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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED page 25-54
rev. 12-10
Authority Records
General
To promote consistency among shared authority files, create an authority
record for the heading for the physical manuscript in all cases. (This is an exception
to the policy given in DCM Z1.) LC practice: Do not establish the separate heading for
the work unless it is needed to catalog the item in hand.
Add a 667 note to the authority record for the physical manuscript to
explain the relationship between the heading for the physical manuscript and the heading
for the work, e.g.:
667 ## $a Heading is for the physical manuscript; for the work
contained in the physical manuscript, see [LCCN of
authority record for work]
(Heading for the work is already established or is being
established concurrently with the heading for the physical
manuscript)
667 ## $a Heading for the physical manuscript; for the work
contained in the physical manuscript, use the heading for
the individual work.
(Heading for the work is not already established and there
is no need to establish it for the item in hand)
667 ## $a Use this heading for both the physical manuscript and
the work it contains
(The physical manuscript and the work it contains can share
the same heading)
References When Heading Is the Name of the Physical Manuscript
Make references as appropriate from:
1) the current and any former repository designations if known, following
the instructions under Repository Designation above;
2) the name of the physical manuscript as though it were a repository
designation (exceptionally, code such phrases as $n even though they lack any indication
of sequencing in order to facilitate indexing in many automated catalogs);
3) variant names and/or designations found in the item being cataloged and
in reference sources.
130 #0 $a Codex Peresianus
410 2# $a Bibliothèque nationale de France. $k Manuscript. $n
Mexicain 386
(Repository designation)
410 2# $a Bibliothèque nationale (France). $k Manuscript. $n
Mexicain 386
(Repository designation & former name of repository)
410 2# $a Bibliothèque nationale de France. $k Manuscript. $n
Mexicain 2
(Former repository designation)