It makes sense, but it's actually the outcome I was hoping to avoid as this also happens to be a t.p. with an extensive list of contributors (over 80 of them) on the t.p. (And yes, the abbreviations are on the source.)
So it would end up looking like this: Mit Beiträgen von Fernando Aguiar [and eighty-eight others] = with contributions by Fernando Aguiar [and eighty-eight others] ?? --Ben Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Heidrun Wiesenmüller Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 2:12 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] 2.4.3.3 Parallel statements of responsibility Ben, I think the "/" should indeed be replaced by a "=" according to 1.7.3, as it obviously is a case of parallel statements of responsibility (i.e. two different RDA elements). But I'd find it odd to have only "Mit Beiträgen von" as one of these statements of responsibility. As this is only an introductory phrase, it somehow seems to miss the point. I wonder if we could solve this problem by making use of RDA 1.7.7 "Letters or Words Intended to Be Read More Than Once": "If a letter or word appears only once but the design of the source of information makes it clear that it is intended to be read more than once, repeat the letter or word." Perhaps we could argue that on these title pages, the names are intended to be read twice, once with the German introductory phrase, and a second time with the English introductory phrase. Then you'd have: mit Beiträgen von X, Y, Z = with contributions by X, Y, Z ; hg. von A = ed. by A Does that make sense? Heidrun On 01.04.2013 19:36, Benjamin A Abrahamse wrote: When a resource has parallel statements of responsibility on its chief source of information, but only the "connecting words" are parallel, not the names themselves, how does one treat this under RDA? E.g., what I see on the t.p.: Mit Beiträgen von/With contributions by ... hg. von/ed. by ... Is simply transcribing what I see enough, or should the "/" be replaced with " = "? Mit Beiträgen von = With contributions by ... ; hg. von = ed. by .... Thanks, Ben Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 -- --------------------- Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. Stuttgart Media University Faculty of Information and Communication Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi<http://www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi>
