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- AUTHOR ENTRY
- An entry of a work in a catalog under its author’s name as heading. The author heading may consist of a personal or a corporate name or some substitution for it, e.g., initials, pseudonym, etc.
- CORPORATE ENTRY
- Entry under the names of bodies or organizations for works published in their name or by their authority.
- TITLE ENTRY
- The record of a book in the catalog under some word of a title, generally the first word, not an article. A title entry may be a main entry.
- TITLE
- The distinguishing name of any written production as given on the title page, including the name of the author, editor, translator, the edition, etc., but excluding the imprint.
- COMPILER
- One who produces a work by collecting and putting together written or printed matter from various sources.
- EDITOR
- One who prepares for publication a work or collection of works not his own.
- EDITION
- The whole number of copies printed from the same set of type and issued at the same time.
- IMPRINT
- The place, publisher’s name, and date, ordinarily printed at the foot of the title-page.
- COLLATION
- That part of the book’s description which records the volumes, pages, illustrations, plates, maps, etc.
- SERIES NOTE
- A note stating the name of a series to which a work belongs. The series note ordinarily follows the collation.