I'm somewhat uncomfortable being thrown into the position of apologist for the
draft RDA, but I would make two points as regards Kevin's examples:
(1) omitting a statement of responsibility when corresponding access points are
provided is not the same as inserting those access points into the statement of
responsibility
(2) when adaptations or other relationships are involved, a note relating the
resources clarifies the situation in a more formal way (one that ideally can be
interpreted by machine as well as human)
Nagy, Phyllis. The talented Mr Ripley
Published: Harlow : Pearson Education, 2001.
Dramatization of: Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. The talented Mr Ripley
Hinkle, Kevin. The talented Mr Ripley
Published: London : Methuen Drama, 1999.
Adaptation of: Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. The talented Mr Ripley
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. The talented Mr Ripley
Published: Stuttgart : Reclam, 2005.
Herbert Geisen, editor
Ed Jones
National University (San Diego, Calif.)
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Subject: [RDA-L] Kevin Randall on need for statement of responsibility
[Kevin M. Randall has provided these examples of why displaying a
transcribed statement of responsibility works better than labels (as
in most current OPACs) even of $4 or $e relationship codes were used.
Mac]
Here are a few examples. I searched for "talented mr ripley";
included in the results were:
(a) The talented Mr. Ripley
by Phyllis Nagy; Patricia Highsmith
Language: English Type: Book
Publisher: London : Methuen Drama, 1999.
ISBN: 0413732207 9780413732200 | OCLC: 41105683
Subjects: Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Drama. |
Psychopaths -- Drama. | Criminals -- Drama. | Detective and mystery plays,
American.
(While the publisher and the subject headings would be a clue to
many users, I could imagine some users not understanding this is a play by
Phyllis Nagy based on the original novel by Patricia Highsmith. The MARC
record includes the following statement of responsibility in 245 $c: by
Phyllis Nagy ; adapted from the novel by Patricia Highsmith.)
(b) The talented Mr. Ripley
by Kevin Hinkle; Patricia Highsmith
Language: English Type: Book : Fiction
Publisher: Harlow : Pearson Education, 2001.
ISBN: 0582448395 9780582448391 | OCLC: 59549092
Subjects: Ripley, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. |
Criminals -- Great Britain -- Fiction. | Italy -- Fiction.
(This is not the original novel. The MARC record includes the
follwoing statement of responsibility in 245 $c: Patricia Highsmith ;
retold by Kevin Hinkle. And it has an untraced series statement: Penguin
readers.Level 5)
(c) The talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith; Herbert Geisen
Language: English Type: Book
Publisher: Stuttgart : Reclam, 2005. | Other Editions ...
ISBN: 3150091454 9783150091456 | OCLC: 76767339
(This apparently is a German publication of the original
novel. The statement of responsibility in WorldCat gives no indication
that Herbert Geisen has nothing whatsoever to do with the original work;
the MARC record has in 245 $c: Patricia Highsmith. Hrsg. von Herbert Geisen.)
I recall in another search seeing a record for a translation that couldn't
be identified as such, but I don't know now what the title was.
These displays are shamefully short on information. They have a
standard "by" statement, regardless of the relationship of the name to
the manifestation being described (when that information is right
there in the MARC record). They give no indication of pagination for
books, running time for videorecordings, etc. They show NO NOTES!
Kevin M. Randall
Head of Serials Cataloging
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-2300
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: (847) 491-2939
fax: (847) 491-4345
[My conclusion is that the problem is not AACR2 or MARC so much as
OPAC displays. Proposed RDA changes will make it worse, using access
points in lieu of vital information. Mac]
