Guidelines for Cataloging Haggadot 

For: The Hebraica Cataloging Team
By: Daniel Lovins; modified by Steven Bernstein
Date: 5/10/02

Contents
  I.    Subject Analysis
 II.    Uniform Titles
III.    LC Classification

 

I. Subject Analysis
The following standard sets of subject headings should be used in most cases.  Note that the order and subdivisions of the headings vary depending on the content and the focus of the item.  Note also that because Haggadot are liturgical works rather than sacred works, the presence of a commentary is indicated solely by the work's "Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title Heading" as opposed to the work's "Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title Heading" qualified by a ‚vCommentaries. (See the Subject Cataloging Manual, H1188)

Text of Haggadah Alone (without commentary)
650  0 Haggadot‚vTexts.
650  0 Seder‚xLiturgy‚vTexts.
650  0 Judaism‚xLiturgy‚vTexts.

Text of Haggadah with Commentary (where the text is the focus of the work)
650  0 Haggadot‚vTexts.
650  0 Seder‚xLiturgy‚vTexts.
650  0 Judaism‚xLiturgy‚vTexts.
630 00 Haggadah. 

Commentary Alone (without the text of the Haggadah)
630 00 Haggadah.
650  0 Seder‚xLiturgy.
650  0 Judaism‚xLiturgy.

Commentary with Text of Haggadah (where the commentary is the focus of the work)
630 00 Haggadah.
650  0 Haggadot‚vTexts.
650  0 Seder‚xLiturgy‚vTexts.
650  0 Judaism‚xLiturgy‚vTexts.


II. Uniform Titles
Do not add date to uniform title, as there is no provision for this in AACR2:

25.21. Jewish Liturgical Works

25.21A.
Use as the uniform title for a Jewish liturgical work its name as found in the Encyclopaedia Judaica.

Haggadah . . .

Kinot . . .

... whereas in the case of the Bible, it is explicitly mentioned in AACR2 that the date may be added:

25.18A13. Year
Add the year of publication of the item to the uniform title.

Bible. English. Revised Standard. 1959

Bible. French. Le Maistre. 1848

Bible. English. Revised Standard. 1961?
     The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments. - Revised Standard Version . . . . - New York : Nelson, [1961?]

If the item was published over more than one year, add the earlier or earliest year.

 

Language additions (AACR2 25.5C1): If an item is in two languages, name both. If one of the languages is the original language, name it second. Otherwise, name the languages in the following order: English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, other languages in alphabetic order of their names in English. If an item is in three or more languages, use Polyglot unless the original work is in three or more languages (e.g., a multilateral treaty), in which case give all the languages in the order specified above.


III. LC Classification
Most call numbers will fall in this range:

BM674.6-79 Haggadah
BM674.6-76 Texts
BM674.6-749 Ashkenazi or unspecified rite
BM674.6-63 Hebrew only
BM674.6.A3 By date (if editor is unknown)
BM674.6.A5-Z By editor
BM674.63 Manuscripts in facsimile. By name
BM674.642-649 Translations. By date (if editor is unknown)
BM674.642 Polyglot. By editor or translator
BM674.643 English. By editor or translator
BM674.644 French.  By editor or translator
BM674.645 German.  By editor or translator
BM674.646 Russian.  By editor or translator
BM674.647 Spanish.  By editor or translator
BM674.648 Yiddish.  By editor or translator
BM674.649.A-Z Other languages, A-Z
     Subarrange by editor or translator
BM674.67-693 Other traditional rites
BM674.67 Sephardic.  By editor
BM674.68 Ari.  By editor
BM674.69 Hasidic.  By editor
BM674.693 Other.  By rite as given in uniform title
BM674.72-75 Non-traditional rites
BM674.72 Conservative.  By editor or institution given in uniform title
BM674.73 Reconstructionist. By editor or institution given in uniform title
BM674.74 Reform. By editor or institution given in uniform title
     Including European liberal
BM674.75 Other.  By editor or institution given in uniform title
BM674.76 Adaptations for children.  By editor or institution given in uniform title or added entry
BM674.79 Criticism
BM674.795 Miscellaneous adaptations

 

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