It gave further examples where, it argued, such standardisation would be beneficial. An older UK view on alphabetisation and standardisation Ī 1938 book that is a comparative study of cataloguing in various British libraries regarded Mac + Mc + M' sorting as an example of achieved 'standardisation' in alphabetisation. for Mac, and ordered as if in the expanded version and a similar book from 1922 makes the rule one of a number that apply also to St. The idea of a collating sequence itself has evolved, over time, and the 'Mac and Mc' together example has been taken as representative of a possible paradigm.Ī book on filing rules from 1918 gives an example showing Mc and M' treated as abbreviations, i.e. This topic has a complicated and disparate history, spread over different continents and relating to different areas of indexing, cataloguing and filing.

1.3 A US library view (1942) for card sorting.

1.2 An older UK view on alphabetisation and standardisation.

Sorting both under 'Mc' is generally avoided as it can cause issues with names that do not contain the prefix (such as Macclesfield or Macey). In addition to sorting them under 'Mac' and 'Mc' respectively or choosing to sort them both under 'Mac', it is known for Mc/Mac names to be placed in separate position before M. Rules once used for filing have been dropped for some newer computer systems, and the interfiling of Mac and Mc names is an example, according to a 2006 book.

On the other hand, ASCII is a computer standard and its corresponding sorting is gradually replacing this exception to ordinary alphabetisation. Technically this is a convention in collation. It is also applied in areas such as voter registration, where Mac and Mc names may be sorted together in a listing. An example is from the Archives at the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī convention of sorting names with the Scottish and Irish patronymic prefixes Mac and Mc together persists in library science and archival practice.

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