Awards note
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CCS libraries optionally may include awards information in the 586 field. This note provides information about an award that is associated with an item. This awards note becomes another access point to the bibliographic record.[1]
The decision of which awards to cite is up to the discretion of the individual library. The most important awards to include in a bibliographic record fall into two different categories:
- Book Awards (Pulitzer Prizes, National Books Awards, Caldecott Medals, and etc.), and
- Entertainment Awards (Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, and etc.)
Only well-known awards are recommended for this field:
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Children's material:
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Adults' material:[1]
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Libraries are encouraged to add this note when an award winner is announced.
Follow the instructions in Bibliographic Formats and Standards on how to formulate this note.
An award should be specified by its proper name, category of the award, and the year it was received.
To save time and space, only the most important awards under each category should be cited in the bibliographical record. Only cite award winners, and not those that were nominated and did not win.[1]
Book awards
Caldecott Medal
Only add an awards note for the winner of the Caldecott Medal for Best Picture Book and for the Honor book titles.[1]
586 Caldecott Medal, 1979.
Monarch Award
Only add an awards note for the winners of this children's books award, not for the nominees.[1]
586 Monarch Award, 1996.
National Book Award
Only add an awards note for titles given awards in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.[1]
586 National Book Award, 1981.
Newbery Medal
Only add an awards note for the winner of the Newbery Medal for Best Book and for the Honor book titles.[1]
586 Newbery Honor Book, 1999.
Pulitzer Prize
Only add an awards note for titles awarded Pulitzer Prizes in Letters for fiction, nonfiction, drama, biography, and poetry.[1]
586 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, 1991.
Rebecca Caudill Award
Only add an awards note for the winners of this children's books award, not for the nominees.[1]
586 Rebecca Caudill Medal, 1996.
Entertainment awards
Academy Awards
Only add an awards note for movies awarded Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Animated Feature Film, Best Documentary Film (Feature), and Best Documentary Film (Short Subject).[1]
586 Academy Award for Best Picture, 2000.
- Do not use "Oscar winner" - Oscar is the name of the statuette and not the
award
- For movies winning multiple Academy Awards - only cite the awards mentioned above. When a movie wins for two or more in those categories, then include them both in one note.
586 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, 2003.
Emmy Awards
Only add an awards note for television shows awarded Best Drama Series and Best Comedy Series.[1]
586 Emmy Award for Best Drama Series, 1995.
- Many television shows receive awards for Best Drama series or Best Comedy
series for a number of years. This also can be cited in one note:
586 Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series, 2000-2002.
Grammy Awards
Only add an awards note for sound recordings awarded Best Record and Best Album.[1]
586 Grammy Award for Best Album, 2001.
Tony Awards
Only add an awards note for productions awarded either Best Play or Best Musical.[1]
586 Tony Award for Best Musical, 2002.