Seems to me that the works are related directly to each other, not just indirectly via the creator. (For example, Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place, both by Grace Metalious, are related to each other; but The Tight White Collar, also by Metalious, is not related to either.) If there is a relationship between works as works, not merely having some other relationship in common (same creator, same date of creation, same publisher, etc.), then it is reasonable to assume that relationship may be meaningful to the user, and there should be a way to identify that relationship in RDA.
Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Northwestern University Library [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (847) 491-2939 Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1978! From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Schiff Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RDA-L] How would you relate these two works? Everett, Yes, that’s my take on the two works, although the author also describes one as a companion, or spinoff, of the other, so he seems to consider them related in some complementary way. I wondered whether I needed a designator like “companion to” or “spinoff of” or something like that. The basic question is do we want to be able to refer users from one to the other, or is the same creator enough of a link? Adam From: Julian Everett Allgood<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:24 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [RDA-L] How would you relate these two works? Adam, Sara and All : Hi -- I agree with Sara as well -- two separate works loosely, or not, aimed at two separate audiences. Based on the press release, it sounds as though Cain's blood is aimed at adult readers, and Project Cain at the teen/young adult audience. <snip> "In September Simon & Schuster will publish my first two novels at the same time. The first, Cain's Blood, is a techno thriller from Touchstone Books. The second, Project Cain, is a stand-alone companion novel for teen readers from Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers. <snip> cheers, everett On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:34 PM, Trina Pundurs <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Sara and all, I'm not pouncing, I'm seconding. Trina Pundurs Serials Cataloger Library Collection Services University of California, Berkeley [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Layne, Sara <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi All, Maybe I will be pounced upon for the following thought, but I am offering it anyway. Given the statement that these are "two different novels written about the same fictional event" I am not convinced that there is any direct relationship at all *between* the two novels as two Group 1 entities. They are both about the same (fictional) event, and are both by the same author-- but those relationships are between Group 1 and Group 3 entities, and between Group 1 and Group 2 entities-- and not between two Group 1 entities. Sara Shatford Layne Recently Retired (formerly, Principal Cataloger) from UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center -- ************************* Everett Allgood Principal Serials Cataloger & Authorities Librarian New York University Libraries [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 212 998 2488
