Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Saunders, Mary
Thanks to all who responded. I have decided to make a single 264 1 [Charleston, SC?] : $b Author's name, $c [2013] As I feel my way along with RDA, I am truly grateful for this discussion list! Mary Saunders, Cataloger Maine State Library 64 State House

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Patricia Mary Gierke
Hi Mary I agree wholeheartedly - ever SO grateful for this list ! And, if I may say so, I think your final decision is SPOT ON! I believe we are encouraged to SUPPLY a place of publication or probable place whenever possiblewhich is what you've done. And you obviously KNOW that the book is

[RDA-L] Catalog publication date

2013-07-03 Thread Mitchell, Michael
I'm sorry if this has been covered recently. I seem to remember something similar. If I have a book with a copyright date of 2011 and the t.p. verso statement This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Confused Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Re: [RDA-L] Catalog publication date

2013-07-03 Thread Adam Schiff
I would use [2011] as the publication date. Adam Schiff University of Washington Libraries -Original Message- From: Mitchell, Michael Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:50 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Catalog publication date I'm sorry if this has been covered

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Adam Schiff
It would not be correct to use “SC” in your place of publication. If you are supplying a date, you wouldn’t use a postal abbreviation. Either [Charleston] or [Charleston, South Carolina]. Adam Schiff From: Patricia Mary Gierke Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:21 AM To:

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Adam Schiff
Oops, I meant if you are supplying a place, you wouldn’t use a postal abbreviation. From: Adam Schiff Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 8:39 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] 264 question It would not be correct to use “SC” in your place of publication. If you are

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Patricia Sayre-McCoy
Per Appendix B.1 state names are included in the “approved” abbreviations. And the LC-PCC Policy statement at 1.10.2 says local institutions can establish their own guidelines for many things, including abbreviations. Pat Patricia Sayre-McCoy Head, Law Cataloging and Serials D’Angelo Law

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Robert Maxwell
Appendix B does not apply to “transcribed elements” (see B.4). The Pubication Statement is a transcribed element (see 2.8.1.4). Also B.4 instructs “If supplying all or part of a transcribed element, generally do not abbreviate words.” Bob Robert L. Maxwell Head, Special Collections and

Re: [RDA-L] Translated from notes and code for original language

2013-07-03 Thread Joan Wang
A similar case is for accompanying materials. I consider it a whole-part relationship. But they are encoded in $c of 300 fields. I was told that it is a structured description. So Thanks, Joan Wang On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Heidrun Wiesenmüller wiesenmuel...@hdm-stuttgart.de wrote:

Re: [RDA-L] Translated from notes and code for original language

2013-07-03 Thread Joan Wang
Sorry. Should be $e of 300 fields :) On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Joan Wang jw...@illinoisheartland.orgwrote: A similar case is for accompanying materials. I consider it a whole-part relationship. But they are encoded in $c of 300 fields. I was told that it is a structured description.

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Mary Saunders said: I have decided to make a single 264 1 [Charleston, SC?] : $b Author's name, $c [2013] This would satisfy your patrons' needs better than the other options. But a postal code should not be provided in brackets. Correctly it would by South Carolina, or as a local option,

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Patricia Sayre-McCoy
But in this case, there’s nothing to transcribe. The place of publication is cataloger supplied. Pat Patricia Sayre-McCoy Head, Law Cataloging and Serials D’Angelo Law Library University of Chicago 773-702-9620 p...@uchicago.edu From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Adam Schiff
Yes, but the information you have is for the place of manufacture, not the place of publication. You are guessing a place of publication based on the place of manufacture, so when supplying the place of publication it would not be a transcription. So it would either be [Charleston] or

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Liptack, Vanessa
I'm confused as to why rda has an appendix for abbreviations including geographic locations.. Anyone know when we use these? I assumed we we once again using them for place of publication? Anyone know please clear my confusion for me. Thanks! Sent from my iPad On Jul 3, 2013, at 11:57 AM,

