Mulling over 2.3.4.2, for myself, I see it says: "Take other title
information from the same source as the title proper (see 2.3.2.2)."
OK, that is a very direct instruction--take it from the same source.
Then 2.3.2.2 says: "Take the title proper from the preferred source of
information for the identification of the resource as specified under
2.2.22.2.3"
Then 2.2.2.2 says: "For a book "use the title page, title sheet, or title
card (or image thereof) as the preferred source of information."
So, I agree with Heidrun that RDA is saying that if you find a Title Proper
on the title page, then that is the only source that you can use for the
Other Title Information.
2.2.4 says "If information taken from a source outside the resource itself
is supplied [including for other title information], indicate that fact
either by means of a note or by some other means (e.g., through coding or
the use of square brackets)." But the other title information is not from
outside the resource, so, as Heidrun says, this does not apply to our
situation
But there is the Note instruction at: 2.20.2 Note on Title. Don't forget
that 'Title' covers all the elements listed under 2.3, so this note covers
Other Title Information.
2.20.2.3 specifically mentions making a note for a Parallel Title Proper:
"If a parallel title proper is taken from a different source than the title
proper, make a note on the source of the parallel title proper if it is
considered important"
And then there is 2.20.2.5: "Make notes on other details relating to a title
if they are considered to be important for identification or access."
So, I would apply the reasoning given at 2.20.2.3 for Parallel Title Proper
to Other Title Information and say that if Other Title Information is taken
from a different source than the Title Proper, we can make a note on the
source of the Other Title Information if it is considered important.
And in MARC terms that would mean that a note about a subtitle from a cover
would be given in the 246 (just as we have been doing under AACR) as:
246 1# $i Subtitle from cover: $a VF-17's Top Guns in World War II
Does this sound logical?
Deborah
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Subject: [RDA-L] Sources of information for other title information
I'm mulling over RDA 2.3.4.2: "Take other title information from the same
source as the title proper."
With books, the title proper is usually found on the title page. Does that
really mean that under RDA I can only take other title information which is
also placed on the t.p.? It's certainly not uncommon to find useful other
title information elsewhere in the resource, e.g. on the cover. According to
our German rules, I'd record this as other title information as well, but
put it in square brackets (to indicate that it doesn't come from the
prescribed source).
As square brackets (or some other means) in RDA are only used to mark
information stemming from outside the resource, I'd have assumed that all
other title information found on the resource itself (no matter
where) is recorded in the same way. But 2.3.4.2 makes it seem as if other
title information which is not in the same place as the title proper is
simply disregarded.
I can't believe that this is really the case. So I must either have
misunderstood 2.3.4.2 or missed another rule, probably a more general one.
I've already read through 2.2 carefully, but haven't found a clue.
Can somebody enlighten me?
Heidrun
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Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A.
Stuttgart Media University
Faculty of Information and Communication Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart,
Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi
