> > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Shorten, Jay > Sent: May-13-13 5:05 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: [RDA-L] Title main entry equivalent in RDA? > > I'd like someone to confirm my understanding of the rules. The AACR2 rules > for title main entry are as follows: > > AACR2 21.1C. > Entry under Title > 21.1C1. Enter a work under its title proper or, when appropriate, uniform > title (see chapter 25) if: > a) the personal authorship is unknown (see 21.5) or diffuse (see 21.6C2), and > the work does not emanate from a corporate body > or > b) it is a collection of works by different persons or bodies (see 21.7) > or > c) it emanates from a corporate body but does not fall into any of the > categories given in 21.1B2 and is not of personal authorship > or > d) it is accepted as sacred scripture by a religious group (see 21.37). > > According to the links the RDA toolkit took me to, there is no equivalent of > 21.1C1c. >
RDA 6.27 for constructing authorized access points for most works is based on identifying at least one creator. Special instructions exist for musical works, legal works, religious works and official communications, so those instructions will need to be consulted directly. Staying with the general cases in RDA 6.27, if there is no creator identified, then it's a work of uncertain or unknown origin (RDA 6.27.1.8). There may be corporate bodies identified, but if they don't fall into the list in RDA 19.2.1.1, then they are not creators responsible for the work. RDA 6.27.1.8 includes this extra instruction when responsibility for the work cannot be pinned down to any person or corporate body: "If: the person, family, or corporate body responsible for the work is unknown, or, the work originates from an unnamed group then: construct the authorized access point representing the work by using the preferred title for the work" Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
