In RDA there is no home country rule to follow. Either record just the first place, or record all of the places. Any other practice would lead us back to records that aren’t completely compatible or shareable internationally, because agencies in different countries would not produce the same thing and might need to edit these elements. The beauty of RDA here is that everyone gets a result that can be shared without need for editing. I believe Library of Congress is only recording the first place as a matter of course, but that catalogers are free to go beyond the minimum and record all.
Example: On title page: London – Buffalo – Toronto In AACR2, British, U.S., and Canadian libraries would record the place of publication in three different ways. This is problematic especially in a shared database with a master record, like OCLC. In RDA, all of them would record either London or London ; Buffalo ; Toronto. I have generally been opting to record all of the places. Adam Schiff University of Washington Libraries From: Seth Huber Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:12 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Home country rule Hi all, Does anyone have any best practices with the home country rule from AACR2, which has not carried over into RDA? I have seen it both ways in records from various sources; some people follow the RDA rule of only giving the first named, and others follow AACR2 rules. What are others doing with this? Thanks, Seth Seth Huber University Library Specialist/090 Cataloger Western Carolina University
