: Mark Ehlert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Sentence case vs. Title case [was: [RDA-L] Measuring
quality of cataloguing]
John F. Myers wrote in part:
Why we would prefer sentence case over title case is debatable. I
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:11 PM
To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
Subject: [RDA-L] Measuring quality of cataloguing
Jenn Riley said:
.The fairly substantial body of literature on cataloging quality tends
to define
I would like to think that Mac's definition of quality
cataloging is one that all catalogers share. We do not
adhere to rules just for the sake of adhering to rules; we
adhere to rules in order to provide accurate and thorough
description of resources that facilitates access to materials.
Riley, Jenn wrote:
OK, but you need to take that a step further - what exactly is it that users of some type we care about can do because
a record is accurate or thorough that they can't do if it's not? (What does
thorough mean anyways? The record doesn't say the book is blue. Isn't that
Jenn said:
We have to be more specific than facilitate access - what
real-world discovery needs do we know about that will be affected by
a record that doesn't meet this quality metric?
If the information in the record does not accurately reflect the
information on the item, duplicate orders
Our current methods of title transcription (capitalize only the first word,
and any proper name) convey more information than standard citation
capitalization does, since in a transcribed title you can tell which words
are proper names and which are not. It is not uncommon for this practice to
I guess title case would actually be The Road to Perdition (smile)
but your point is well taken. Though libraries seem to be in the
minority for English language, what are citation practices in other
countries? I've been working a lot lately with opera record labels,
and i notice that titles
: [RDA-L] Sentence case vs. Title case [was: [RDA-L] Measuring
quality of cataloguing]
I guess title case would actually be The Road to Perdition (smile) but your
point is well taken. Though libraries seem to be in the minority for English
language, what are citation practices in other countries
John F. Myers wrote in part:
Why we would prefer sentence case over title case is debatable. I can
think of several factors. ...
Lastly, sentence case makes it clearer that an embedded title is present.
Cutter and ALA are quite clear in capitalizing the first word of a title
that appears
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