Ditto Chris. This is an excellent resource. Thanks Mark for creating and
sharing this!
Vonda
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[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Fox, Chris
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 10:55 AM
Do people really think
edited by J. Garland, Cambridge Carbonates UK, J.E. Neilson, University of
Aberdeen, UK, S.E. Laubach, University of Texas at Austin, USA and K.J.
Whidden, USGS, USA
is more helpful and unambiguous to users than,
edited by J. Garland, J.E. Neilson, S.E. Laubach, and
I wonder if the statement would read better if we punctuated it differently,
e.g.:
edited by J. Garland (Cambridge Carbonates UK), J.E. Neilson (University of
Aberdeen, UK), S.E. Laubach (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and K.J.
Whidden (USGS, USA)
This might actually do a much better job
I like Kevin's suggestion for punctuation.
However, in my experience working with RDA records I have to say I have almost
never seen records where the cataloger transcribed everything including
qualifications, places, etc., in spite of the LC-PCC PS generally do not
abridge a statement of
Oh, boy!
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Benjamin A Abrahamse babra...@mit.eduwrote:
Do people really think
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edited by J. Garland, Cambridge Carbonates UK, J.E. Neilson, University
of Aberdeen, UK, S.E. Laubach, University of Texas at Austin, USA and K.J.
Whidden, USGS,
Joan--there's no requirement to record affiliations, but there is a
requirement (unless you choose the optional omission) to Transcribe a
statement of responsibility in the form in which it appears on the source of
information which, if there are affiliations on the t.p., would presumably
Thanks. Benjamin.
Joan Wang
Illinois Heartland Library System
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Benjamin A Abrahamse babra...@mit.eduwrote:
Joan--there's no requirement to record affiliations, but there is a
requirement (unless you choose the optional omission) to Transcribe a
statement of
This question was on my own list, so I am very pleased to see Kevin's
suggested punctuation to enclose affiliations that are part of a statement
of responsibility in parentheses. This seems to nicely clarify that a named
affiliation does not have any actual responsibility, and is only named as a
Ben posted:
edited by J. Garland, Cambridge Carbonates UK, J.E. Neilson, University of=
Aberdeen, UK, S.E. Laubach, University of Texas at Austin, USA and K.J. Wh=
idden, USGS, USA
Ben, I agree that this is more complicated and harder to read the a
statement omitting the affiliations.
It might
There is another way of looking at this concern. If this item was in the
Library of Congress Catalogue, and someone did a Title search for Cambridge
or Texas - they would retrieve it. I am not convinced they would find it
suitable for their purpose or the random selection of other material
Kevin suggested a helpful use of cataloger-introduced punctuation:
edited by J. Garland (Cambridge Carbonates UK), J.E. Neilson (University of
Aberdeen, UK), S.E. Laubach University of Texas at Austin, USA) and K.J.
Whidden (USGS, USA)
I could also see :
edited by J. Garland, [of] Cambridge
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