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Kelley McGrath <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Like many things, this is not so simple in practice. The meaning of 245$b > depends on the preceding subfield (often, but not always $a). Preceded by : > it's a subtitle. Preceded by = it's a parallel title. Preceded by ; it's a > second title (another work) by the same person or people as the title in > $a. In addition, you can have ISBD punctuation within the subfield for > parallel titles or more titles by the same person/people. > Then you've got all of those MARC records that don't use ISBD punctuation at all. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex Coordinator University of Minnesota Digitization, Cataloging & 15 Andersen Library Metadata Education (DCME) 222 21st Avenue South Phone: 612-624-0805 Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439 <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>