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Knowledge Organization: Classification and Cataloguing Theory

Notes Proper names as manifestations of a writer’s style (i.e., subjective depiction of what is objective)
are the object of literary onomastics. Anonymous and pseudonymous works are works in
connection with which the true name of the creator is publicly unknown. The landscape of
libraries and the profession of librarianship are constantly evolving. To limit the number of
previous major versions of a document to retain when the document is approved, in the Document
Versions section, select the Specify version limit check box, and then type a limit in the Number
of versions to retain box. Enter under tag 110 if the publication deals with its own affairs;
otherwise, main entry under title, and tag 710 for the corporate author. A corporate body is
defined by a work that the corporate entity has created, rather than a person or persons who
wrote the work. Government has a range of different departments and organisations to carry
out its functions, and these should have a library or information service that supports the needs
of their parent body.

13.1 Choice of Heading for the Main Entry

The Main Entry – Corporate Name (110 tag) of the MARC 21 bibliographic record contains a
name heading for the corporate body or performing group responsible for the intellectual or
artistic content of the work.
AACR2 covers main and added entries, “Choice of Access Points”. The purpose of the main
entry is to establish the form in which a work is to be uniformly cited. Using a main entry
heading will make it easier for a library user to find an item listed in a bibliography or footnote.
In each cataloguing record one access point is chosen as the main entry heading. Main entry
headings appear not only in a 110 tag (corporate name), but also in the 100 tag (personal name),
the 111 tag (meeting name), or the 130 tag (uniform title). In addition, anonymous works,
collections or works produced under editorial direction and some publications of corporate
bodies use the title statement (245 tag) as the main entry. Corporate name headings not used as
the main entry appear in the 710 tag.
In addition, use the corporate body as the main entry for liturgical works, religious laws, the
collective work of performing groups, and cartographic material created by a corporate body.
Rules 21.4–21.28 deal with choosing the main entry heading for works with single, shared, or
mixed responsibility.
“Headings for Corporate Bodies”, contains rules for constructing corporate names in AACR2
form. In many cases there is only one corporate body associated with an item, and the choice of
the main entry heading is simple. When there is more than one body responsible for an item, the
name that should be chosen for the main entry heading is usually listed first or in larger type.
Some items are more complex and it is necessary to consult AACR2 for guidance. The most
commonly used rules refer to sound recordings. For a classical recording, use the composer as
the main entry, but for recordings of popular music use the principal musician or musical group
(rule 21.23).
Subfield of the 110 tag usually contains the corporate name in direct order or the name of a
jurisdiction (country, state, etc.). Older record may contain corporate names in inverted order.
Subfield contains a subdivision of a corporate body. Subfield b may be repeated to show levels
of hierarchy in an organization. Subfields c, d, and n contain information about the location,
date, and number of meetings of a corporate body, such as, sessions of legislative bodies or
annual meetings of corporations and organizations.

“A personal author is the person chiefly responsible for the creation of the intellectual or artistic
content of a work.”

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