I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, but just to sound off my agreement with Mac's statement, "No finite list can reflect the infinite relationship possibilities" and wondering yet again why there aren't more generic RDA relators like "contributor".
For example, I'm cataloging a work with the following statement of responsibility: produced and photographed by Joseph Daniel ; original preface, trial transcripts, and new afterword by Daniel Ellsberg ; original reporting by Keith Pope ; original poetry and "Plutonian ode" by Allen Ginsberg ; new and updated history and reflection by LeRoy Moore ; activists appendix by August Freirich. With the exception of the first-named author, there are no established RDA terms for their specific roles. I suppose "author" is closest, but all of them could more accurately be described as contributors, in my opinion. Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions and Discovery Enhancement MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:26 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] relationship designator Kevin said: >.. there don't seem to be any specific designators that fit the situation. No finite list can reflect the infinite relationship possibilities. In some situations there is no useful term, or we shoehorn an entity into an ill fitting one, e.g., "host institution" for an art gallery mounting an exhibition. I begin to understand why so many clients want them removed. Let's continue justifying added entries in description. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________
