[MinervaCats] Conflicting subtitles in bibs

[Ellen Conway]

Hi Jane & all,

Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy between the 2 bib records for Three
Cups of Tea.  Not having a copy of this book myself either, I have reserved
the FML copy on b22456818 so I can examine it when it is returned.  If one
of the libraries attached to b24181390 would do the same we could figure
which of the subtitles is correct.

You may well be right that a pre-pub record was created with a subtitle that
was later revised.  I do think that subtitles are important, and of
course, it is what's on the book's title page that determines the proper
entry.  In this case, unfortunately it seems that no copies are conveniently
available to look at.  If and when anyone out there can get their hands on a
copy, please let us know what the title page says.

Thanks,
Ellen
On Nov 8, 2007 12:20 PM, Bishop, Pat <pbishop at emh.org> wrote:

> We own this title also but it is currently in circulation, so I can't
> check the "chief source" either.  We do remove book jackets in our
> collection and the jacket for this book has a subtitle of One man's
> mission to fight terrorism and build nations...one school at a time.
> I'll check the book itself when it returns.
> Pat
>
> Pat Bishop
> Technical Services Librarian
> Parrot Health Science Library
> Eastern Maine Medical Center
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> Bangor, ME   04401
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> jdkidder at gray.lib.me.us
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 2:28 PM
> To: Ellen Conway
> Cc: minervacats at lists.maine.gov
> Subject: [MinervaCats] Conflicting subtitles in bibs
>
>
>
> >
> Ellen and all,
>
> A patron requested the book Three Cups of Tea today and I noticed a
> difference in the subtitles between the 2 MARC records for the book.
> b22456818 states the subtitle "one man's mission to fight terrorism and
> build nations--one school at a time"  This is for the Viking c2006
> edition. b24181390 states the subtitle "one man's mission to promote
> peace--one school at a time" and this one appears to be the more
> "official" title, and the bib is for the Viking Penguin paperback
> edition, c2007.  Perhaps the first bib was pre-pub?
>
> Anyway, it confused me when I was looking for the book (and the patron
> knew only the "Three cups of tea"  part of the title), so I thought I
> would point out the difference.  We don't own a copy of the book here
> at Gray, so I couldn't check the "chief source of information", but I
> did look at the book website and on Amazon to confirm the favored
> subtitle. Or maybe the subtitle isn't that important?
>
> Jane Kidder
> Gray Public Library
>
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