It was pointed out recently that it's not entirely
simple to determine what sources are "prominent" in a
book, and therefore
to determine what importance romanized forms of names found
in various sources ought to have when a heading
is chosen. The information is all there in AACR2R,
but perhaps this guide to finding it will be helpful.
Rule 0.8 says: "A statement to which (the word 'prominent') applies
must be a formal statement found in one of the prescribed
sources of information ... for areas 1 and 2 for
the class of material to which the item being cataloged belongs."
If the class of material is books (which for us it usually
is), refer to rule 2.0B2 for the list of
prescribed sources. This includes a column
called "AREA." The "areas" aren't numbered,
but the first one is "Title
and statement of
responsibility" and the second one is "Edition." These
are what 0.8 means by "1 and 2." So the prescribed sources
of information for books are title page, other preliminaries, and colophon.
For a definition of "preliminaries," see p. 621
(in the glossary): "The title page(s) of an item, the
verso of the title page(s), any pages preceding the title page(s),
and the cover." So, included are all pages outward (i.e.,
toward the cover) from the title page or the added title page,
any part of the cover including the spine, and
the verso of any title page. But *not* any page *inward*
from the innermost t.p. verso, unless that page contains a colophon.
So it all depends, with a portrait, for
instance, whether it's bound *outside* the t.p. If outside, it's
prominent. If inside, it's not. (Joan Biella)
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AACR2 rule 2.0B defines sources of information for monographs. If the cover is your chief source then, in effect, it becomes your "title page". Consequently, any information on the four pages is considered "promiment". This aside, please note that any information on the cover whether or not it serves as your t.p. is considered promiment. Your choice of name then will be the roman one with a cross reference from the Hebrew one. (Benjamin Fryser)
P. 4 of cover is always called p. 4 of cover, even when the chief source is p. 1 of cover (some people would cite that location more strictly as "cover t.p."). And it, like the other three pages of the cover, is always prominent. So, since one has a choice, I'd use the roman form from p. 3 of cover rather than the one from p. 4; it's not technically "fuller," but it's more elegant to avoid the $q in the heading. (Joan Biella)
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Chief Source vs. Prominent Roman Source
In the book Nivte 'alatah (Tel-Aviv : Gevanim, 2000) the chief source
(Hebrew script) says the author is "Nisim Eskin
Ashkenazi" (subscript dot under 1st k). The p. facing t.p. calls
him, in rom., "Nesim Eskin (Ashkenazi)."
Of course we would first think of applying RI22.3C and taking the non-standard romanization from the prominent source as the heading, which would then be "Eskin, Nesim" with a reference from "Ashkenazi, Nesim" and another from "Ashkenazi, Nisim Eskin" (subscript dot under 2nd k).
But CPSO considers that these are two different names, not two different forms of the same name, since the parentheses are lacking in the chief source and the second surname there is thus not expendable. That being the case, we need to take the name from the chief source, since we don't have a prominent nonstandard romanization of THAT name in the item.
100 1 Ashkenazi, Nisim Es.kin
400 1 Eskin, Nesim
400 1 Ashkenazi, Nesim
670 Niv.te 'ala.tah, 2000:$bt.p. (Nisim Es.kin Ashkenazi)
p. facing t.p. (Nesim Eskin (Ashkenazi) [in rom.])
Joan
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Question: A volume of two works issued together (different authors) has a collective title page. Each work also has its own t.p. Would the verso of the t.p. of the 2nd work be considered prominent? A romanized form of the author of the 2nd work appears there.
The definition on preliminaries in the AACR2 glossary "The title
page(s) of an item, the verso of the title page(s), any
pages preceding the title page(s), and the cover."
Can one assume that this location would be considered prominent?
Answer: The RI to the item in the AACR2 glossary quoted by Heidi says: "The plural 'title pages' in the list of sources means the title pages that pertain to the particular entity being cataloged but not to those that pertain to another entity of which it may be a part."
I would extrapolate from this that it also doesn't mean title pages
that pertain to another entity which may be part of it, that is, an
included smaller work.
Thus, the title page of THIS entity is the collective t.p., and the verso of that page is prominent--but that's all.
An added title page in another language and its verso are prominent IF they pertain to the (whole) entity being cataloged.
Joan