n.a brief textual handle constructed by an archivist to denote an archival resource or component part of an archival resourceDeutrich 1978, 45If the title used by the creator has special significance as a result of long usage, it may be placed immediately after the devised title in parentheses and quotation marks.RDA 2010[devised title] A title proper created by an agency preparing a description of a resource that bears no title itself and has no title associated with it that can be found in other sources.DCRM(G) 2013, 54If no title can be derived from text (printed, manuscript, or electronic) provided by the creator or creating body on or with the material, and a title cannot be supplied from the beginning words of text . . . or from another source . . . , devise a brief descriptive title, preferably in the language and script of the cataloging agency, and use this devised title, enclosed in square brackets, as the title proper.DACS 2019, 13A devised title is one provided by the archivist when there is no formal title for the materials being described or when the formal title is misleading or inadequate. The rules for recording a devised title differ from the rules for recording a formal title. Archivists usually devise titles for archival materials. ¶ Devised titles generally have two parts: ¶ • the name of the creator(s) or collector(s) ¶ • the nature of the materials being described
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Devised titles are used in archival description when a formal title is not present or is inadequate or misleading, or when no adequate title can be supplied from another source.
