Guidelines for Recording Holdings: Captions

Record captions or equivalent symbols when they appear on the publication
- If a serial lacks captions or equivalent symbols, do not supply any. Record the holdings
- If a non-serial lacks captions or equivalent symbols, supply captions as follows:
  - English - use the sequence v., pt., no.
  - Non-English - use the language's equivalent of the English captions given above
Record captions in the vernacular form appearing on the publication (romanized, if necessary). Abbreviate captions according to Appendix B of AACR2. When AACR2 allows an option, use the shortest form (e.g. "v." not "vol.").
- Abbreviated captions: Do not follow abbreviated captions with a space.
```
volume 5        becomes v.5
tome 7          becomes t.7
```
- Unabbreviated captions: Follow unabbreviated captions with a space.
```
nmbr 3          remains nmbr 3
disc 1          remains disc 1
```
For symbols, record the recognized textual equivalent or its abbreviation as the caption.
```
§1              becomes sect.1
#12             becomes no.12
```
For unnumbered series, record the series caption (e.g., "ns" or "n.F.") as the caption for the most inclusive level of enumeration data.
```
n.s.v.1
```
For numbered series, record the series numbering scheme and series caption as the most inclusive level of enumeration data.
```
ser.1:v.1:no.1
```
Repeat captions in a range for serial holdings only.

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