When cataloging a republication, the intent of AACR  2  is  to use  the title  page  of  the republication as  the  chief source
rather than the original title page whenever possible.  (Cf. AACR 2 rule 1.0H(b); footnote 1 on p. 624.)

Thus the source bearing a form  of  the  title  proper supplied  by  the publisher  of  the republication  is  to  be  used  as  the  chief  source  for  the republication.

This  AACR  2  intent  was  to  respond  to  the unhappiness caused by chapter 9  of AACR 1.  (LC's current policy on  microform  reproductions  is   a  vestige  of  those  AACR  1 provisions.)   The   AACR 2   policy   is  applicable  to republications of all printed books, not just those in Hebrew.

Bob Ewald
CPSO
 

Hebraica catalogers often encounter what the Hebraica Section at LC refers to as a "Biegeleisen reprints" of  two types:

The "Biegeleisen reprint" (hardbound variety) has a binding supplied  by  the publisher of  the republication with  a form   of   the  title  proper  but  (usually)  no  statement  of  responsibility, and  a reproduction of  the  original title  page  with  no added information about the republication on  its recto.  The chief source chosen in accordance with the policy outlined by Bob  Ewald  is  *not* identical to  the  original  t.p.,  and  in choosing the cover  we  are choosing the chief  source provided by
the publisher of the republication.

In  the paperbound variety  of  "Biegeleisen reprint,"  the t.p. supplied by the publisher of  the republication *is* identical to  the original t.p. (which is also included) but on heavier paper.  Hebraica  Section policy is to consider the original t.p., i.e. the version on thinner paper, to be  the  chief source for  these, because the  only difference it makes to  the bibliographic description when you choose this  one is that you don't need a  note "Cover title."  The choice of  one or  the other of these t.p.s doesn't affect choice of heading for the author either, since the two are identical, but  the choice *can* affect  the heading when  the situation is  that  encountered with the hardbound "Biegeleisen."

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The following is a summary of a discusion with CPSO on the issue of  the 246 field in cataloging a certain type of rabbinic reprint one often deals with. This discussion will  be  very dense  and probably not  very  easy  to understand, but  at  the  end there are  a  couple  of  "illustrations" which  hopefully will help.

The reprints in question consist  of reproductions of  early 20th-century (or earlier) works, usually published two to a  volume.  The two works may or may not be by the same author.  The  reproduced original title pages include no data about the reprint  publication (new place  of publication, new publisher, new date--  this info is usually found on the *verso* of the first reproduced  title  page).   The  cover usually  bears  a  title consisting of  versions of  the titles  on  the reproduced original title pages,  and so is treated as the chief source.  The spine usually bears a  title consisting of *other* versions of the original titles.

Following is a description of a "minimalist" example.  Most  every  "real" example will have extra wrinkles (abbreviated terms in the  title  proper,  for  instance, which  will  generate  still  more  fields), but these are the basics.

Imagine a book consisting of  two works by different authors  (call  them "Avraham" and "Yosef").
The  original title  of  the  first work  is  Sefer Berit Avraham (we'll call  the  part without  "Sefer" Title  A).
The original title  of  the second work  is  Sefer Bet Yosef (we'll  call  the  part without "Sefer" Title  B).
The  cover (chief source) bears  the  title:  Sefer Hidushe Berit  Avraham. Sh. u-t.  Bet Yosef (we'll call these Title A2  and Title  B2).
The spine bears  the title: Hidushe Berit Avraham. Sh.u-t.  Bet Yosef (we'll call these Title A3  and Title B3).
It's usually  the  case with these reprints that Title A3  =  Title  A2 without  "Sefer."
Frequently also, titles B, B2, and B3 are the same, but  that's not always true.

Title A  and Title B  are  the "uniform titles" of  the  two works-- that  is, they're the  titles (without "Sefer"  or  other
introductory words) of  the original publications of  the  works. (Those titles, taken from  the reproduced original title pages in
the reprint, are given in  the 500 "bibliographic history" note.) Uniform Title A appears in  the 240,  and uniform Title B appears in the 700 name-title added entry.

Often with these reprints, though, the  title  of  at  least work A  as given in  the chief source *differs* from the original
title of  the work.  In  my example, though the chief source says "Sefer  Hidushe  Berit  Avraham,"  the  original publication  was called  "Sefer  Berit Avraham."  So  I've  called  "Sefer Hidushe Berit Avraham" Title A2.  Since it constitutes the $a subfield of the 245, we trace it by setting the 1st indicator at 1, and don't have to create another field to do so.

We  make  a  246  3-  field exactly  like  the 245$a$b, only without the  $b coding, for every  work  that  has  no collective
title when the  245 begins with  a character string consisting of all titles adjacent to one another.

We make a  246  30 (portion title) for the  $a  of  the  245 without "Sefer." (This used to  go into  a  740 01.)
NOTE:  This field  may  be identical to  the  240,  but that's not  why  it's traced.

We make a 246 18 field for the $a portion of the spine title (that is, the part that would be  the  $a  if  the spine were the
chief source), unless this is identical to  the  246  30 (portion title).

We make a  700 name-title added entry for the author of  the second work and its uniform title.

We  make  a  740  0 (uncontrolled title added entry for  an included work) for the title of the second work as  it appears in
the  chief source (as opposed to  the uniform title which appears in the 700$t).

So here's  a representation of  the cataloging for  the imaginary book  described.

100 0  Avraham.

240 10 Berit Avraham
245 10 Sefer Hidushe Berit Avraham.$bSh. u-t. Bet Yosef.
246 3- Sefer Hidushe Berit Avraham. Sh. u-t. Bet Yosef
246 30 Hidushe Berit Avraham

500    Cover title.
500    Second work by Yosef.
500     First  work originally published:  Sefer  Berit  Avraham.  Place   of  publication  :  Publisher,  date.   2nd   work
       originally  published:   Sefer   Bet   Yosef.   Place   of  publication : Publisher, date.

700 02 Yosef.$tBet Yosef.
740 0  Sh. u-t. Bet Yosef.

And  here's  a "schematic" representation of  the cataloging  for  such a book.

100 1  Author A.

240 10 Title A
245 10 Title A2.$bTitle B2.
246  3-  Title  A2.  Title  B2  (no collective title; access  via  character  string  consisting  of  all  titles immediately
       adjacent to one another and appearing at  the beginning of  245)
246 30 Title A (portion title)
246 18 Title A3 ($a of spine title, if needed)

500    Cover title.
500    Second work by Author B.
500    First work originally published: Sefer Title A.  Place  of  publication : Publisher, date. Second work originally pub-
       lished: Sefer Title B.  Place  of publication : Publisher,  date.

700 12 Author B.$tTitle B.
740 0  Title B2. (uncontrolled title of included work from 245)

NOTE:  We do NOT provide access to the uncontrolled original   titles (Sefer Title A and Sefer Title B, mentioned in the reprint   note).  We  do NOT provide access to the $b portion of  any title other than  the  title proper (the  245 title)-- e.g.  the  spine   title.  We  do NOT provide access to permutations of titles other  than  the  title  proper  (so,  in  our example, no  tracing  for "She'elot u-teshuvot Bet Yosef).