If "we" means an American agency, most catalogers will use the American
spelling of color. Canadian, British, and Australian agencies will
probably choose the British spelling, colour. There is not one correct
way, and there is no preferred spelling. It is up to each individual
agency (or consortium or cooperative program) to decide which spelling to
use or if it even matters.
7.17.1.3 says:
If the content of the resource is in colours other than black and white or
shades of grey, record the presence of colour using an appropriate term.
Disregard coloured matter outside the actual content of the resource
(e.g., the border of a map).
EXAMPLE
colour
Illustrations are in colour
some color
10 maps, some of which are in colour
chiefly colour
Illustrations, most of which are in colour
The second example illustrates that either spelling is correct.
There are also examples with the American spelling in 7.17.2.3 and
7.17.3.3.
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Adam L. Schiff
Principal Cataloger
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
(206) 543-8409
(206) 685-8782 fax
asch...@u.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Gene Fieg wrote:
British
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Joseph, Angelina
<angelina.jos...@marquette.edu> wrote:
Do we use British or American spelling (in this case, it is color v.
colour)?
-- angelina
Angelina Joseph
Cataloging Librarian
Ray & Kay Eckstein Law Library
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Ph: 414-288-5553
Fax: 414-288-5914
email: angelina.jos...@marquette.edu
From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Robert Maxwell
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:48 PM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] " illustrations, some of which are colored "
RDA 7.17.1.3 says ?If the content of the resource is in colours other than
black and white or shades of grey,
record the presence of colour using an appropriate term?. RDA doesn?t prescribe
the wording, but the second
example to this guideline reads ?some color?. In current practice this
information is recorded just as it was
under AACR2,
300 $b illustrations (some color) ?
Bob
Robert L. Maxwell
Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian
Genre/Form Authorities Librarian
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568
"We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to
the course which has been
heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.
From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA]
On Behalf Of Benjamin A Abrahamse
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:22 PM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: [RDA-L] " illustrations, some of which are colored "
Can anyone tell me if there is an RDA-reason why the record in front of me has a
300 $b that states, "
illustrations, some of which are colored " instead of "illustrations (some colored)
" or possibly, "
illustrations (some in color) "? I don't see anything under 7.15 (or its LCPS)
relating to color
illustrations.
Benjamin Abrahamse
Cataloging Coordinator
Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems
MIT Libraries
617-253-7137
--
Gene Fieg
Cataloger/Serials Librarian
Claremont School of Theology
gf...@cst.edu
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