Edition

Watch out for deceptive phrases publishers may use. An edition statement reflecting a publisher's subsidiary does not justify creation of a new record. Consider examples like the following to be insignificant.

First Harcourt paperback edition.

University paperback edition.

Bracket edition statements that do not appear on the item.

Examples (AACR2):

2nd ed. (Item says: Second edition)

[Mass-market pbk. ed.] (Item has no edition statement)

1st Thorndike large print ed. (Item says: First Thorndike large print edition)

[Large print ed.] (Item has no edition statement)

Examples (RDA):

Second edition (Item says: Second edition)

[Mass-market paperback edition] (Item has no edition statement)

First Thorndike large print edition (Item says: First Thorndike large print edition)

[Large print edition] (Item has no edition statement)

Multiple edition statements

If there are multiple edition statements on the same item that are not actually variations of the same statement, determine which one is the original edition statement, and which one is the secondary or revision statement, and then record both statements in the 250 field in the order original edition, revision edition. Capitalize the first word of each statement.

Example:

Revised, reset, & illustrated version of the New edition of the World's classics edition:

AACR2
250    World's classics ed., New ed., Rev., reset, and illustrated.

RDA
250    World's classics edition, New edition, Revised, reset, and illustrated.

If there are multiple edition statements on the item but one of them seems to be related more to marketing rather than an actual edition, give the less important one in a quoted note rather than in the 250 field.

Example:

T.p. verso says "2nd edition", cover says "10th anniversary edition":

AACR2
250    2nd ed.
500    "10th anniversary edition"--Cover.

RDA
250    2nd edition
500    "10th anniversary edition"--Cover.

If there are multiple edition statements on the item, but they are essentially different ways of saying the same thing, either pick and transcribe only one, or transcribe one in the 250 field and the other in a quoted 500 note.

Example:

T.p. says "First edition", t.p. verso says "1st HarperCollins edition":

AACR2
250    1st ed.

RDA
250    First edition.

T.p. verso says "2nd edition, 1st printing", cover says "Revised edition":

AACR2
250    2nd ed.
500    "Revised edition"--Cover.

RDA
250    2nd edition.
500    "Revised edition"--Cover.

Cataloger-supplied edition statements

In general, only supply an edition statement that does not appear on the item along with a word such as "edition" or "version" when such a statement is needed to differentiate the record in hand from another record in the CCS database.

When two records in the CCS database would otherwise have essentially identical descriptions as far as a patron is concerned (author, title, publisher, physical description) and the record in hand does not have an edition statement, follow LCRI 1.2B4 and the option in RDA 2.5.1.4 and supply an edition statement to the record in hand summarizing the differences between the records (and thus the reasons why separate records are necessary), using as few words as possible. Optionally, supply an edition statement to the other existing record(s), as well.

Explicit vs. clean lyrics

Unless the item in hand specifically includes a phrase such as "Edited edition" or "Explicit content version", only code a statement such as "Edited" or "Explicit lyrics" as an edition statement when it is needed to differentiate the record in hand from another record in the CCS database.