As we know, the 246 Marc field is used for the variant title of an item. Like the similar versions of the title appearing on the label, container, spine, etc. Or found in abbreviated form or make up full or part of the subtitle, and can be construed by someone as the actual title.
We use [...]
The 245 field must end with a punctuation, the closed bracket ] will not do it. Ex.: [et al.].
As opposed to the 260 field where the date can end in the closed bracket ] Ex.: [1987]
There is a cheat sheet for almost all [...]
I’m sure we have all heard by now that the Series Statement/Added entry-title field, known to most of us as 440, has died. It is survived by it’s child, the 830, and a sibbling, 490.
All joking aside, the rules seem almost too easy. Basically, use 490, first indicator 1 or 0 just as [...]
