NOTE: The provisions of this Appendix apply only to manuscripts with a formal title.
Title access plays an important role in enabling users to identify and locate special collections materials. While some title access will be handled by controlled forms, this appendix lists specific situations, commonly encountered by rare materials catalogers, in which the provision of uncontrolled title access points is likely to be useful.
The appendix is not intended as an exhaustive list of all instances in which uncontrolled title access points may be made. Use judgment in determining which forms of access will be most useful for the item in hand. In general, do not include access points that duplicate normalized forms of existing title access points (e.g., the title proper, a uniform title, etc.). Take the indexing capabilities of the institution's local system into consideration when determining whether the additional access points are needed.
The list is presented in DCRM(MSS) rule number order. Title access points considered optional are labeled as such.
Provide access for the entire title proper exactly as transcribed, disregarding initial articles as required by filing rules.
0G2.2. 0H2.2. Title proper with converted letters i/j or u/v--REVIEW
If any of the first five words in the title proper contains a letter i/j/u/v that has been converted to uppercase or lowercase according to a pattern of usage that follows pre-modern spelling conventions, provide additional title access for the form of the title proper that corresponds to modern orthography (i.e., using i and u for vowels, j and v for consonants, and w for consonantal vv).
If it differs from title access points already provided, also provide title access for the form of the title proper that corresponds to the graphical appearance of the letters in the source, converting the letters i/j/u/v into uppercase or lowercase without regard for the pattern of usage in the publication being described.
Source:
LES OEVVRES MORALES DE PLVTARQVE
Transcription:
Les oeuures morales de Plutarque
Additional title access (normalized modern):
Oeuvres morales de Plutarque
Additional title access (converted graphical):
Oevvres morales de Plvtarqve
If any of the first five words in the title proper is a Latin word with a final capital I that has been retained in the transcription, provide additional title access for the form of title proper with the final capital I converted to ii.
Source:
M. AccI Plauti quae supersunt Comoediae
Transcription:
M. AccI Plauti quae supersunt Comoediae
Additional title access:
M. Accii Plauti quae supersunt Comoediae
0G4.1. 0H3.7. Title proper containing characters as substitutes for letters (Optional)
If a title proper contains hyphens or other characters as substitutes for letters, and the meaning of the characters is known, provide additional access to the decoded form of the title.
If any spacing has been inserted in the transcription of the first five words of the title proper, provide additional title access for the form of title with the words closed up.
Source:
LAMORTE D'ORFEO
Transcription:
La morte d'Orfeo
Additional title access:
Lamorte d'Orfeo
If the manuscript consists of a form with blank spaces filled in in manuscript, or intended to be filled in but left blank, devise a title for it. If a blank space intended to be filled in manuscript has been transcribed within the first five words of the title proper as the word “blank” enclosed in square brackets, provide additional title access for the form of title proper without the interpolated blank.
Transcription: Source:
This certifies that [blank] by a contribution of [blank] is a member for life of the American Tract Society
Title: American Tract Society membership form
Additional title access:
This certifies that by a contribution of is a member for life of the American Tract Society
0G6.4 was moved from area 0 because forms and such will always require devised titles. Rewrite this section here in Appendix F
0G6.4. Blank spaces. If transcribing a manuscript or typescript text containing a blank space intended to be completed, as is common in forms and certain government documents, supply the word “blank” enclosed in square brackets. If the blank space has been completed in the item being described, transcribe the completed text without using square brackets. Make note identifying the completed portion(s), if considered important.
NEED EXAMPLE (last will and testament, baptismal certificates, birth certificate, deeds, etc.)
0F1.1. 0G2.1. Title proper in nonroman script
If nonroman text has been transcribed within the first five words of the title proper, provide additional title access for a romanized version of the title proper using the ALA-LC Romanization Tables.
Transcription:
平家 物語
Additional title access:
Heike monogatari
If any of the first five words in the title proper contains a misprint that has been corrected in the transcription through the insertion of [i.e. ...], provide additional title access for the form of title proper as it appears in the source, without the correction. In addition, provide title access for the form of title as if it had been printed correctly.
Source:
The notted history of Mother Grim
Transcription:
The notted [i.e. noted] history of Mother Grim
Additional title access (without interpolation):
Notted history of Mother Grim
Additional title access (with correct spelling):
Noted history of Mother Grim
If any of the first five words in the title proper contains a misprint that has been qualified in the transcription by the insertion of [sic], provide additional title access for the form of title proper without the [sic]. In addition, provide title access for the form of title as if it had been printed correctly.
Source:
Of the knowledeg whiche maketh a wise man
Transcription:
Of the knowledeg [sic] whiche maketh a wise man
Additional title access (without interpolation):
Of the knowledeg whiche maketh a wise man
Additional title access (with correct spelling):
Of the knowledge whiche maketh a wise man
If the title proper contains words spelled according to older or non-standard orthographic conventions, provide additional title access for the title spelled according to modern orthography.
If any of the first five words in the title proper contains two letters used to approximate a third letter, provide additional title access for the form of title proper with the letters transcribed as set.
Source:
Die rveysse der Messz vnnd Geniessung des hochwirdigē Sacraments
Transcription:
Die Weysse der Messz vnnd Geniessung des hochwirdige[n] Sacraments
Additional title access:
Rveysse der Messz vnnd Geniessung des hochwirdigen Sacraments
If the title proper contains a cataloger’s expansions of special marks of contraction, provide additional title access for the title as it appears in the manuscript, ignoring the marks of contraction. In addition, provide title access for the transcribed form of the title proper, but without the square brackets.
If we change examples to eliminate square brackets, rewrite rule 0H8.2 accordingly
Transcription:
Sermones Bertra[n]di de tempore et de sanctis
Additional title access (without expansion):
Sermones Bertradi de tempore et de sanctis
Additional title access (without square brackets):
Sermones Bertrandi de tempore et de sanctis
If the title proper contains initials, initialisms, or acronyms with internal spaces, provide additional title access for the title with the spaces closed up. Conversely, if the title proper contains initials, initialisms, or acronyms without internal spaces, provide title access for the title with the spaces inserted.
If an element appearing before the title proper on the title page has been transposed, provide additional title access for the title inclusive of the preceding element. If the preceding element has not been transposed, so that the title proper includes it, provide additional title access for the title without the preceding element.
1B5. Byname
If the byname by which the manuscript is known is misleading or not sufficiently descriptive, devise a title and provide the byname as an additional access point.
NEED EXAMPLE
Provide additional title access for an alternative title.
Provide additional title access for a title that is supplementary to, or a section of, another work when both titles, whether or not grammatically separable, are recorded together as the title proper. If the supplement or section title is a title such as “Supplement” or “Chapter one,” however, and so is indistinctive and dependent for its meaning on the main title, generally do not provide additional access.
Provide additional title access for a parallel title. NEED EXAMPLE
Provide additional title access for phrases concerning notes, appendixes, etc., if the phrase is distinctive and the additional access seems useful.
For other than supplementary matter, provide access for the titles of additional works named on a title page without a collective title. Also, selectively provide access for titles of additional works found in such a manuscript although not named on the title page.
Provide additional access for titles of individual works on a single-sheet manuscript, whether or not the manuscript has a collective title. Also provide access for at least the first five words in the first line of printing the text if they have not been transcribed as part of the title proper.
Provide access for the series title proper exactly as it appears on the manuscript, unless title access is provided using a uniform series title.
Provide additional access for cover titles, added title page titles, caption titles, half titles, running titles, spine titles, and significant other title information.
Provide additional access for any separate title on accompanying material deemed useful.
Provide additional access for copy-specific titles, such as a binder’s title.
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