Thanks for the response. There is no single copyright statement for the whole work, just an individual © on each vol.
Re: " doesn't RDA say to record only the latest copyright date?", the only guidance I could find is 2.11.1.3, "If the resource has multiple copyright dates that apply to various aspects (e.g., text, sound, graphics), record only the latest copyright date." The way I read that, a multivolume work would not be covered as it is entirely textual. Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 -----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: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:34 AM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Regarding copyright dates for multivolume publications I think since a copyright date must always be preceded by the copyright symbol, your second option would be more correct. But I'd like to see what others think about this. If the resource itself says (c)1994-2010 then perhaps it's ok to transcribe it that way. Then again, doesn't RDA say to record only the latest copyright date? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Benjamin A Abrahamse wrote: > > I have found no guidance on this in RDA (not saying it's not in there, > but searching for "copyright" or "copyright date" does not bring it up); so > which is preferable? > > > > 264:x4:$c (C)1994-2010 > > > > or > > > > 264:x4:$c (C)1994-(C)2010 > > > > > > > > Benjamin Abrahamse > > Cataloging Coordinator > > Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems > > MIT Libraries > > 617-253-7137 > > > > >
