By now most law catalogers are pretty familiar with the uniform titles for special legal materials, especially AACR2R 25.15. Rule 25.15A2 prefers the citation title as the uniform title. Even if a uniform title is formulated according to the general rules, a citation title may be a valid choice. The general uniform title rule, AACR2R 25.3A, instructs the cataloger to use the title by which a work has become known. The uniform title for the "Bankruptcy rules" is an interesting example. Numerous commercial publishers, as well the federal government, produce a copy of the bankruptcy rules. The chief sources of these publications refer to the rules by various titles. To decide the title by which a work has become known frequently takes research time and a cataloger's judgment. In this particular case, the Bankruptcy Rules happen to have a citation title which LC chose to be the uniform title. This is a prudent choice and consistent with the special uniform title rules for legal materials which prefer citation titles. Below are records for two different publications that include the Bankruptcy Rules and the current authority record.

Unfortunately, whether a uniform title is based on the cataloger's judgment or the citation title, either title can change over time. In 1991, the Court decided to change the citation title to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure to make it conform to the citation title pattern for other federal rules, such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

The following authority record needs to be corrected. Rule 1001 now reads "The rules shall be cited as the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure .... "

Good luck with your maintenance!

 010   83131858
 110 10 United States.$bSupreme Court.$tBankruptcy
rules Federal rules of bankruptcy procedure
 670    Patchan, J. Bankruptcy rules, 1983:$bCIP
t.p. (Bankruptcy rules) CIP galley (Supreme Court
of the United States, 4/25/83 ordered that the rules
of procedure in bankruptcy cases, recomm. by the
Judicial Conference of the U.S., are to be know as
Bankruptcy rules, effective 8/1/83)

 010     91643022$zsn8928998
 040     $dCLL
 110 1   United States.$bSupreme Court.
 240 10  Bankruptcy rules 	Federal rules of
bankruptcy procedure
 245 10  Rules and official forms /$cWilliam L.
Norton, Jr., author and editor-in-chief.
 246 14  Bankruptcy rules and related federal rules
of civil procedure
 260     Wilmette, Ill. :$bCallaghan,
 300     v. ;$c25 cm.
 310     Annual
 500     At head of title: Norton bankruptcy law and
practice.
 500     Includes Federal rules of evidence.
 500     Description based on: 1987-1988 ed.
 580     Issued also in loose-leaf form as part of:
Norton bankruptcy law and practice.
 650  0  Bankruptcy$zUnited States.
 650  0  Bankruptcy$zUnited States$xForms.
 700 10  Norton, William L.
 710 12  United States.$tFederal rules of evidence.
 730 0   Norton bankruptcy law and practice.

 010     87640032
 040     $dCLL
 110 1   United States.
 240 10  Bnakruptcy
 245 10  Bankruptcy code, rules & official forms.
 246 10  Bankruptcy code, rules, and official forms
 260     Rochester, N.Y. :$bLawyers Co-operative;
$aSan Francisco, Calif. :$bBancroft-Whitney,$c1985-
 265     Lawyers Co-op/Bancroft-Whitney Order
Dept., P.O. Box 23909, Rochester, N.Y. 14692
 300     v. ;$c25 cm.
 310     Annual
 362 0   1985 ed.-
 580     Contains bankruptcy-related statutes and
rules which compliment the publication: Bankruptcy
service.
 650  0  Bankruptcy$zUnited States.
 650  0  Bankruptcy$zUnited States$xForms.
 710 12  United States.$bSupreme
Court.$tBankruptcy rules.  Federal rules of bankruptcy procedure.
 730 0   Bankruptcy service.