J. McRee Elrod <[email protected]> wrote: > 3.Dates: 1941- not b. 1941; -1968 not d. 1968; active 1965 > not fl. 1965? > > Yes, according to Library of Congress Policy Statements (LCPS). > > RDA calls for "born", "died", and "flourished", which we can ignore in > view of the LCPS for the test period, which for the present I think we > can assume would continue with implementation.
A few comments... For personal names, the "born", "died", and "flourished" only appear in the examples. RDA doesn't mandate terms with individual dates or hyphens between birth and death dates. > 4.Are the cases in which increased use of qualifiers such as > occupation spelled out in RDA? > > ... > > RDA calls for fullest form of name as opposed to name as found, with > more $q. Those forms are in 100 of RDA test records and 700 in > authorities. I'm hoping for superimpositon with established forms > left unchanged, and the 700 becoming a 400. The fuller form should be > used only as practice for new authorities, with established form used > if in the NAF, I think. Fuller form of name is only required to break a conflict if there are no dates available. Alternatively, a cataloger may tack it on regardless. This is very much like AACR2 22.18. LC during the RDA test mandated that fuller form *always* be recorded in the heading if known, hence one source of the uproar over expanded name headings. > 13. What is the RDA rule on GMDs? Do they have one or have GMDs been > abolished? >... > RDA allows either repeating fields or reating $a if more than one term > applies. I think we should standardize on repeating $a. RDA is silent on this matter (Appendix D aside). In MARC, however, repeating a 336, 337, or 338 field is helpful if 1.) the terms come from multiple vocabularies (not yet the case), and 2.) describing accompanying material or kits, where $3 would come into play for those who choose to record content/media/carrier (CMC) types for each piece or set of pieces that makes up the material cataloged. If more than one term applies, I would string them along in a single field too. > 17. Does "publisher as found" mean, e.g., From the publishing house > of Arthur Smith Walter W. Plunger & Sons > > Just the name I think: Arthur Smith Walter W. Plunger & Sons. But if > the P and H of "publishing house" were upper case, I assume all would > be given. Generally record whatever is comes across as a proper noun (the instructions refer only to "the name"). Sometimes a phrase may be recorded with the name, bearing in mind the "(other than solely publishing)" parenthetical caveat. This is effectively the same as AACR2, except for RDA requiring full transcription. Manufacture and distribution statements may employ phrases giving function, whether transcribed or supplied in brackets, again much like AACR2. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex Coordinator University of Minnesota Bibliographic & Technical 15 Andersen Library Services (BATS) Unit 222 21st Avenue South Phone: 612-624-0805 Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439 <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
