Adam I remember that I asked the question before, and got an answer Yes. If we do not consider ETDs published, do we consider them manuscripts? The following is the definition of manuscript from RDA Toolkit:
1) In general, a text, musical score, map, etc., inscribed or written entirely by hand, or the handwritten or typescript copy of a creator’s work. 2) In the context of production method for manuscripts, any handwritten manuscript which is not a holograph. Based on the definition, isn't it hard to consider ETDs manuscripts? I am also wondering that. Thanks, Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Adam L. Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu>wrote: > I've always had a problem with considering ETDs published, although I > understand that for practical purposes it is easier to consider everything > available via remote access as published. But I really don't see an > electronic dissertation as anything less of a manuscript than a printed > one. Particularly in the case of a printed thesis that has been scanned > and posted online as a reproduction - is this really published now? If one > were to run a macro such as OCLC has to generate the record for the > digitized version off of the manuscript record, it would not have a place > of publication or a publisher - these would have to be added as part of the > process, and that seems unnecessary to me and others I've spoken with. > We've been coding our ETDs in our digital repository as manuscript material. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**^^^^^^^^ > 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<http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**~~~~~~~~ > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Myers, John F. wrote: > > Which perhaps begs the question of why have two different Type codes for >> the same kind of content? (Which I acknowledge is an encoding and >> communication format question rather than an RDA question.) >> >> John F. Myers, Catalog Librarian >> Schaffer Library, Union College >> Schenectady NY 12308 >> >> mye...@union.edu >> 518-388-6623 >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--- >> On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, Joan Milligan wrote: >> >> I believe the "Type" should be "a" not "t," because a dissertation is >>> considered published when it appears online. >>> >> >> -- 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
