3.1A. Preliminary rule

3.1A1. Scope

See 1.1A1.

3.1A2. Punctuation

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 1.0C.
Enclose the general material designation in square brackets.
Separate general material designation terms with a comma.
Precede each parallel title by an equals sign.
Precede each unit of 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.

3.1B. Title proper

3.1B1. Formal title proper.

At all levels of description, transcribe a formal title proper as instructed in 1.1B1.

Calculs d’intérêt
(Formal title proper for a file, transcribed from file folder)

Signing authority
(Formal title proper for a file, transcribed from file folder)

Report of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences
(Formal title proper for an item, transcribed from title page of draft report)

3.1B2. Supplied title proper.

At all levels of description, if no formal title proper appears prominently in or on the chief source of information for the unit being described, supply a title as instructed in 1.1B2-1.1B4.

3.1B3. Supplied title proper for a fonds.

When describing the fonds as a whole, supply a title proper as instructed in 1.1B3.

Fonds Charles Nolan Lamarque

Moodie, Strickland, Vickers, Ewing family fonds

Banff Society for Preventive Social Services fonds

Fonds de la famille Bowen

Treasury Board of Canada fonds

3.1B4. Supplied title proper for parts of a fonds (e.g., series, file, item).

When describing a part of a fonds, e.g., a series, file, or item, which lacks a formal title proper, compose a brief descriptive title as instructed in 1.1B4.

Pacific Region Licence Appeal Board records
(Series forms part of Department of Fisheries and Ocean fonds)

Correspondence with Helen Lucas
(File forms part of Margaret Laurence fonds)

Minutes of the Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards
(Series forms part of the Canadian Council of Archives fonds)

3.1C. Optional addition. General material designation

3.1C1.

At all levels of description, immediately following the title proper, give the general material designation textual record, as instructed in 1.1C.

Charles Clay fonds [textual record]

Devotee [textual record]

National Transportation Agency hearings and reports [textual record]

Statistics Office files [textual record]

3.1D. Parallel titles

3.1D1.

Transcribe parallel titles as instructed in 1.1D.

Annual Report Information Commissioner 1985-86 = Rapport annuel du Commissaire à l’information 1985-86

3.1E. Other title information

3.1E1.

Give other title information as instructed in 1.1E.

Personnel management [GMD] : searches, planning, etc.

Le miroir des jours [GMD] : [poésies]

University Archives Advisory Comm[ittee] [GMD] : minutes, agendas

Continental Congress records [GMD] : [1776-1788]

Radio and the King’s death [GMD] : [script]

3.1F. Statements of responsibility

3.1F1.

Transcribe explicit statements of responsibility appearing in conjunction with a formal title proper as instructed in 1.1F.

Not wanted on the voyage [GMD] / Timothy Findley

Jean Rivard [GMD] : pioneer / A. Gérin-Lajoie ; translated by Gwendoline Constance Oswald

Vente par la succession de Joseph Laflamme à M. Ernest Audet [GMD] / Paul Grenier

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