5.6A. Preliminary rule1

5.6A1. Scope.

See 1.6A1. 2

5.6A2. Punctuation

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 1.0C.
Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space or start a new paragraph.
Enclose each publisher’s series statement in parentheses.
Precede each parallel title by an equals sign.
Precede other title information by a colon.
Precede the first statement of responsibility by a diagonal slash.
Precede each subsequent statement of responsibility by a semicolon.
Precede the numbering within a publisher’s series of subseries by a semicolon.

(CM 6A1)

5.6B. Title proper of publisher’s series

5.6B1.

At the item level of description, transcribe the formal title proper of a publisher’s series as instructed in 5.1B1. 3

(CM 6B1)

Pre-emptor’s series

Lands series

Mineral reference maps

Outdoor recreation maps of British Columbia

Central Fraser Valley regional information map series

Canada base map series

5.6B2.

If different forms of the title of the publisher’s series (other than parallel titles) appear, choose the title given in the first of the prescribed sources for the series area as the title proper of the series. Give the other form(s) in the note area if of value in identifying the item.

If the title of the publisher’s series does not appear in the first of the prescribed sources of information but appears in the second source, choose it. If different forms appear in the second source, choose the title which identifies the publisher’s series most adequately and succinctly.

(CM 6B3)

5.6C. Parallel titles of publisher’s series

5.6C1.

At the item level of description, transcribe the parallel titles of a publisher’s series as instructed in 5.1D.

(CM 6C1)

Ecological land classification series = Série de la classification écologique du territoire

FAO fisheries series = Collections FAO, pêches

Marine sciences paper / Canadian Hydrographic Service = Articles sur les sciences de la mer / Service hydrographique du Canada

Military city map, series A902 = Carte militaire de la ville, série A902

Memoire / Geological Survey of Canada = Mémoire / Commission géologique du Canada

Metropolitan atlas series = Série d’atlas métropolitains

5.6D. Other title information of publisher’s series

5.6D1.

At the item level of description, give other title information of a publisher’s series as instructed in 5.1E.

(CM 6D1)

5.6E. Statements of responsibility relating to publisher’s series

5.6E1.

At the item level of description, transcribe statements of responsibility appearing in conjunction with the publisher’s series title as instructed in 5.1F.

(CM 6E1)

Publication / Agriculture Canada

Publication / Alberta Institute of Pedology

Renewable resources project / Inuit Tapirisat of Canada

Série scientifique / Direction générale des eaux intérieures

5.6F. Numbering within publisher’s series

5.6F1.

See 1.6F.

(CM 6G1)

Miscellaneous geological investigations ; map I-836

Degree sheet series ; map no. 4K

Military city map, series A902 = Carte militaire de la ville, série A902 ; MCE 304

Ecological land classification series = Série de la classification écologique du territoire ; no. 14

Canadian special publication of fisheries and aquatic sciences, ISSN 0706-6481 ; 47 (rev)

Renewable resources project / Inuit Tapirisat of Canada ; v. 2 suppl.

Report / Alberta Institute of Pedology ; no. S-76-36

Water supply paper / Geological Survey of Canada ; 1

  1. Guidance for recording the ISSN, subseries, and multiple publisher’s series statements may be found in CM, 6F, 6H and 6J respectively. 

  2. For the distinction between publisher’s series and archival series, see appendix D, Glossary. 

  3. Guidance on recording the title proper for published cartographic serials (not series) is given in CM, 6B2. 

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