AS Bob Maxwell just stated, per RDA (and AACR2, of course) if you are cataloging the proceedings of a named conference, the conference itself gets a "creator"-type access point (aka "Main Entry"). So the relationship "author" would technically work.
However I hope that some day they come up with a better relationship term than that, as it is not very intuitive and I doubt a user would ever think of a conference as the "author" of a work. --Ben Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Lee, Deborah Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 1:02 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: [RDA-L] Relationship designator for a conference Hello, I am struggling to think of the appropriate relationship designator to describe the relationship that the conference has to the book "based on" that conference. I wondered if anyone had any ideas? (I have considered "issuing body", as this is what we have used for works which have emanated from a (non-event-based) corporate body. However, I cannot reconcile how an event can "issue" something!) I am probably missing something extremely obvious, so if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts I would be extremely grateful. Best wishes, Debbie Deborah Lee Senior cataloguer Book Library Courtauld Institute of Art Somerset House Strand London WC2R 0RN Telephone: 020 7848 2905 Email: deborah....@courtauld.ac.uk<mailto:deborah....@courtauld.ac.uk> Now on at The Courtauld Gallery: Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 14 February - 27 May 2013 The Courtauld Institute of Art is a company limited by guarantee (registered in England and Wales, number 04464432) and an exempt charity. SCT Enterprises Limited is a limited company (registered in England and Wales, number 3137515). Their registered offices are at Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN. The sale of items related to The Courtauld Gallery and its collections is managed by SCT Enterprises Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Courtauld Institute of Art. This e-mail, including any attachments, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any unauthorised dissemination or copying of this e-mail or its attachments and any reliance on or use or disclosure of any information contained in them is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify us by return of e-mail [or by telephone +44 (0) 20 7848 1273] and then delete it from your system. ________________________________ This email message has been delivered safely and archived online by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com ________________________________
