In my mind, "any other available source" seems to cover pretty much anything you could imagine anywhere in the universe. The phrase "e.g." means "for example" and should not be read as having any exclusive intent. An email message is obviously "any other available source".
Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Northwestern University Library [email protected] (847) 491-2939 Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1978! > -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 2:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Date of publication > > Trina said: > > >I don't understand how you arrived at this conclusion. Under 2.2.4, > among > >your choices are "b) other published descriptions of the resource" and > "d) > >any other available source (e.g., a reference source)". Nothing here says > >to me that these sources must be in print. > > An e-mail to and from the author or publisher is not a "published > resource". > > While e-resources are considered "published", the paragraph you quote > seems print centric to me. > > > __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([email protected]) > {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ > ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > >> Mark, I notice you did not question my "poorly written" comment :-{)}. > >> > > > >RDA is definitely not an easy read the first few times. But it gets easier > >with use. Or perhaps this is not true for everyone. > > > >Trina > > > >Trina Pundurs > >Serials Cataloger > >Library Collection Services > >University of California, Berkeley > >[email protected] > >http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ > > > >Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1990 > > > >--001a11c23e68771baf04e5bc0933 > >Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > ><div dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 11:51 AM, J. McRee Elrod <span > dir= > >=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"; > target=3D"_blank">[email protected].= > >ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div > class=3D"gmail_= > >quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px > 0px 0.8ex;= > >border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> > >Mark asked concerning RDA:<br> > ><br> > >>How is it outdated?<br> > ><br> > >In this particular instance, by not including the Web and/or<br> > >e-correspondence with authors and publishers as sources of<br> > >information.<br> > ><br> > >We find, for example, the Web a frequent source of the location of<br> > >publishers for place of publication. =A0Internet search for the<br> > >publisher's website, and click "Contact us". =A0Often > catalog= > >uers of<br> > >DVDs do very complete complex records, but neglect that quick and > easy<br> > >step, giving a "not identified" phrase or a guessed > country.<br> > ><br> > >RDA seems to assume (as in days of yore) that we are limited to > print<br> > >sources, unless one considers Wilipedia a "reference > source".<br>= > ></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't understand how you > arrived at = > >this conclusion.=A0 Under 2.2.4, among your choices are "b) other > publ= > >ished descriptions of the resource" and "d) any other > available s= > >ource (e.g., a reference source)".=A0 Nothing here says to me that > the= > >se sources must be in print.<br> > ></div><div>=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" > style=3D"margin:0= > >px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding- > left:1ex"> > >Mark, I notice you did not question my "poorly written" > comment := > >-{)}.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>RDA is definitely not an > easy rea= > >d the first few times.=A0 But it gets easier with use.=A0 Or perhaps this > i= > >s not true for everyone.<br> > ></div><br>Trina<br><br>Trina Pundurs<br><div><div><div > dir=3D"ltr">Serials = > >Cataloger<br>Library Collection Services<br>University of California, > Berke= > >ley<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"; > target=3D"_blank">t= > >[email protected]</a><br> > ><a href=3D"http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/"; > target=3D"_blank">http://www.lib.b= > >erkeley.edu/</a><br><br></div></div>Proudly wearing the sensible > shoes sinc= > >e 1990<br><br></div></div></div></div> > > > >--001a11c23e68771baf04e5bc0933-- > >
