More learning

Today I've been wrestling with 700 fields. Here is what I have figured out so far:

The 700 field is where you put in names of authors other than the one who gets the (coveted?) main entry (the 100 field). In the event that one of these authors has contributed to an earlier version of the book (I've encountered this today with adaptations), then you'll need to make a sub-field 't' for the title, and maybe a sub-field 's' for the edition. Got it? Good cos there's a lot more where that came from.

The 710 field is used when a corporate body is attached to the book somehow, however there are numerous (really numerous) rules about what organisations can be deemed worthy for this field. There are also rules about how their names should be formatted.

There are seven more types of fields starting with 7 that I have yet to come to grips with. (Not to mention all the other numbers between 000 and 900... *cough*)

I also feel I've made progress understanding who gets what Cutter-Sanborn mark when. for example, that editors are far too lowly for this honour, but that authors of original titles (before a book has been adapted) will still get to keep their Cutter. And, of course, the trick of 'if in doubt, look at similar publications.'

Well, I think that's enough learnings for today. TGIF!