1. AACR2 - Treaty with More Than Three Signatories

LEGAL WORKS

1. AACR2 - treaty with more than three signatories:

no 110

245 00 $a Treaty of cooperation between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden signed in Helsinki on March 23rd, 1962 as amended on February 13th, 1971.

1. RDA - treaty with more than three signatories: treaty is named by the authorized access point representing the signatory named first and the preferred title.

110 1# $a Denmark.

240 10 $a Treaties, etc. $d 1971 February 13

245 10 $a Treaty of cooperation between Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden signed in Helsinki on March 23rd, 1962 as amended on February 13th, 1971.

710 1# $a Finland.

710 1# $a Iceland.

710 1# $a Norway.

710 1# $a Sweden.

Comments:

#1. How many signatories (creators) other than the first-named signatory given in the 110 field is either cataloger’s judgment or a library’s policy decision where there are three or more signatories.

#2. “Treaties, etc.” is the preferred title for all treaties except for a multilateral treaty when the first signatory cannot be ascertained; for such multilateral treaties, the name by which the treaty is known is the preferred title (RDA 6.19.2.7), e.g., Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization.

#3. RDA 6.29.1.15 has an exception to continue the AACR2 provision for a treaty having a single government on one side and two or more governments on the other side: name the work by the single government and the preferred title.

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2. AACR2 - bilateral treaty: entry is under the government whose catalogue entry heading is first in English alphabetic order

110 1# $a Great Britain.

240 10 $a Treaties, etc. $g Ireland, $d 1985 Nov. 15

245 10 $a Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom.

2. RDA - bilateral treaty: treaty is named by theauthorized access point representing the signatory named first and the preferred title.

110 1# $a Ireland.

240 10 $a Treaties, etc. $g Great Britain, $d 1985 November 15

245 10 $a Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom.

Comments:

#1. The first signatory is an RDA core element as creator (RDA 19.2). For a bilateral treaty, the second signatory is also an RDA core element (RDA 6.22); that requirement is met in a MARC record by giving the second signatory in subfield $g of the 240 field. A library could also give a 710 for the second signatory:

710 1# Great Britain.

#2. Months in dates in access points are not abbreviated.

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