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Joan Wang
Use the abbreviations in table B.1http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdaappbtarget=rdab-399#rdab-399for the names of certain countries and for the names of states, provinces, territories, etc., of Australia, Canada, and the United States when the names are recorded: a)/as part of the

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Joan Wang
Sorry, should be for authorized access points (headings). On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Joan Wang jw...@illinoisheartland.orgwrote: Use the abbreviations in table B.1http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdaappbtarget=rdab-399#rdab-399for the names of certain countries and for

Re: [RDA-L] Catalog publication date

2013-07-03 Thread Mitchell, Michael
Thank you for the advice! I was overthinking that one. Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu -Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access

Re: [RDA-L] Photocopy of a thesis in RDA?

2013-07-03 Thread Joan Wang
How can I understand a photocopy of a thesis? I guess that many theses could be photocopies. Do we still consider theses as manuscripts under RDA? If look at the definition in RDA Toolkit, they are not. But if look at OCLC special cataloging guidelines, they are. Happy fourth! Joan Wang Illinois

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Adam Schiff
The abbreviations are used for the larger place in which a local place is located. This is used in authorized access points: 151 $a Seattle (Wash.) And in the location of a conference or location of a corporate body or family and place of origin of work: 111 2_ $a International Conference

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread Dana Van Meter
I feel that in this case it would be very helpful if there was another example under Rule 2.8.2.6.2 with a state name spelled out, and if there was at least one example with a state name spelled out under Rule 2.8.2.6.4, to reinforce that when supplying the name of a jurisdiction the name

Re: [RDA-L] Photocopy of a thesis in RDA?

2013-07-03 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Joan Wang posted: Do we still consider [print] theses as manuscripts under RDA? Yes, but all it affects in 264 2nd indicator. You provide 264 0 $aPlace, Jurisdiction :$bDegree Granting Institution,$cyear. This is one of the few major improvements of RDA over AACR2. Shorten, Jay

Re: [RDA-L] Translated from notes and code for original language

2013-07-03 Thread M. E.
Joan Wang jw...@illinoisheartland.org wrote: I initially thought that RDA does not involve encoding. MARC encoding is another thing and technique. But it is hard, at least so far, to completely distinguish RDA, a resource description rule, from MARC encoding. We still can see shades of MARC

Re: [RDA-L] Photocopy of a thesis in RDA?

2013-07-03 Thread M. E.
J. McRee Elrod m...@slc.bc.ca wrote: Yes, but all it affects in 264 2nd indicator. You provide 264 0 $aPlace, Jurisdiction :$bDegree Granting Institution,$cyear. Does the Degree Granting Institution produce the thesis? Or the student? ... My 502 for the thesis is: $b Th. D. $c

Re: [RDA-L] 264 question

2013-07-03 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Dana said: I feel that in this case it would be very helpful if there was another example under Rule 2.8.2.6.2 with a state name spelled out You transcribe in 264$a what is on the item, and more often than not, the jurisdiction is abbreviated. If supplying in brackets, spell it out. NEVER

Re: [RDA-L] Publication date including month or exact date: examples?

2013-07-03 Thread M. E.
Heidrun Wiesenmüller wiesenmuel...@hdm-stuttgart.de wrote: In 2.8.6.3 (Recording date of publication) there is an example May 2000. This shows that not only the year, but also the month and presumably even the exact date of publication is to be recorded in this element, if it is given in the

Re: [RDA-L] Photocopy of a thesis in RDA?

2013-07-03 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Mark asked: Does the Degree Granting Institution produce the thesis? Or the student? The student might have been 264 3 earlier, but physically producing it is not publication. While the student probably typed that 1948 thesis, it was not a thesis until accepted by the institution. The

[RDA-L] approzimately in access points

2013-07-03 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Autocatters RDA-lers, It was my assumption that we would have to follow LC/LAC authority forms. But we are encountering opposition to approximately replacing ca., and I agree. It makes an unsightly access point. I'm suggesting we weplace ca. and approximately with a question mark following