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OBERLIN LCRI CUMULATED page 26- 21
rev. 12-10
b) When the only form found includes periods between the letters of
the initial ism, also make a reference from the form without periods .
C) when the only form found is without periods between the letters,
do not make up a reference from the form with periods inserted, since publications as
well as reference sources show that a general abandonment of periods between corporate
initials has already taken place and shows signs of becoming obsolete. Since, however,
the criterion of usage is not practicable with existing records, do not delete these
references already made, whether in evaluated or unevaluated reference structures.
110 2# $a world Meteorological Organization
410 2# $a WMO
410 2# $a Organisation meteorologique mondiale
410 2# $a OMM
110 2# $a International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions
410 2# $a IFLA
110 2# $a Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
410 2# $a ORSANCO
110 2# $a COMPEX
410 2# $a Combined Philatelic Exhibition of Chicagoland
110 2# $a A. G. A. Gas Supply Committee
410 2# $a AGA Gas Supply committee
110 2# $a uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu.
Instytut Historii
410 2# $a IH UAM
110 2# $a ~entral'ny~ institut nauchno-tekhnichesko~
informarsii i tekhniko-~konomicheskikh
-
issledovanii po
khimicheskomu i neft~anomu mashinostroeni~
410 2# $a TSINTlkhimneftemash
110 2# $a MoskovskiY gorodsko"t' bank
410 2# $a Mosgorbank
When, during evaluation of references currently traced on authority records,
the cataloger finds MARC 21 field 664 (explanatory references) from initialisms/acronyms,
convert them to simple see references in the form provided above .
26.3A6:CSB21
Abbreviations
Apply 26.3A6 as follows: If the name used in the heading contains an
ampersand or other symbol representing the word "and" (e.g., the plus sign (+», make a
reference from the name using the word "and" or its equivalent in the language of the
heading whenever the symbol occurs within the first five words of the heading . Make a
reference from the full form of other abbreviations only if the abbreviation 1) occurs
within the first five words of the heading; 2) is not l isted in Appendix B. 9; and 3) does
not represent a proper name .
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