25.09.2013 17:44, Jack Wu:
... after some length of time, will the rule become the
alternative again, and the alternative again become the rule? Will
East and West, in this case, English and German, ever meet? No
wonder there are endless change proposals and endless updating.
Try as I
Very interesting. Bernhard's last sentence says it all. If his prediction
holds, after some length of time, will the rule become the alternative again,
and the alternative again become the rule? Will East and West, in this case,
English and German, ever meet? No wonder there are endless change
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[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod
Sent: 23 September 2013 21:57
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Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA
Jay Shorten posted:
Is it now RDA practice to enter the uniform title with articles?
RDA practice
24.09.2013 13:01, Danskin, Alan:
... JSC recognised that the omission
of the article is not good practice because the resulting title does not
accurately represent the resource and (more importantly) may render the
title ungrammatical in inflected languages.
That antiquated omission rule was
I think not.
Stephen T. Early
Cataloger
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[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Shorten,
I certainly have no answer for yet another RDA mystery.
My son who took a cataloging course this summer was thoroughly puzzled by
some of the language in RDA.
One big disappointment I've felt is that the 240 wasn't moved to 700
author-title. I'm wondering how we're going to explain this to
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[mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Stephen Early
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 3:31 PM
To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA
I think not.
Stephen T. Early
The guidelines are clearly stated in RDA 6.2.1.7:
Initial Articles
When recording the title, include an initial
article, if present.
Alternative: Omit an initial article (see
appendix C) unless the title for a work
Jay Shorten posted:
Is it now RDA practice to enter the uniform title with articles?
RDA practice aside, this would not work in our present ILS's. We
should not create records without regard for what our patrons must now
use.
While most ILS have implemented the 245 filing indicator, I doubt
Mac Elrod wrote:
One difficulty I have with this whole section is that no distinction
is made (to speak in MARC) between uniform (aka preferred) title as
130 or 240, main (aka prime) entry or filing title.
Preferred title is given as a required element.
6.2.2 Preferred Title for the Work
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