda-jsc.org/sites/all/files/6JSC-LC-32.pdf</a>), one of my ARLIS colleagues has pointed out that DCRM(B) and (G) do not treat titles based on the beginning words of text as devised titles, while the LC proposal does. <br> <br></div>DCRM(G):<br><br><div><div><div>1B5. Title from beginning words of text
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<a name="14f4bbc7c101b691_PPTOC1B5.1."></a></span><div><a name="14f4bbc7c101b691_1B5PERIOD1" title="1B5PERIOD1"></a>1B5.1.
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<div><a name="14f4bbc7c101b691_dcrmgUNDERSCORE0236" title="dcrmgUNDERSCORE0236"></a>If no title can be found on or with the material, or in another source (see <a title="1F1" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmg1F1&hash=1F1" target="_blank">1F1</a>), and the material has sufficient non-incidental text (i.e., more than just numbering, a mailing address, a customer name,
etc.), use the beginning words of such text as the <a title="TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmgTitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&hash=TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary" target="_blank">title proper</a> (see also <a title="1F3" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmg1F3&hash=1F3" target="_blank">1F3</a>).
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<div><a name="14f4bbc7c101b691_dcrmgUNDERSCORE0237" title="dcrmgUNDERSCORE0237"></a>H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtland St., Caricatures and prints
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<div>(<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none;display:inline"><a title="Comment" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmgComment&hash=Comment" target="_blank">Comment</a>:</span> Resource being cataloged is Robinson’s illustrated advertisement)
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<div>Free speech, free soil, free men. This is to certify that [blank] is a member of the [blank] Wide-awake Club</div>
<div>(<span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none;display:inline"><a title="Comment" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmgComment&hash=Comment" target="_blank">Comment</a>:</span> Membership certificate has blank spaces to be filled in later. See <a title="0G6PERIOD4" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmg0G6PERIOD4&hash=0G6PERIOD4" target="_blank">0G6.4</a>)<br><br>DCRM(B)<br>1B5. No <a class="Jump LoCLink" title="TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbTitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&hash=TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">title proper</a> <span class="Rule-title"><a target="_parent" class="Web" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?&view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=aacr21PERIOD1B7&hash=1PERIOD1B7&fq=allresources%7Ctrue"><img src="http://desktop.loc.gov/view/17/ESPDCRMB-img-AACR2+button" height="24" border="0" width="51"></a> <a target="_parent" class="Web" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?&view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=aacr22PERIOD14A&hash=2PERIOD14A&fq=allresources%7Ctrue"><img src="http://desktop.loc.gov/view/17/ESPDCRMB-img-AACR2+button" height="24" border="0" width="51"></a></span>
<div class="A----16"><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0327" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0327" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0327"></a>If no title can be found in any source, use as the <a class="Jump LoCLink" title="TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbTitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&hash=TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">title proper</a>
the opening words of the text if these provide a reasonably distinctive
title. If the opening words of the text are not suitable,
or if the beginning of the text is lacking, devise a brief
descriptive title, preferably in the language and script of the
cataloging agency, and use this devised title, enclosed in
square brackets, as the <a class="Jump LoCLink" title="TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbTitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&hash=TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">title proper</a>. Make a note indicating whether the <a class="Jump LoCLink" title="TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbTitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&hash=TitleSPACEproperSLASHglossary&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">title proper</a> is taken from the opening words of the text or has been devised by the cataloger.
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<div class="Example"><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0328" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0328" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0328"></a>I am a jolly huntsman, my voice is shrill and clear
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<div class="Example"><span class="Example-italics"><a class="Jump LoCLink" title="Note" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbNote&hash=Note&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">Note</a><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0329" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0329" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0329"></a><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;display:inline">:</span></span> Title from opening two lines of poem
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<div class="Example-comment----16"><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0330" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0330" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0330"></a>(<span class="Example-italics"><a class="Jump LoCLink" title="Comment" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbComment&hash=Comment&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">Comment</a></span>: Title is not bracketed because the first page of text is here the title page substitute)
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<div class="Example"><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0331" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0331" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0331"></a>[Observations on a bill relative to the militia]
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<div class="Example"><span class="Example-italics"><a class="Jump LoCLink" title="Note" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbNote&hash=Note&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">Note</a><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0332" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0332" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0332"></a><span style="font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;display:inline">:</span></span> Title devised from content
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<div class="Example-comment----16"><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0333" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0333" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0333"></a>(<span class="Example-italics"><a class="Jump LoCLink" title="Comment" target="_parent" href="http://desktop.loc.gov/search?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=dcrmbComment&hash=Comment&fq=allresources%7Ctrue">Comment</a></span>: Opening words “Herewith and the desire of being serviceable in the smallest degree to my country ...” not suitable as title)
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<div class="Example"><a name="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0334" id="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0334" title="dcrmbUNDERSCORE0334"></a>[Sermon on Christian baptism]
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</div><br></div><div>The LC proposal added "the opening words of a text, etc." to the list of types of information on which to base a devised title in RDA 2.3.2.11 (it was previously not mentioned). I realize that DCRM instructions often differ from AACR/RDA instructions (hence the need for DCRM2), but usually in the direction of more, rather than less, use of brackets (or equivalents), so I wondered whether any special collections catalogers had reservations about this. Worst case scenario, it just becomes a RBMS policy statement.<br><br></div><div>Liz O'Keefe<br></div><div><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Elizabeth O'Keefe<br>Director of Collection Information Systems<br>The Morgan Library & Museum<br>225 Madison Avenue<br>New York, NY 10016-3405<br> <br>TEL: 212 590-0380<br>FAX: 2127685680<br>NET: <a href="mailto:eokeefe@themorgan.org" target="_blank">eokeefe@themorgan.org</a><br><br>Visit CORSAIR, the Library's comprehensive collections catalog:<br><a href="http://corsair.themorgan.org" target="_blank">http://corsair.themorgan.org</a><br></div></div>
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