I think what Kevin means is that neither AACR2 nor RDA treats these as access points. On the other hand, many catalogs, including WorldCat, do. A WorldCat search for "Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies" will retrieve the record for "Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans Online" though it only occurs in the 785 field.
"Access point" is a slippery term, since it's really up to a particular system what is and isn't an access point. The most popular access points for machines--standard numbers--aren't access points according to the cataloging rules. Ed -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Linked data Quoting "Kevin M. Randall" <[email protected]>: > Fields 760-787 have strictly speaking never been "dual function" > fields, because they are not defined in the MARC format as access > points This got me excited and I popped into the online MARC documentation to look at how it defines "access points" but I can't find that. I could find a definition of headings, but that only covers X00-X30 (thus no titles). Is there a definition of access points that I missed? Or are you working from other knowledge, Kevin? If so, I'd like to hear more about this distinction, because it is an important one and to me it hasn't been clear in practice (from a systems developer point of view). If it isn't made explicit in our current standards we should try to make it clearer in any future ones. kc > (regardless of whatever functionality may be provided in any > specific system). They are descriptive fields which may include > coded data in subfield $w intended to *refer out* to related > records. If access points are desired for the names/titles > appearing in those fields, 700-730 fields are to be used. (Sorry, > the increasingly common misunderstanding on this point is one of my > pet peeves...) > > Kevin M. Randall > Principal Serials Cataloger > Bibliographic Services Dept. > Northwestern University Library > 1970 Campus Drive > Evanston, IL 60208-2300 > email: [email protected] > phone: (847) 491-2939 > fax: (847) 491-4345 > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Jones >> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:08 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Linked data >> >> The transcribed fields correspond to ISBD areas 1-4 and 6 (245, >> 250, 362 [for >> serials; other fields for some other formats], 260, and 4XX. Note fields may >> also contain transcribed data in some cases, but note fields typically >> consist of a single subfield and are already "consolidated" in this sense. >> "Dual function" fields that serve both as notes and as access points (e.g., >> 246, 760-785) might benefit from having these functions disentangled. For >> example, >> >> http://lccn.loc.gov/81642892, http://marc21.info/element/246, "Issues for >> <2000-> have also acronym title: CCQ." >> http://lccn.loc.gov/81642892, http://marc21.info/element/740, "CCQ" >> >> I would be hesitant to combine data from all transcribed fields >> into a single >> field, if only because different applications might want the freedom to >> display different subsets of this data. >> >> Ed > -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
