A decision was made some time ago, and is written in OCLC's Bib Formats and Standards.
3.1 Electronic theses and dissertations that are remotely accessible via the Web should be treated as published items and cataloged as original electronic publications, as explained in AACR2 9.4B2. Sevim McCutcheon Catalog Librarian, Asst. Prof. Kent State University Libraries 330-672-1703 lmccu...@kent.edu -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Laurence Creider Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 6:32 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] "a" rather than "t" for ETD I think that you indicate a very interesting problem. US dissertations have been considered unpublished since universities stopped issuing them with a dissertation note. On-demand microfilms or photocopies are still considered unpublished. On the other hand, most people would consider a document's being available on the web to mean that the document has been published. Catalogers probably need to make a communal decision on this. In the meantime, get used to some inconsistency. FWIW, I reluctantly conclude that making the thesis/dissertation available through an institutional repository or via ProQuest probably constitutes publication. It is very hard to think this way, however. Part of the difficulty is that dissertations and theses do not get the editorial attention that even technical reports generally get. Part of the problem is that considering the etd to be published means that the poor author will have a much harder time getting the work accepted and credited as a "book" for promotion and tenure. >From my perspective, the decision is not as clear-cut as one would like. -- Laurence S. Creider Interim Head, Archives and Special Collections Dept. New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003 Work: 575-646-4756 Fax: 575-646-7477 lcrei...@lib.nmsu.edu On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, Joan Milligan wrote: > Could someone confirm for me that the example for an online > dissertation has an error: > http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/SCT%20RDA%20 > Recor ds%20TG/index.html Record 5, Holzapfel, "Structural Analysis of > Active Site Conformations..." > I believe the "Type" should be "a" not "t," because a dissertation is > considered published when it appears online. > > Thank you, > Joan > > -- > Joan MilliganCatalog and Metadata Specialist University of Dayton > Libraries > 300 College Park > Dayton, Ohio 45469-1360937-229-4075 > jmillig...@udayton.edu > > [dayton_logo_120x80.jpg] >
