I think it depends on what your system does with the display of the field. If it provides a label in front of the data like “Thesis:” or “Thesis information” then adding something in $g is superfluous. Also, can your system display the text in $g in front of the other data? If not, I think it would just look odd.
Adam From: Jack Wu Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 5:32 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] 502 dissertation note in RDA Adam, As you say, in the structured 502 $a is not used. In which case $g Thesis would be helpful, incorrect, or superfluous? Jack Jack Wu Franciscan University of Steubenville j...@franciscan.edu >>> Adam Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu> 10/25/2013 3:42 AM >>> In the structured (or complex) 502, subfield $a is not used. The field itself means dissertation or thesis, and so the computer system should be programmed to display the data with a label like "Thesis:" or something similar. Adam Schiff University of Washington Libraries asch...@uw.edu -----Original Message----- From: Basma Chebani Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:20 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] 502 dissertation note in RDA Dear Mr. Elrod, Thank you all for your clarifications. I am not sure what to put in 502|a. Can I use the term "Thesis" or "Dissertation" in 502|a ?? At the end of your reply you have mentioned " On the other hand, we do not use the 505 subfields." I think you don't use 502 subfields. Correct? Thank you. Basma Chebani -----Original Message----- From: J. McRee Elrod [mailto:m...@slc.bc.ca] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:14 PM To: Basma Chebani Cc: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] 502 dissertation note in RDA Basma Chebani said: >Can anyone help me in deciding which example I have to follow in RDA >for Dissertation Note since both forms are accepted in MARC examples. This seems more a matter of MARC than RDA. We use the new 502 subfields, but retain the old punctuation (contra PCC). So far as we know, none of our clients have ILS which supply the punctuation. If there ever is such, I hope they are sophisticated enough not to double the punctuation. I don't like the omission of "Thesis" etc. in the examples of subfield coded 502's. On the other hand, we do not use the 505 subfields. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________ Scanned by for virus, malware and spam by SCM appliance
