Yes, but most North American catalogers will probably follow the LC Policy Statement to 7.17.1.3 (April 2012) and use "color" when creating an original record. In my opinion copy should be accepted with either spelling.
Bob Robert L. Maxwell Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian Genre/Form Authorities Librarian 6728 Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801)422-5568 "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842. -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Adam L. Schiff Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 3:06 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] " illustrations, some of which are colored " Catalog(u)er's choice! RDA does not prescribe one way, and there are examples with both spellings. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax asch...@u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Joseph, Angelina wrote: > > Do we use British or American spelling (in this case, it is color v. colour)? > > -- angelina > > Angelina Joseph > > Cataloging Librarian > Ray & Kay Eckstein Law Library > > Marquette University > Milwaukee, WI 53201 > Ph: 414-288-5553 > Fax: 414-288-5914 > > email: angelina.jos...@marquette.edu > > > > > > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On > Behalf Of Robert Maxwell > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:48 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] " illustrations, some of which are colored " > > > > RDA 7.17.1.3 says ?If the content of the resource is in colours other than > black and white or shades of grey, record > the presence of colour using an appropriate term?. RDA doesn?t prescribe the > wording, but the second example to this > guideline reads ?some color?. In current practice this information is > recorded just as it was under AACR2, > > > > 300 $b illustrations (some color) ? > > > > Bob > > > > Robert L. Maxwell > > Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian > > Genre/Form Authorities Librarian > > 6728 Harold B. Lee Library > > Brigham Young University > > Provo, UT 84602 > > (801)422-5568 > > > > "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to > the course which has been heretofore > pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842. > > > > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On > Behalf Of Benjamin A Abrahamse > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:22 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: [RDA-L] " illustrations, some of which are colored " > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is an RDA-reason why the record in front of me > has a 300 $b that states, " > illustrations, some of which are colored " instead of "illustrations (some > colored) " or possibly, " illustrations > (some in color) "? I don't see anything under 7.15 (or its LCPS) relating to > color illustrations. > > > > Benjamin Abrahamse > > Cataloging Coordinator > > Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems > > MIT Libraries > > 617-253-7137 > > > > >
