245 - Title Statement (NR)

Title proper and alternative title, excluding the designation of the number or name of a part. Subfield $a also contains the first title of separate works (by the same or different authors/composers) in a collection lacking a collective title.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $a includes all the information up to and including the first mark of ISBD punctuation (e.g., an equal sign (=), a colon (:), a semicolon (;), or a slash (/)) or the medium designator (e.g., [microform]).

Data includes parallel titles, titles subsequent to the first (in items lacking a collective title), and other title information.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $b contains all the data following the first mark of ISBD punctuation and up to and including the mark of ISBD punctuation that introduces the first author statement (i.e., the first slash (/)) or precedes either the number (subfield $n) or the name (subfield $p) of a part/section of a work. Note that subfield $b is not repeated when more than one parallel title, subsequent title, and/or other title information are given in the field.

First statement of responsibility and/or remaining data in the field that has not been subfielded by one of the other subfield codes.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $c contains all data following the first slash (/). Once a subfield $c has been recorded, no further subfield coding of field 245 is possible.

Time period during which the entirety of the contents of the described materials were created.

Time period during which the bulk of the described materials were created.

Medium designator used in the title statement. In records formulated according to ISBD principles, the medium designator appears in lowercase letters and is enclosed within brackets. It follows the title proper (subfields $a, $n, $p) and precedes the remainder of the title ($b), subsequent titles (in items lacking a collective title), and/or statement(s) of responsibility ($c).

Term that is descriptive of the form of the described materials, determined by an examination of their physical character, subject of their intellectual content, or the order of information within them (e.g., daybooks, diaries, directories, journals, memoranda, etc.).

Number designation for a part/section of a work used in a title. Numbering is defined as an indication of sequencing in any form, e.g., Part 1, Supplement A, Book two. In music titles, the serial opus, or thematic index number are generally not contained in subfield $n.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $n data follows a period (.) unless the last word in the [preceding] field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with final punctuation. Multiple alternative numberings for a part/section are contained in a single subfield $n.

Name of a part/section of a work in a title.

In records formulated according to ISBD principles, subfield $p data follows a period (.) when it is preceded by subfield $a, $b or another subfield $p. Subfield $p follows a comma (,) when it follows subfield $n.

Subfields $n and $p are repeated only when following a subfield $a, $b, $n, or $p. If a title recorded in subfield $c includes the name and/or number of a part/section, those elements are not separately subfield coded.

Name, code, or description of a copy of the described materials that was generated at different times or for different audiences.

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

See description of this subfield in Appendix J: Data Provenance Subfields.

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.