23A. Works
of personal authorship
23A1. Definition.
A personal author is the person who is
chiefly responsible for the content of a work.
In some cases (see rule
27B1g), treat performers as the authors of
sound recordings.
23A2.
Enter a work by one person under the heading for
that person (see rule
24A).
Enter a work by two or more persons under:
the princial personal author (see rule
25B1)
or
the person named first (see rules
25B2,
25C1, and
27)
or
its title (see rules
25C2 and
26B).
Make added entries as instructed in rule
29.
23B. Entry under corporate body
23B1. Definition.
A corporate body is an organization or group of
persons that has a name. If you are in doubt as to whether words
indicating a particular body constitue a name, treat them as a name if
they have initial capital letters and/or if they begin with
the definite article (for example, The
, Le
. For example,
The british Museum
is a name and a grouup of concerned
citizens
is not; The Modern Jazz Quartet
is a name and
seven rock superstars
is not. In other cases of doubt, do not
regard the phrase as a name.
Examples of corporate bodies are:
Some corporate bodies are subordinate to (part
of) other bodies. For example, the Henry Madden Library is a part of
the California State University, Fresno; the Home Office is part of
the government of the United Kingdom.
23B2.
Enter a work issued by a corporate body or
originating from a corporate body under the heading for that body (see
rule
24B) if it is one or more of the following:
- an administrative work dealing with:
-
the
corporate body itself (for example, an annual report)
or
-
its politics, procedures, operations, etc. (for example, a
policy statement, a staff manual) or
-
or its finances (for example, a budget, a financial
report) or
- its personnel (for example, a staff list) or
-
its resources or possessions (for example, a catalogue, an
inventory, a membership directory).
- a law or collection of laws, an administrative
regulation, a treaty (for detailed guidance on these materials,
see the full AACR2
- a report of a committee, commission,
etc. (provided that the report states the opinion of the committee,
etc., and does not merely describe a situation objectively)
- a liturgical text for which a particular church,
denomination, etc.,is responsible (for detailed guidance on these
materials, see the full AACR2)
- a collection of papers given at a conference
(provided that the conference is named in the item being catalogued);
the report of an expedition (provided that the expedition is named in
the item being catalogued)
- a sound recording, videorecording, or film creaed
and performed by a group
- a map or other cartographic material created by a corporate body
If such a work originates from two or more bodies, see also rules
25–27.
If a work does not fall into one of the types listed above, or if
you are in doubt about whether it does, enter it under a person's name
or under title as appropriate. In addition, make added entries under
the names of prominently named corporate bodies as instructed in rule
29B2e.
23C. Entry under title
Enter a work under its title when:
- the author is unknown and no corporate body is responsible (see rule 23B2)
- the work has more than three authors and none of them is the principal author (see rule 25C2)
and no corporate body is responsible (see rule
23B2)
- it is a collection and has a collective title (see rule 26B)
- it is not by a person or persons and is issued by a corporate body but
is not one of the types of publication listed in rule 23B2
- it is a sacred scripture (such as the Bible, the Koran, or the Talmud)
or an ancient anonymous work (such as Beowulf or the Arabbian nights
).
