British Intelligence Papers Cataloging Guidelines

The “British Intelligence Papers” are a group of publications based on trips British and American scientists and other researchers made into Germany post-World War II. These expeditions were mostly to factories, laboratories, and other scientific facilities, and they were primarily gathering intelligence on German technology and weapon-making.

Authors:

These names can sometimes be tricky because they often use only the person’s first initial rather than full first name, e.g., H. Cowan. Then you must try to figure out whether your H. Cowan is one of the other H____ Cowans already in the NAF (Henry Cowan, Harry Cowan, etc.) or appearing on bib records, or a new one. A lot of Googling may be necessary. Look for people in the same or similar fields operating in the same time period and make your best guess. Often these individuals ended up working in industries or manufacturing, especially in the United States. Sometimes, you may need to use this note if you decide to make an NAR:

667    Cannot identify with: ________  [name of other person who may be the same, but you think probably isn’t]

Publication info:

Most of these have a title page with a committee that should be treated as the publisher, e.g., British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee. Most of these are already established in the authority file. They should go in 264 $b, and you should also include a 710 with a $e publisher. Unless you see evidence to the contrary, you can infer [London?] as the 264 $a.

You may also see “London—H.M. Stationery Office” on the piece. This is a government printer. Per LC-PCC PS for 2.9.1.1, only consider H.M. Stationery Office a publisher if there is no other body on the piece that looks more publisher-y. See the Policy Statement for details. If you have some other body in 264 $b, you can give a quoted note about H.M. Stationery Office, or include it in a 264 _2 or _3.  Do not give H.M. Stationery Office in a 710, even you decide in this case it is serving as a publisher.

Citation note:

Give a 510 4_ for this: Science and technology in Germany during the 1930's and 1940's. Add a $c with the numbering from the call number label, e.g., if the label ends with “v. 3235,” give this:

510 4_ Science and technology in Germany during the 1930's and 1940's, $c 3235.

Assign an LC call number.

Subject analysis:

Most of these are very brief and usually 1-2 subject headings are sufficient. Don’t go overboard. Most, but not all, of your subject headings will probably be geographically subdivided by $z Germany.

Finishing processing:

There are no records in Alma for these, so you will need to create the bib, holding, and item from scratch. Add a 914 with NEW, REPLACE, or COPY as normal.

These are going directly to LSC, so catalog for LSC/PSK. Put an “LSC” sticker on the cover. If “Duke University Libraries” is not stamped on the piece already, use the property stamp located in the cubicle across from Jessica to stamp the title page. When you are done, put the book on the “NEW TO LSC” truck, usually located near the Smith mailroom.