540 Additional Title Supplied by Cataloguer

Field Definition

This field contains catch titles and popular titles not appearing on the item and which are not considered uniform titles. It may also be used for a title access point derived from the title proper.

Occurrence

Optional. Repeatable.

Indicators

Indicator 1: Title significance indicator

Specifies whether the additional title should be treated as an independent title access point, i.e. whether an access point (or added entry) should be made for it.

Indicator 2: blank (not defined)

Subfields

$a Additional Title

The text of the additional title as supplied by the cataloguer. (Optional and not repeatable)

Notes on Field Contents

This field contains a title that does not appear on the item: it is supplied by the cataloguer for use as an added entry. It may be a title by which the work is popularly known, though not a uniform title. In some agencies, such titles are handled as references in an authority system, rather than as access points in the bibliographic record.

Fields or other related entities

500 Uniform Title

Field 500 is used for standard uniform titles which are usually prescribed by the cataloguing code. These should not be entered in field 540.

541 Translated Title Supplied by Cataloguer

Field 541 should be used for the translation of a title on the document when it is supplied by the cataloguer.

Examples

Ex. 1:

540 1#$aParis principles

The document Statement of principles adopted at the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles, Paris, October 1961 is commonly referred to as the Paris principles.