Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2013-10-15 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Adam said: Would they also send back a record with a 240 with the original title plus a language for a translation when the original title doesn't appear on the resource? Yes, except for Shakespeare. If you're gonna code a record as RDA, then I think you need to dhere to the standard.

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles and Selections

2013-09-27 Thread Gene Fieg
I cannot find that the current authority file. I assume it is a title entry under 130 On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Adger Williams awilli...@colgate.eduwrote: I found Zhen'gao |K Selections |l English, as the uniform title/preferred access point for a work that is a translation of the

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles and Selections

2013-09-27 Thread Adger Williams
Yes On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Gene Fieg gf...@cst.edu wrote: I cannot find that the current authority file. I assume it is a title entry under 130 On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Adger Williams awilli...@colgate.eduwrote: I found Zhen'gao |K Selections |l English, as the

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles and Selections

2013-09-27 Thread Adger Williams
Sorry. The AR in question is n 2013008942. On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Gene Fieg gf...@cst.edu wrote: I cannot find that the current authority file. I assume it is a title entry under 130 On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Adger Williams awilli...@colgate.eduwrote: I found Zhen'gao

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles and Selections

2013-09-27 Thread Hideyuki Morimoto
Is that title entry under field 130 different from the one represented by LC NAR entered under field 100: LCCN: n 2013008942 100 1_ Tao, Hongjing, |d 452-536. |t Zhen gao. |k Selections. |l English then? ===

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles and Selections

2013-09-27 Thread Adger Williams
Sorry, my fingers slipped. The access point I am interested in is presented by this authority record. On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Hideyuki Morimoto hm2...@columbia.eduwrote: Is that title entry under field 130 different from the one represented by LC NAR entered under field 100:

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-26 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-25 Thread Jack Wu
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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-24 Thread Danskin, Alan
Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod Sent: 23 September 2013 21:57 To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA 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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-24 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
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

[RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-23 Thread Shorten, Jay
Is it now RDA practice to enter the uniform title with articles? Example: LCCN 2013002020 OCLC 828333810 has a 240 14 The new school counselor rather than 240 10 New school counselor Jay Shorten Cataloger, Monographs and Electronic Resources Associate Professor of Bibliography Catalog

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-23 Thread Stephen Early
, Jay Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 2:23 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA Is it now RDA practice to enter the uniform title with articles? Example: LCCN 2013002020 OCLC 828333810 has a 240 14 The new school counselor rather than 240 10 New school

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-23 Thread Rich Aldred
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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-23 Thread Benjamin A Abrahamse
617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-23 Thread Kevin M Randall
-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA Is it now RDA practice to enter the uniform title with articles? Example: LCCN 2013002020 OCLC 828333810 has a 240 14 The new school counselor rather than 240 10 New school counselor Jay Shorten Cataloger, Monographs and Electronic Resources

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles in RDA

2013-09-23 Thread J. McRee Elrod
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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-22 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Hal Cain said: Just what is the uniform title intended to do here? To serve as a one-line identifier for what's being catalogued; to provide a linking point for the work content; or to provide a linking point for the expression embodied? Unform titles were a great filing aid in card

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles (was (Online) qualifier for series)

2009-07-22 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Karen Coyle said: RDA doesn't define a uniform title, but instead (well, I think of it as instead) has title of the work. It seems to me preferred title is the RDA core element which is most like uniform title in AACR2. Except that it applies only to distinctive uniform titles. What about

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles (was (Online) qualifier for series)

2009-07-22 Thread Paradis Daniel
Mac said: It seems to me preferred title is the RDA core element which is most like uniform title in AACR2. Except that it applies only to distinctive uniform titles. What about classical music form uniform titles (the only 240s our clients like), and voluminous author form uniform titles such

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-20 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
Anne Laguna schrieb: I work for a regional public library service in Northern Australia, and am probably out of the flow of things a bit, but: there has been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing regarding the details of the RDA, and I am interested to know what will happen to RDA if the LC decide 'they'

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-19 Thread Anne Laguna
@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles J. McRee Elrod wrote: I suspect that not only will RDA likely not be used outside the library community (how many publishers will bother with a preferred title?), many small libraries will find it far from their desires. Well

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-17 Thread Rich Aldred
At 01:23 PM 7/16/2009, michael.borr...@mail.cuny.edu wrote: What are patrons looking for? I feel that patrons are looking for the actual title on the book. That does not mean that they might not look for the original language title, but it's much more unlikely. So if there's a 240 or a

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-16 Thread Mike Tribby
-books.com -Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Bernhard Eversberg Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:16 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles J. McRee Elrod

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-16 Thread Karen Coyle
Bernhard Eversberg wrote: I suspect that not only will RDA likely not be used outside the library community (how many publishers will bother with a preferred title?), many small libraries will find it far from their desires. Well, Mac, you've listed some practicable and useful improvements of

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-16 Thread Ed Jones
16, 2009 6:00 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles I think Mac is absolutely right about small libraries and RDA. And a very big reason for that is the convoluted methods of availability-- which still have not been acted on or clarified. Current and previous

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-16 Thread Mike Tribby
I'm surprised that they're attempting to determine a price point at all. Then how would you propose they make it available? It won't have very much value if it's not available for use. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-16 Thread Weinheimer Jim
Karen Coyle wrote:  I'm becoming more aware that RDA is a complex beast, and some parts of  it may be more desirable than others. I can't comment on the individual  rules, but in addition to rules on how to determine what data one  records, RDA is an attempt to implement FRBR. What that means

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles (was: RDA Database withdrawn)

2009-07-15 Thread Kevin M. Randall
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

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-15 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Kevin M. Randall wrote: In a way, we have always had what amounts to a preferred title in AACR2. It's just not treated differently from the title proper. Using AACR2 in a MARC 21 record, you don't need to record a 130 or 240 if the title proper of the manifestation (245 $a/n/p) is exactly how

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-15 Thread Rich Aldred
At 03:17 PM 7/15/2009, Deborah Fritz wrote: Will it *really* matter if the title is repeated as Preferred title (PT) and Title proper (TP) in a display, e.g.: Personal Name: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Uniform Title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Main Title: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / by

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-15 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Current OPACs are indeed horribly broken, on that we can all agree. If you have a point beyond this, I'm missing it? Where we don't agree is that I think current data recording practices are also pretty horribly broken in some places, making it unneccesarily inconvenient or expensive to have

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-15 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Kevin M. Randall wrote: and processed in/between any given system(s). For this particular matter at hand, it would be sufficient to have rules that automatically treat a 245 sans 130/240 as a uniform title, and create a discrete uniform title element in the local database. Couldn't that

Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles

2009-07-15 Thread Ed Jones
PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Uniform titles Ed Jones wrote: Of course, in the interest of efficient machine mapping, wouldn't it be more sensible to record uniform titles (at least those that are components of work or expression identifiers) in 1XX $t rather than