[DCRM-L] a question came up during the close reading of Examples

[Noble, Richard]

Guidelines are given in Standard Citations, pp. xxv-xxvi:  "Working
Principles, V. Numeration".

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Patrick Olson <olson.pat at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure we're permitted to go outside Standard Citations here, but
> rule 7B14.2 in DCRM(B) doesn't mention the use of any commas.  The examples,
> however -- which admittedly are not prescriptive -- use a comma after the
> title portion unless the title portion ends with a parenthesis.  The
> examples maintain this trend for title portions that end with letters and
> numbers alike.
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> Patrick Olson
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> 2011/8/22 Schneider, Nina <nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu>
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> Hi everyone****
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>> I know there are a lot of opinions, but is there a rule that states
>> whether to use a comma after the title portion of the citation. I can’t find
>> a specific rule except a mention of a “final comma” relating to the addition
>> of page numbers in the printed version of Standard Citations (p. xxiii). So,
>> based on what I can surmise from examples in Standard Citations, it occurs
>> to me that the only time a cataloger would include a comma between the title
>> portion and the location portion of the reference would be when the title
>> portion ends in a number.****
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>> So, this:****
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>> 510 4_ Hoover, A.B.  Old order Mennonite bib. (In his Jonas Martin era, p.
>> 981-1105), ‡c 132****
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>> 510 4_ ESTC ‡cT345****
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>> But, I also see (on p. xxvii of S.C.), this:****
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>> 510 4_ Drake, M.  Almanacs, ‡c 143****
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>> And, in MARC Bibliographic (on LC’s website), there’s this:****
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>> *‡**a*Goff,*‡**c*A-970****
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>> Anyone?****
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>> Thanks!****
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>> Nina****
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