Laws
Treaties
Protocols
Additions - Dates
Additions - Qualifiers
- AACR2, Chapter 25: Uniform Titles
- See also, MARC21 format standards in the .
- See also, separate section on Series Titles
In
addition to monographic series, uniform titles are established for
laws, constitutions, statutes, charters, treaties, conventions,
declarations, guidelines, principles, standards, etc. In UNBIS, the
uniform title also has been used as a catch-all for things that in
standard library practice would be treated as 650
subject
headings, for example, commemorative days, decades and years, medals
and awards. For the sake of consistency, it is advisable to continue in
this vein.
UNBIS
practice has deviated in other ways from AACR2 with respect to uniform
titles. Plans, for example, would
normally be treated as corporate names (see ) but in UNBIS practice they are treated
as uniform titles if they
appear in a Ãå±±½ûµØdocument in the form of a text which is debated and
adopted (comparable, as such, to a
legal instrument). When such a text is contained in a Ãå±±½ûµØdocument,
indexing practice stipulates that a uniform title added entry be
created in field 730. Early on, programmes and projects also were
treated as uniform titles, but that practice is no longer followed.
130
_ 0 $a ESCAP Plan of
Action for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Asian and Pacific
Region, Phase II (2006-2012)
130 _ 0 $a Plan of Action of the Euro-African
Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development (2006)
130 _ 0 $a Ãå±±½ûµØGlobal Counter-Terrorism Strategy
130 _ 0 $a Environment for Europe Communication
Strategy (Draft)
Laws
(see
AACR2: 25.15)
Laws
are entered under the heading for the jurisdiction that promulgated
them. The MARC21 standard specifies that the name of the law should
appear in subfield $t (Title of a work), but it has
long been UNBIS practice to include both the jurisdictional body and
uniform title in subfield $a. However, in lieu of
using $t, the uniform title is enclosed within square
brackets. A separate heading is created for each language
edition.
110 2 _ $a Namibia. [Constitution 1990]
110 2 _ $a Namibia. [Constitution 1990. French]
(Note: when a new publication containing
the text of a constitution is catalogued, it is very important to
verify whether it is in fact a new constitution or simply a new
edition, perhaps with recently adopted amendments-there is a tendency
to confuse the two-and there probably are many erroneous headings in
UNBIS as a result).
The
unofficial short title «popular
name»
of a law is preferred as the established uniform title entry (see AACR2
25.15A2). Add variant forms of the name as cross-references.
110 1 _ $a United States. [American Jobs Creation Act
of 2004]
410 1 _ $a United
States. [Act to Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Remove
Impediments in Such Code and Make Our Manufacturing, Service, and
High-Technology Businesses and Workers More Competitive and Productive
Both at Home and Abroad]
410 1 _ $a United States. [Public Law 108-357]
Earlier in
UNBIS practice, however, laws were entered, not under the jurisdiction,
but directly under the title of the law, with the jurisdiction added as
a qualifier. Probably the majority of laws in the UNBIS database are in
this format:
130 _ 0 $a Export Administration Act 1979 (United
States)
A collection of laws of a
single country is assigned a uniform title with the addition «Laws, etc.» (variation: «Laws, statutes, etc,»).
110 1 _ $a Belarus.
[Laws, etc.]
Treaties
(see
AACR2: 25.16; see also, 21.35)
If
a
publication contains the text of a treaty between two or three parties,
it is entered under the jurisdictional headings for the governments
that are parties to it. Add a uniform title comprising these elements:
the phrase "Treaties, etc."; the other party; and the date (year,
month, day) when the treaty was signed. As with laws, in UNBIS practice
the uniform title information is enclosed within square brackets,
whereas in standard MARC format, each element comprises a separate
subfield.
110 1 _ $a Brazil. [Treaties, etc. United Kingdom, 1947
Apr. 16]
110 1 _ $a United Kingdom. [Treaties, etc. Brazil, 1947
Apr. 16]
Otherwise, if the text of the treaty is not present
but is a subject of the publication, it is customary, in UNBIS
practice, to just establish the name of the treaty.
130 _ 0 $a Treaty
between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic
of Indonesia Establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary and
Certain Seabed Boundaries (1997)
A collection of treaties. Add
the phrase «Treaties, etc.»
in square brackets.
110 1 _ $a Finland. [Treaties, etc.]
Protocols
(see
AACR2: 25.16B3)
Add
the phrase «Protocols, etc.»
and the exact date in the form year-month-day of the protocol to the
uniform title of the original agreement.
130 _ 0 $a Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful
Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (1988). Protocols, etc.,
2005 Oct. 14
But
if a bilateral/trilateral treaty, agreement or protocol has a
distinctive name, it has been UNBIS practice to prefer the distinctive
name. Thus,
130 _ 0 $a Protocol
against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their
Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2001)
430 _ 0 $a Ãå±±½ûµØConvention against Transnational
Organized Crime (2000). Protocols, etc., 2001 May 31
Additions
- Dates
Add
the
date (year) of adoption to declarations, treaties and
agreements. In the case of a bilateral treaty or protocol, add the
exact date in the form year-month-day.
110 1 _ $a China. [Treaties, etc. Russian Federation,
2001 July 16]
130 _ 0 $a Convention of Mannheim (1868). Protocols,
etc., 2002 Nov. 27
130 _ 0 $a International Convention on Civil Liability
for Oil Pollution Damage (1969) Protocols, etc., 1992 Nov. 27
130
_ 0 $a UN
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2006)
130 _ 0 $a Cotonou Ministerial Declaration (2006).
130 _ 0 $a Declaration of the Second Congress of
Leaders of World and Traditional Religions (2006)
130 _ 0 $a Declaration on Deep-Sea Bottom Trawling to
Protect Biodiversity in the High Seas (2006)
130 _ 0 $a Declaration "Euro-African Partnership for
Migration and Development" (2006)
Add the exact date in the form year-month-day to
avoid confusion.
130 _ 0 $a Khartoum Declaration (2006 Mar. 29)
130 _ 0 $a Khartoum Declaration (2006 June 22)
Additions
- Qualifiers
The
qualifier (Proposed)
may be used with uniform titles, but (Draft)
is added as the qualifier when the text
of a declaration, treaty, agreement, etc., exists but has not yet been
adopted. A uniform title entry should not be created until a draft text
actually exists.
130 _ 0 $a Declaration on the Rights and
Responsibilities of Youth (Draft)
130 _ 0 $a International Year of Tourism (Proposed)
Names of computer programs and software are treated
as uniform titles; the GMD (generic material description) «Computer file» may be added.
130
_ 0 $a Dreamweaver
(Computer file)
130 _ 0 $a Microsoft Excel for Windows (Computer file)
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