Dear PCCLIST readers,



Thanks to those who’ve asked why I inquire about local procedures, given that NACO training gives instruction.  What I’m looking for is local documentation that provides guidance to catalogers about how to go about implementing those instructions.   For example, is it in your general cataloging instructions that a cataloger should check for the presence of a title in the existing index of headings.



Here are three cases in question, two of which I have recently written about.





·         Bridge over troubled water  [NOT the famous song, or album so named]



·         Lord of the flies [a book of essays]



·         Bible. ǂp Job. ǂl English



Would you check to see if these require qualifiers?



Underlying my question is a suspicion that people are generally trained to check for name headings, but not for titles.  If people respond with the kind of documentation I’m asking about, then that would allay those suspicions.



Sincerely - Ian



Ian Fairclough

Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian

George Mason University

703-993-2938

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