Miscellaneous cribs:

245 final period: online crib sheets says "Field 245 ends with a period, even when another mark of punctuation is present, unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a period." I found this confusing in the case when the last word was an abbreviation (et al.) followed by a ]. You still put another period because the title statement is always separated from the next statement--whether the next statement is the edition or the imprint--by period, space, dash, space. Thus, "[et al.]." is correct.

Bible cataloging: Bibles are difficult to catalog--especially because of their uniform titles, subjects, and their call numbers. When you do not feel comfortable cataloging a 2nd-level Bible put it on a 3rd-level shelf. If it is for Reference, give it to Mirtha. When cataloging Bibles, do not hesitate to ask for help especially in the construction of call numbers.

Bibliographical references: if there are both endnotes/footnotes and a bibliography, just give the page number(s) of the bibliography.

Conferences: we now enter publications that record the collective activity of a conference under the heading for the name of the conference if the conference is named anywhere in the publication. [Older records are likely to have the conference name in a 711 because the rules used to require that the name appear prominently on the work.] (See RI for 21.1B2 category D.)

Cover titles: the ALA Glossary says that a cover is "the outer covering of a document, of whatever material."  So, when a pamphlet has a cover made from the exact same paper as the body of the text, it is still the cover--and if it doesn't look like a title page, then it's a cover.  If the pamphlet then has the text starting on the verso of the front cover, do not count the verso as page one of an unpaginated pamphlet.  Instead make a note: Text begins on p. [2] of cover.  Count pages starting with the page after the verso of the cover.  See title: Los principios ideológicos de Alpha 66.

Genre terms: we leave them when they are on a record, but we don't add them--except for E-Monographs (see that procedure).

Illustrations: always mention maps; don't use "facsims."

Notes, Abreviations in: AACR2 rule B.5C1 (in the Appendices) says: Do not use a single-letter abbreviation to begin a note. Do not abbreviate words in quoted notes.

Notes, Quoted: Transcribe exactly as found in the source, including punctuation and capitalization--except when the title of a book is quoted. In that case, we follow the usual rules for capitalization of titles.

Punctuation of uniform titles: subfield "l" (for language) is always preceded by a full stop (AACR2 25.5C1)

Series found only in CIP: don't add it to cataloging record. Ask Mirtha to clarify.

Shelflisting: Browse call number searches in Notis do not display the subtitle. When shelflisting--particularly when there are 2 books with the same author and the title starts with the same word--you may have to go into the bib record in order to shelflist correctly. For example: bro cls Z1821k.

Translations: 1) make sure there's a uniform title; 2) make sure 041 is coded correctly; 3) trace the translator as indicated below and 4) compare the call number with the call number of the original and, if there's a discrepancy, check further or ask for assistance. Remember that local policy calls for adding a "Translation of:" note in a 500 field.

Translators: Trace the translator if: 1) the main entry is a corporate body or 2) the main entry is under title. Then, when the main entry is a person, trace the translator if: 3) the translation is in verse; 4) the work has been translated into the same language more than once; 5) the wording of the chief source of information implies that the translator is the author; 6) the main entry heading may be difficult for catalog users to find (e.g., as with many oriental and medieval works); and 7) the translation is important in its own right-this means: a) the work is a work of belles letters and b) the translator's name appears on the chief source if information.

Transmittal dates:  we enter a date of release or transmittal in the bibliographic description in a note (for example: "May 1, 1979.") but we do not consider it a publication date. These dates are usually found in a prominent position on the t.p. or cover.  The rule interpretation of 2.7B9 says that the publication date may be inferred from the date of release or transmittal and will thus be entered in brackets (for example: $c [1979]).