If you are following the instructions under 19.2.1.1.1 to determine that the
publisher is also the creator, and the publisher name comes from the resource
itself in accordance with 19.1.1, I don't believe that you need square brackets.
Steve McDonald
steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu
From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
[mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Crum, Cathy (KDLA)
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:20 AM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: [RDA-L] Use of brackets in RDA records
Hi all,
I have a question concerning the use of brackets and supplied information in
RDA records. I know that according to RDA 2.2.4, if you take information from
outside the resource, you can enclose that information in square brackets, but
what if the information is on the resource but is used for another RDA element?
We catalog numerous publications from state government agencies in which we
only have a statement of responsibility in the imprint area, but not
publication information. In these cases, we might use the statement of
responsibility to supply the publication information if we judge that the
agency could also be considered the publisher of the resource. Would we
bracket this information in the 264 because it is supplied even though it does
not come from outside the resource?
I know that this is similar to the situation of using of the copyright date to
supply the publication date, but I would still like to hear thoughts on this
topic.
Thanks,
Cathy
Cathy Crum
Cataloging Supervisor
State Library Services
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
(502) 564-8300, ext. 227
cathy.c...@ky.gov<mailto:cathy.c...@ky.gov>
