II.E.1
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CATALOGING PROCEDURE
BAJA CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
Reviewed Nov 17, 1998 by Richard Lindemann
090 The LC class numbers for Baja California history,
description and travel, views, and other general works are:
F1246 Baja California [peninsula]
F1246.2 Baja California (Mexico : State) [norte]
F1246.3 Baja California Sur
Since many Baja titles are classed here, be alert to the
need for close cuttering. In some cases, LC-assigned 050s
may have to be recuttered to match the UCSD shelflist.
For geographic cuttering, use the following cutters whenever
possible, but generally ignore existing discrepancies found
in the UCSD catalog:
.B3 Baja California [peninsula]
.B35 Baja California (Mexico : State)
.B36 Baja California Sur
Use the following class numbers for government documents and
materials about state government:
J172 Official state documents on general topics,
including all Informes
JL1299 Unofficial materials about state government
JS2120-2143 State docs about local/city government
Class all regional and city planning materials in HV, not in
KGF. Use KGF for actual laws, legal cases, materials
published by legal publishers, and other items obviously
meant for legal rather than scholarly or popular use.
510 For items published through 1966, consult Ellen Barrett's
Baja California Bibliography and its K. Silvera supplement.
Cite as follows:
510 4 Barrett, E.C. Baja California, |c 2285
510 4 Barrett, E.C. Baja California, suppl., |c p. 26
6xx Nearly every book should have at least one subject heading
with "Baja California" as either a main term or a
subdivision. For original cataloging where no heading
containing "Baja California" would be appropriate following
standard LCSH rules, add such a heading locally after
inputting the OCLC master record.
II.E.1 cont.
655 Select appropriate terms from the Genre Terms thesaurus as
appropriate, but do not add to OCLC master records in most
cases unless likely to be useful for other special
collections.
For travel guides, always use the genre term "Guidebooks",
subdivided by place and imprint date:
655 7 Guidebooks |z Mexico |z Baja California |y
[date]. |2 rbgenr
730 Add "Baja California Collection" to every catalog record.
For original cataloging, add locally after updating on OCLC.
LCNAF
Familiarize yourself with the various headings for Baja
California that appear in the LCNAF; see procedure II.E.2. Baja
California's status has evolved from one territory, to one state
and one territory, to two separate states, so both corporate
author and subject headings for Baja California must be used
carefully.
NUC searching
Search Mansell for all pre-1956 Baja titles that lack I-level
copy on OCLC.
2E1 8/94 II.E.2
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS CATALOGING PROCEDURE
BAJA CALIFORNIA NAME AUTHORITIES
A basic understanding of the history of the Baja
California peninsula and its evolution from a single territory to
two separate states is essential for accurate application of the
various headings that have been established.
Prior to 12 April 1849, the Baja California peninsula was
a single territory of Mexico. On that date, the territory was
divided into the districts of Baja California Norte and Baja
California Sur. In 1917, the two districts were changed to
separate territories; their names remained the same. On 16 January
1952, Baja California Norte became the state of Baja California. On
24 October 1974, Baja California Sur became a state; its name
remained the same.
Valid as Valid as
Dates Heading Author Subject
all Baja California (Mexico) xx
[entire peninsula]
*to 1917 Baja California (Mexico : xx
Territory)
[entire peninsula]
**from 1917 Baja California Norte xx
to (Mexico)
1/15/1952
Baja California (Mexico :
***from 4/12/1849 State) xx
from 1/16/1952 xx
Baja California Sur (Mexico)
from 4/12/1849 xx
**from 1917 xx
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* The heading "Baja California (Mexico : Territory) is valid as an
author for the entire peninsula throughout the 1849-1916 period when
the two districts of Norte and Sur existed, since the peninsula
remained officially a single territory of Mexico during that time.
** If a publication represents itself as having been issued by a
body of either of the districts of Norte or Sur, then these headings
can be valid as authors back to 1849.
*** Works about this jurisdiction, regardless of period covered, are
indexed as subjects under "Baja California (Mexico : State).
LCNAF history notes:
The Board of Geographic Names did not acknowledge the name
change from Baja California Norte to Baja California until 1991;
authority records were revised by LC in April 1991 and bib record
clean-up was begun.
Mansell includes various old headings such as "Baja
California Norte (District)" and "Baja California Sur (Ter.)" which
are now subsumed under the headings for Norte and Sur. UCSD has
made local cross references from these forms.
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