This is decidedly NOT a case of reprint or reproduction. It is a new manifestation with a new typographical layout.
My understanding of reprints are that they use the same production plates (to use mechanical printing terminology) as the original, although by an agency or in a different context than the original (which would make them just another print run). Meanwhile, reproductions are based on an existing item of the manifestation. Both are derivative manifestations, with one drawn from the manifestation source, and the other from a manifestation exemplar. How one wishes to arrange them hierarchically is a matter I'd rather not delve into. The case in hand clearly represents a relationship, but how to render it is debatable. I think the best equivalent, without looking at Appendix J, would be to draw from the techniques used to describe the related manifestations of a sound recording, when they undergo a format change. John Myers, Catalog Librarian Schaffer Library, Union College Schenectady NY 12308 518-388-6623 mye...@union.edu On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Adam L. Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu>wrote: > In RDA Appendix J "reprinted as" and "reprint of (manifestation)" are > listed hierarchically under "reproduced as" and "reproduction of > (manifestation)". I have a 2010 large print edition of a book originally > published in 2003. The manifestation in hand says "This optimized > ReadHowYouWant edition contains the complete, unabridged text of the > original publisher's edition. Other aspects of the book may vary from the > original edition." > > I was considering including a 775 field in the RDA record for the large > print with the relationship designator "reprint of (manifestation)" and a > description of the 2003 edition. However large print editions are not > reproductions, so the placement of "reprinted as (manifestation)" > hierarchically under "reproduction of (manifestation)" seems suspect to me. > > Reprints are clearly equivalent manifestations, but not necessarily > reproductions. Shouldn't "reprinted as" and "reprint of (manifestation)" > be taken out of the reproduction hierarchies in Appendix J? >
