[DCRM-L] Adding punctuation in a 246?

[Manon Theroux]

Erin,

That is what I do. If I'm inserting a comma after "or" (or its equivalent)
preceding an alternative title in the 245 field, I do the same in the 246
field. It's only the variant spelling that I worry about in the 246. I
might make an exception locally to provide punctuation variants in 246
fields if I knew my system indexed certain marks of punctuation
differently. I don't know of any system for which commas are a problem, but
I've heard that sometimes other marks are problematic.

Manon

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Manon Théroux

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On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Erin Blake <EBlake at folger.edu> wrote:

> Does one use "common sense in deciding whether to include the punctuation,
> omit it, replace it, or add punctuation not present" in a 246 for how a
> title looks on the page? This came up in the close reading of DCRM(G).
>
> Source: SER, SIVE SERICVS VERMIS
>
> 245: Ser, siue, Sericus vermis (comma added after Latin "or")
>
> 246: Ser, sive Sericus vermis (punctuation as given on the piece)
>
> 246: Ser, sive Sericvs vermis (punctuation as given on the piece)
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>    Erin.
>
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