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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED 12-9
rev. 12-10
In order that the description of the reprint resemble and file with the
description of the original, the earliest issue reprinted is used as the chief source for
the first three areas of the description. Data for these areas may be taken from any
place on the reprinted issue without the use of brackets. If it is known that the
description of the original would include data that are not on the reprinted issue, the
data may be supplied in brackets.
In the publication, distribution, etc., area the place of publication,
publisher, and date of the reprint are recorded, using brackets if the data do not come
from a prescribed source on the reprint.
The physical description area gives the physical description of the reprint,
not the original.
A series is recorded if the reprint appears in a series.
Usually a single note gives important details about the original while other
notes give necessary information about the reprint. Notes giving the sources of the
title or the issue on which the description is based are not given.
See LCRI 12.0 for guidelines about the number of records for reprints of
serials. See LCRI 1.0 for guidelines about cataloging a reprint of serial issues as a
serial or as a monograph.
12.0B2:CSB97
Chief source of information
Printed Resources: Title Page Substitute
If a resource lacking a title page has a title (the same title or different
titles) on more than one source in the item, choose as the title page substitute the
source that appears first in the preferred order of sources listed in the rule. Use the
entire page from which the title was taken as the title page substitute, not just the
caption area, masthead area, etc. Do not enclose in brackets any data found anywhere on
that page.
Printed Serials: Retrospective Cataloging
LC/PCC practice: The following are exceptions to the principle of priority
order of sources only when cataloging retrospectively and only when there are no existing
records which would have to be cancelled.
1) In instances in which the item has two or more different titles and the
title that appears in a less preferred source is known (because of a trademark or other
symbol that appears with it) to be the stable title that does not vary from issue to
issue, use the source with the stable title as the title page substitute.
2) In instances in which two or more issues are in hand and the title
appearing in a less preferred source remains stable from issue to issue (e.g., if the
masthead title remains stable but the cover title changes from issue to issue, use the
masthead as the title page substitute).
3) In instances when a title page is added or dropped. For example, if the
title on the cover and the title on the title page are different and some issues lack a
title page, the cover can be used as the chief source.