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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:
  1. 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).
  2. a law or collection of laws, an administrative regulation, a treaty (for detailed guidance on these materials, see the full AACR2
  3. 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)
  4. a liturgical text for which a particular church, denomination, etc.,is responsible (for detailed guidance on these materials, see the full AACR2)
  5. 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)
  6. a sound recording, videorecording, or film creaed and performed by a group
  7. 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.

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