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One drop / Elixer Productions Inc. (OCLC #48113659)

RDA 2.3.2 on Title Proper says to take this element from the preferred source of information, which for videorecordings is the title frame or frames (RDA 2.2.2.3): 

245 00 ǂa One drop / ǂc Elixer Productions Inc.

There is an alternative, which is to use a label with a title that is permanently printed on or affixed to the manifestation in preference to the title frame or frames. Policy statements vary on this alternative, with NLA PS and LAC PS saying not to apply the alternative, D-A-CH AWR saying to apply the alternative, and BL PS saying to use cataloguer’s judgement (LC PCC PS provides no guidance). We do not apply the alternative, and instead record any label or container title as a variant title:

246 1_ ǂi Title on cassette label: ǂa One drop rule
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Andria / Terence ; [commentary by] Richard C. Monti. (OCLC #27209545)

Without some knowledge of subject matter or the people involved in a work’s creation, a change in font is a helpful indicator that you’re seeing multiple elements on the page, especially when they are brief. This work, for example, is the play Andria by the author Terence: 

100 0_ ǂa Terence.
245 10 ǂa Andria / ǂc Terence ; [commentary by] Richard C. Monti.

though it would be easy enough to quickly transcribe the title as “Terence Andria” (as was done in this record). This phrase might be helpful to include as a variant title to aid future copy catalogers:

246 3_ ǂa Terence Andria
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Delphi series. Volume II / featuring Joy Ladin, Jennifer Litt, & Tasha Cotter. (OCLC #964571488)

I was very conflicted about identifying the title proper of this book. What may be considered a series statement is most prominent on the cover, followed by the publisher (Blue Lyra Press), with the titles of the contained works in smaller print near the bottom. One could consider it a work with no collective title, but there is a main title page that does not include these individual titles at all, so I went with what was presented as a title and statement of responsibility on that source:

    245 10 ǂa Delphi series. ǂn Volume II / ǂc featuring
        Joy Ladin, Jennifer Litt, & Tasha Cotter.

I also included a variant title entry for the publisher, as its placement may cause it to be mistaken for a title:

    246 3_ ǂa Blue Lyra Press

The individual titles are in a contents note and in name/title added entries.

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Creating meaningful stuff : radical design / Johan van Mol and Peter Van Riet. (OCLC #959243902)

We struggled to decide on the title for this book. Is it “Create meaningful stuff”? Or “Radical design”?

Both titles are on the cover. Both are on the spine.

There is something like a title page which has “Radical Design” only, but it has no other title page features (like authors), and may just be decorative, as it is that same pattern. On the publisher web site, the page with a photo of the book says “In Radical Design, we want to contribute to this important economic transition.” Maybe they’re referring to their workshop series?

On the back of the book, reviewers call it “Create Meaningful Stuff”, and near the back, the authors say “So we come to the end of ‘Create meaningful stuff’”. I could find no evidence that Radical Design is a series with other parts.

We changed our minds a few times, but eventually settled on this:

    245 10 ǂa Create meaningful stuff : ǂb radical design /
        ǂc Johan van Mol and Peter Van Riet.

including this variant title for anyone who chose differently:

    246 30 ǂa Radical design

I’m relieved that the call number depends on the author as main entry instead of the title, so if we change our minds again, we won’t have to re-label.

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You’ve come a long way, baby : women, politics, and popular culture / edited by Lilly J. Goren. (OCLC #642464862)

I’d never considered contractions like “you’ve” to warrant assigning a variant title (RDA 2.3.6) with the contraction expanded, as has been done in this record: 

    245 00 ǂa You've come a long way, baby : ǂb women,
        politics, and popular culture / ǂc edited by Lilly 
        J. Goren.
    246 3_ ǂa You have come a long way, baby

That said, I don’t see an RDA rule encouraging variant titles for spelling out numerals or abbreviations. Maybe they are generally referenced under c, “assigned by the creator or by previous owners or custodians of the resource”.

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Tentative specification for high strength structural steel / American Society for Testing and Materials. (OCLC #954341371)

RDA 2.3.6 on Variant Titles lists a number of cases where you might include this element in your record, including:

f) part of a title (e.g., an alternative title or a section title recorded as part of the title proper)

When a portion of the title is in a different font, and could possibly be considered the title, I include that part as a title added entry:

    246 30 ǂa High strength structural steel

Second indicator 0 is for title added entries that are a portion of the title.

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How & why Freemasonry came to Kentucky : the backstory / John Bizzack, Ph.D. (OCLC #929070933)

Our graduate assistant has started adding original records to OCLC. I’m so proud!

I particularly like her idea to add that second variant title, as neither she nor I saw the background-colored ampersand at first:

245 10 ǂa How & why Freemasonry came to Kentucky : ǂb the 
    backstory / ǂc John Bizzack, Ph.D.
246 3_ ǂa How and why Freemasonry came to Kentucky
246 3_ ǂa How why Freemasonry came to Kentucky
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Latina/os and World War II : mobility, agency, and ideology / edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and B.V. Olguín. (OCLC #861496984)

Though I don’t know a specific RDA rule recommending it, I like this cataloger’s choice of variant titles. The title proper is transcribed from the piece:

245 00 ǂa Latina/os and World War II : ǂb mobility, agency,
    and ideology / ǂc edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and
    B.V. Olguín.

But two additional variant titles are given to help with discovery:

246 3 ǂa Latinas and World War II
246 3 ǂa Latinos and World War II
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Introduction to numerical linear algebra and optimisation / Philippe G. Ciarlet with the assistance of Bernadette Miara and Jean-Marie Thomas for the exercises ; translated by A. Buttigieg. (OCLC #17301000)

Based on my initial search for this title (which did not return the best record), I wondered whether I could or should record a variant title which used the spelling “optimization” rather than “optimisation”.

The LC-PCC PS for 2.3.6.3 on Recording Variant Titles includes best practices for types of variant titles to record, including:

If a title proper contains data within the first five words for which there could be an alternate form that would be filed differently, make a variant title under that form if it is thought that some users of the catalog might reasonably expect that form.

As “optimisation” is the seventh word, I did not include a variant title in the record, and will count on the discovery layer to provide any extra access.

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And quiet flows the vodka, or, When Pushkin comes to shove : the curmudgeon’s guide to Russian literature and culture, with the devil’s dictionary of received ideas, alphabetical reflection on the loathsomeness of Russia, American Academia, and humanity in general / Alicia Chudo ; edited by Andrew Sobesednikov. (OCLC #43540075)

The LC-PCC PS for RDA 2.3.6.3 on Recording Variant Titles says: For titles proper that contain an “alternative title,” insure title access to the complete title proper (MARC field 245); to the first part of the title proper up to the word “or” or its equivalent in another language that signals an alternative title (MARC field 246); and to the part following the word “or” or its equivalent in another language (MARC field 246).“ For this title, this appears as:

245 10 ǂa And quiet flows the vodka, or, When Pushkin comes to 
    shove : ǂb the curmudgeon's guide to Russian literature and
    culture, with the devil's dictionary of received ideas,
    alphabetical reflection on the loathsomeness of Russia, American
    Academia, and humanity in general / ǂc Alicia Chudo ; edited by
    Andrew Sobesednikov.
246 30 ǂa And quiet flows the vodka
246 30 ǂa When Pushkin comes to shove

ISBD punctuation for the title proper is described in ISBD 1.1.3.4