In searching, whether the name is in a 1xx field or in a 7xx field, the results list should be interfiled, as they were in our card based catalog. The display/indentation on that card would show whether the author was a main or added entry, but it would not affect the filing (if I remember correctly, I no longer have my filing rules manual). I think patrons are often unsure whether a person is an author, editor or contributor, they are just looking for works by that author. When they get to the actual record, they will be able to see the person’s role in the relationship designator.
Now, as mentioned, that does have importance to the shelving of titles to keep works by the same author, in the same classification together, so we may want to make that distinction for shelving purposes. kathie Kathleen Goldfarb Technical Services Librarian College of the Mainland Texas City, TX 77539 409 933 8202 P Please consider whether it is necessary to print this email. From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Joan Wang Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:18 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Statement of responsibility naming more than three persons etc. Does it help for collocating works under the same person? I think that this is the significance of distinguishing creators from contributors. Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Goldfarb, Kathie <kgoldf...@com.edu> wrote: I would interpret " first named person as part of the authorized access points for the work " as referring to the existence of a 1xx OR 7xx for that person, but not necessarily as main entry. In fact, other than for classification purposes, I do not believe the Main entry really has that much significance in the library's OPAC or our patron's searching needs. kathie Kathleen Goldfarb Technical Services Librarian College of the Mainland Texas City, TX 77539 409 933 8202 <tel:409%20933%208202> P Please consider whether it is necessary to print this email. -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Brenndorfer, Thomas Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 3:03 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Statement of responsibility naming more than three persons etc. >I think we're all agreed that transcribing all names in a statement of >responsibility is preferable to any kinds of shortening the statement. >I'm not so sure about your argument that the first name in such a list is of >special importance as a potential part of the access point of the >work. It was just a small point, but the reference was to one change in RDA from AACR2, which is to always use the first named person as part of the authorized access point for the work when there are two or more involved (and principle responsibility cannot other be determined) (RDA 6.27.1.3; also RDA 19.2 where the main or first Creator relationship to the work is a core element). In AACR2, the work had a title main entry if there were more than three creators named in the statement of responsibility. RDA doesn't have the Rule of Three, and one effect is that the first named in a long statement of responsibility will get greater attention than all the other names, and will likely end up as part of the authorized access point for the work (i.e. the name-title access point for the work). Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library -- Zhonghong (Joan) Wang, Ph.D. Cataloger -- CMC Illinois Heartland Library System (Edwardsville Office) 6725 Goshen Road Edwardsville, IL 62025 618.656.3216x409 618.656.9401Fax
