I disagree with Mr. Arakawa. Color does apply to illustrations in RDA. The instruction at 7.15.1.3 specifically deals with illustrations, and 7.17.1.3 goes on to the color aspect of content - with the examples at 7.17.1.3 also reinforcing that the instruction applies to illustrations as a type of content.
RDA suggests a practical approach for the cataloger to indicate colors when a cataloger thinks it is important to mention (note: these are not "core elements"). Generally that would be when the colors are other than the black/white/gray colors normally used for printing. If the illustrations are black and white or grays, we just say "illustrations" as most publications are printed as black (or shades of gray) on white paper, but if that fact was noteworthy, we could say it in a note. I think the interesting issue Joan Wang brought up is the expression characteristic for content, and that is where RDA probably needs revision to deal with the current rare materials instruction that simply carried forward the AACR2 rule to provide the characteristic of hand-colored illustrations as an item characteristic. -- Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D. Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Arakawa, Steven <steven.arak...@yale.edu>wrote: > I don’t think the definition of color would apply to illustrations, > since the rule explicitly excludes black and white or shades of grey.**** > > ** ** > > Steven Arakawa **** > > Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation**** > > Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University**** > > P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 > (203)432-8286 steven.arak...@yale.edu**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] *On Behalf Of *Joan Wang > *Sent:* Friday, January 18, 2013 11:22 AM > *To:* RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > *Subject:* [RDA-L] Color: an attribute at the manifestation or content > level?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Also, according to the definition, color includes black and white. So for > any illustrations, we can encode them “color”, unless we give more precise > descriptions such as black and white, or taupe and blue green. **** > > ** ** > > *[Steven Arakawa] Regarding illustrations, 7.17.1.3: *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. Disregard coloured > matter outside the actual content of the resource (e.g., the border of a > map).**** > > Thanks, **** > > Joan Wang**** > > > > -- **** > > Zhonghong (Joan) Wang, Ph.D. > Cataloger -- CMC**** > > Illinois Heartland Library System (Edwardsville Office) > 6725 Goshen Road > Edwardsville, IL 62025 > 618.656.3216x409 > 618.656.9401Fax**** >
