Ben,
I think the "/" should indeed be replaced by a "=" according to 1.7.3,
as it obviously is a case of parallel statements of responsibility (i.e.
two different RDA elements). But I'd find it odd to have only "Mit
Beiträgen von" as one of these statements of responsibility. As this is
only an introductory phrase, it somehow seems to miss the point.
I wonder if we could solve this problem by making use of RDA 1.7.7
"Lettersor Words Intended to Be Read More Than Once": "If a letter or
word appears only once but the design of the source of information makes
it clear that it is intended to be read more than once, repeat the
letter or word."
Perhaps we could argue that on these title pages, the names are intended
to be read twice, once with the German introductory phrase, and a second
time with the English introductory phrase. Then you'd have:
mit Beiträgen von X, Y, Z = with contributions by X, Y, Z ; hg. von A =
ed. by A
Does that make sense?
Heidrun
On 01.04.2013 19:36, Benjamin A Abrahamse wrote:
When a resource has parallel statements of responsibility on its chief
source of information, but only the "connecting words" are parallel,
not the names themselves, how does one treat this under RDA?
E.g., what I see on the t.p.:
Mit Beiträgen von/With contributions by ...
hg. von/ed. by ...
Is simply transcribing what I see enough, or should the "/" be
replaced with " = "?
Mit Beiträgen von = With contributions by ... ; hg. von = ed. by ....
Thanks,
Ben
Benjamin Abrahamse
Cataloging Coordinator
Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems
MIT Libraries
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