The LC-PCC Policy Statement for K.1 says "Use only terms from Appendix K
if supplying relationship designators in the shared LC/NACO Authority
File. Do not supply terms beyond those found in this Appendix."
But there is no similar restriction in the LC-PCC PS for J.1 or I.1, so it
would appear that there is no reason you couldn't say "writer of preface"
if you felt you need to be more specific. One could also suggest new
terms to be added to these appendices if the relationship is common
enough that having a specific term in RDA itself would be of benefit (and
it would provide more consistency as well).
Adam
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On Tue, 16 Oct 2012, Joan Wang wrote:
Hi,
These are general guidelines for using relationship designators.
General Guidelines on Using Relationship Designators
* Use relationship designators to indicate the specific nature of
relationships between a resource and persons,
families, and corporate bodies associated with that resource.
* Use relationship designators at the level of specificity that is considered
appropriate for the purposes of the
agency creating the data. For example, the relationship between a
screenplay and the screenwriter responsible
for the work may be recorded using either the specific relationship
designator screenwriter or the more general
relationship designator author.
* If none of the terms listed in this appendix is appropriate or sufficiently
specific, use a term indicating the
nature of the relationship as concisely as possible.
* If the element used to record the relationship (e.g., creator) is
considered sufficient for the purposes of the
agency creating the data, do not use a relationship designator to indicate
the specific nature of the
relationship.
Based on the guidelines, you can use "writer of preface" since it is more
specific and concise enough (I think).
Thanks,
Joan Wang
Illinois Heartland Library System
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Benjamin A Abrahamse <babra...@mit.edu> wrote:
If we are cataloging a work, with a preface by someone other than the
main author, RDA 20.2.1 says this
is a relationship between a person and an expression.
The examples in RDA 20 list this as "Writer of Added Commentary, Etc." In
Appendix I.3, "Relationship
Designators for Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with an
Expression" I see the
following relationship designators:
writer of added commentary A person, family, or corporate body
contributing to an expression of a work
by providing an interpretation or critical explanation of the original
work.
writer of added text A person, family, or corporate body contributing to
an expression of a primarily
non-textual work by providing text for the non-textual work (e.g.,
writing captions for photographs,
descriptions of maps).
If I wanted to give an access point for this person, and use a
relationship designator, would I have to
use "writer of added commentary" (which is the closest fit, I think,
though not quite the same) or could
I use "writer of preface", which is not on the list?
Benjamin Abrahamse
Cataloging Coordinator
Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems
MIT Libraries
617-253-7137
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Joan Wang
Cataloger -- CMC
Illinois Heartland Library System (Edwardsville Office)
6725 Goshen Road
Edwardsville, IL 62025
618.656.3216x409
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