Aren't conventional collective titles really Form/Genre headings? (Poems. Selections, vs. Essays Selections, vs. Works Selections)
Would they not serve their function less confusingly if we treated them that way? FWIW, my institution has been removed CCTs from LC records ever since the abandonment of the AACR2 rule about "distinctive titles". Very seldom does it require more than a moment's thought. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Bernhard Eversberg <e...@biblio.tu-bs.de>wrote: > Am 20.12.2013 13:37, schrieb Heidrun Wiesenmüller: > >> >> I think the interesting point to note is that not everything which >> consists of several works by the same person is in fact a "compilation >> of works". Rather, in the case of... >> > > This is the sort of casuistry we've never envied AACR users for. > Let's get serious about the A aspect in RDA and treat titles as > such, as titles, always, because end-users will always search for > those titles because they find them cited as such, and noch > concocted and perturbed in ways they'd never imagine. > Add conventional collected titles at leisure (if you find any), > or rather use machine-actionable codes wherever possible, but leave the > titles alone. > > If we can't get away from the old spirit of cataloging that was > based on unit descriptions on 3x5 cards and on filing rules that were > not even part of AACR, then RDA is really a waste of time and will > create more nuisance than usefulness. > > B.Eversberg > > > To unsubscribe from RDA-L send an e-mail to the following address from the > address you are subscribed under to: > lists...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca > In the body of the message: > SIGNOFF RDA-L > -- Adger Williams Colgate University Library 315-228-7310 awilli...@colgate.edu To unsubscribe from RDA-L send an e-mail to the following address from the address you are subscribed under to: lists...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca In the body of the message: SIGNOFF RDA-L
