Certain changes to title proper, even if the change meets RDA’s definition of a major change, are treated in RDA and CONSER as minor changes. RDA enumerates nine (9) such changes or exceptions to the major change instruction. These are further illustrated in CONSER. (CCM:16.2.4). In case of doubt, RDA instructs to consider the change a minor change. (RDA: 2.3.2.13.2)
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A difference in the representation of a word, words, or other component (i.e., a character or group of characters) anywhere in the title such as a change in the form of the character, one spelling vs. another, abbreviated word or sign or symbol vs. spelled-out form, Arabic numeral vs. roman numeral, number or date vs. spelled-out form, hyphenated word vs. unhyphenated word, etc.) |
Openhouse → Open house
Saint Paul reporter → St. Paul reporter
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The addition, deletion, or change of articles, prepositions, or conjunctions (or, in languages which do not use those, analogous parts of speech that have little lexical meaning but express grammatical relationships) anywhere in the title. |
Papers on presidential transitions and foreign policy → Papers on presidential transitions in foreign policy
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