INITIAL ARTICLES

If there is a filing indicator include initial articles (a, an, the)
$t omit article
$p omit article

AACRII
25.2c Initial Article
25.2C1
Omit an initial article (see Articles, appendix E) unless the uniform title is to file under that article (e.g. a title that begins with the name of a person or place).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

490 & 830 seem odd but ask when originaator gets back from hols

Anonymous said...

MARC fields and filing indicators:

Some title fields have filing indicators and some do not.
If a field has a filing indicator, the title should be entered as it is found on the piece (including initial articles, if any) and the filing indicator should be set so that those initial articles are skipped when the title is searched.

If a field does not have a filing indicator, initial articles (such as A, An, or The) must be omitted when the title is recorded.
The following marc fields don’t have filing indicators and so you should NOT use initial articles:

246 Varying form of title
‡t (any field) Title of a work eg. 800, 830, 700, 780, 785
‡p (any field) Name of a part/section of a work-Posted on Voyager

John Lovering said...

MARC fields and filing indicators:

Some title fields have filing indicators and some do not.
If a field has a filing indicator, the title should be entered as it is found on the piece (including initial articles, if any) and the filing indicator should be set so that those initial articles are skipped when the title is searched.

If a field does not have a filing indicator, initial articles (such as A, An, or The) must be omitted when the title is recorded.
The following marc fields don’t have filing indicators and so you should NOT use initial articles:

246 and 490
‡t (any field) Title of a work eg. 800, 700, 780, 785
‡p (any field) Name of a part/section of a work