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Title
TITLE |
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| Label |
Title |
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Sub-Element |
1.1 Main Title, 1.2 Parallel Title, 1.3 Alternate Title, 1.4 Added Title, 1.5 Series Title, 1.6 Serial Title, 1.7 Uniform Title, 1.8 Other |
| UNTL Definition |
The name given to the resource. |
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Comment |
This element will record the name given to the resource at the individual file (document) level. Typically, a title will be a name by which the resource is formally known. |
| Required |
Mandatory |
| Repeatable |
Yes |
| Data Type |
String |
Title Type |
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1.1 Main Title |
Definition: |
The official name given to the resource. |
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Example: |
Texas 100 years ago |
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1.2 Parallel Title |
Definition: |
The title proper in another language and/or script. |
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Example: |
The little prince = Le petit prince |
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1.3 Alternate Title |
Definition: |
Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource. |
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Example: |
The Fourteenth Street murder or The 14th Street murder |
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1.4 Added Title |
Definition: |
An entry, additional to the original release title, by which an item is represented in a catalog, e.g. variant titles. |
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Example: |
Title on container: Chiapas : the inside story |
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1.5 Series Title |
Definition: |
A group of separate items related to one another by the fact that each item bears, in addition to its own title proper, a collective title applying to the group as a whole. |
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Example: |
Colección El Rimense-Neoyorquino |
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1.6 Serial Title |
Definition: |
A publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely. Serials include periodicals; newspapers; annuals (reports, yearbooks, etc.); the journals, memoirs, proceedings, transactions, etc., of societies; and numbered monographic series. |
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Example: |
Texas Register |
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1.7 Uniform Title |
Definition: |
The uniform title identifies an item if it has appeared under varying titles. It brings together records for items entered under both personal and corporate names and bearing variant titles. |
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Example: |
Census of population and housing (2000). Population and housing unit counts. |
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1.8 Other |
Definition: |
Titles that do not fit into any of the other categories on this list. |
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Example: |
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Input guidelines:
Using the existing title.
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The title should be
transcribed exactly from the resource as it displays to the user.
Use the spelling, punctuation, and capitalization shown on the
resource, but replace any ampersands (&) with the word "and."
Initial articles such as "a," "an," "the," "der," etc. may be
used. The sources of the title include:
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IMAGE: title on
back of photo or on slide casing, title on container, title
from album caption, title from finding aid;
- Please note that for photos, the title should not be tied strictly to the caption which may be unnecessarily rambling or difficult to understand or out of context.
- TEXT: title page [preferred], cover, finding aid;
- VIDEO: title screen of the video, label on video tape/disc, container of video ;
- SOUND: title on disc/cassette label ; title on container ;
- COMPUTER FILE: title screen, title at top of page, title in HTML header.
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IMAGE: title on
back of photo or on slide casing, title on container, title
from album caption, title from finding aid;
- If in doubt about what constitutes the title, use a title found in a reference source such as a library catalog or bibliography. Spell, punctuate and capitalize as shown in the reference source. Include the variants in title type (1.1 - 1.8).
- Titles formulated to MARC standards may include additional "title page" information such as the creator. When copying titles from MARC records, include the entire title as formulated in the catalog consulted.
Creating a title.
- If no title exists, create one. This will happen frequently for photographs, slides, and videos that were not previously published. Place the title in square brackets [...]. Capitalize the first word and any proper nouns in the title. Use punctuation appropriate for English writing. Do not use ampersands (&).
- For photos, create a title that is descriptive, but succinct.
- Do not use the file name, call number, or other identification schemes as a resource title.
- If multiple items have been assembled onto the same record, create a title that is as descriptive as possible of the contents. See also the Collection element.
Clarifying the title.
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Create
alternative titles for any way in which you think a patron may
try to search the item that is different from its primary title.
This may include a parallel title in a different language, a
shortened form of the title, etc
(1.1 - 1.8).
Examples:
Title from back of photograph.
Uncle John Goin and Chris Gillihan
Title derived from photograph album caption.
Abner C. Stewart family of Springhill Community
Title from pamphlet cover.
Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions
Title from label on video.
Power and Influence: Adolph Hitler in Our Times
Titles from library online catalog.
A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination / by Anna J. Hardwicke Pennybacker.
Map of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado : showing also the southern portion of Dacotah / drawn and engraved by W.H. Gamble.
Title created for photograph.
[Guards for a whiskey still, north Aubrey]
Title for a group of items described on one record.
Letters to Mary Jones's son, undated [10 items]