Good morning,
I'm hoping for some guidance on how to handle
edition information that's included in an access
point. Specifically, although RDA contains plenty
on edition statements, it never addresses whether
an edition in an access point is included with or
without parentheses. For example, in A2 you would have the following:
1001 $a Jacobus, Charles J. $t Real estate.
$Spanish. $s 10th ed. In RDA, would it be $s 10th
edition or $s (10th edition). Obviously, if the
book had 10th ed., it would remain that way in the access point.
RDA 6.27.3 shows that "versions" go into
parentheses e.g. Langland, William, 1330?1400?
Piers Plowman (C-text). . The MARC record
reflects C-text in parentheses in $s. And
E.1.2.5, Access Points Representing Works and
Expressions, indicates "Enclose a word, phrase,
date, or other designation used for conflict
resolution in parentheses." Does edition fall
into this category? I got the sense from 2.5 that
edition is a manifestation attribute.
This may seems relatively minor, but we are
trying to establish a consistent practice.
Thanks in advance.
Amy Graham
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Amy Wissoker Graham
Library Technologies, Inc.
www.authoritycontrol.com
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