LAC Policy Statements for title of manifestation
Prerecording
Prerecording
Apply instructions for this element to narrower elements if appropriate and no more specific instruction exists.
Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Facsimiles and reproductions
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Recording
Titles that contain errors
Condition Option
LAC practice: For monographic works and multipart monographs, apply the option. Record a corrected title as a Manifestation: variant title of manifestation.
Condition Option
LAC practice: For serial works or integrating works, apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: For serial works or integrating works, apply the option or record the title with error as a Manifestation: variant title of manifestation if considered important for access.
Abridging long titles of manifestations
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Introductory words in titles of manifestations
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option as a Manifestation: variant title of manifestation if considered important for information or access.
Titles of manifestations that include names of agents
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Alternative titles of manifestations
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option to the alternative title(s) as a Manifestation: variant title of manifestation.
Titles of manifestations that include music information
Titles of manifestations that include scale information
Titles of manifestation of units and iterations
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Titles of manifestations that are issued in units
Titles of manifestations of integrating works
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Record both the common title and the title of the part.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Titles of aggregates
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option. If the title given is the same as one of the aggregated works, use that title as the title of the manifestation.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Devised titles of manifestations
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Devise a title in English when the language of cataloguing is English and in French when the language of cataloguing is French.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Devise a title in English when the language of cataloguing is English and in French when the language of cataloguing is French.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Devise a title in English when the language of cataloguing is English and in French when the language of cataloguing is French.
Devised titles for manifestations of musical works
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Include other characteristics if needed.
Devised titles for manifestations of cartographic works
Devised titles for manifestations of moving image works
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Devised titles for archival resources and collections
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2026/11/04
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-e0665a8b-dab5-3564-b46c-54b3723b4541