Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French
In a private response, someone said to put the summary in quotation marks.
You could put it in quotes, followed by dash and the library in 040$a. You
are quoting the library which created the record.
Yes, if you can read the summary then you can read the book, and vice versa.
Vice versa if more relevant I think.
I would not remove data which might be helpful to some patrons. Rules
are supposed to help us, not limit us in serving patrons. Rules were
made for us, not us for the rules.
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Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French
Ian Fairclough ifairclough43...@yahoo.com wrote: In hand: a book in French, cataloged using the English language. Except for the summary, which is in French, and was likely lifted from another source. I see nothing under 7.10 Summarization of the Content to comment on the advisability of including a summary that is in another language than that of the cataloging agency, nor in the LC-PCC PS. RDA 5.4, last paragraph: Record the descriptive attributes of a work or expression covered in chapter 7 in a language and script preferred by the agency creating the data. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex http://www.minitex.umn.edu/
Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French
Ian Fairclough ifairclough43...@yahoo.commailto:ifairclough43...@yahoo.com wrote: I see nothing under 7.10 Summarization of the Content to comment on the advisability of including a summary that is in another language than that of the cataloging agency, nor in the LC-PCC PS. Mark K. Ehlert responded: RDA 5.4, last paragraph: Record the descriptive attributes of a work or expression covered in chapter 7 in a language and script preferred by the agency creating the data. On the other hand, you'll have to admit it would be a courtesy to potential readers of the item to include a summary in the language of the item-it would certainly be a discourtesy to delete it if someone has contributed it. I know many of our patrons are less than fluent in speaking or reading English, even though they can figure out how to use the catalog. I generally try to include bilingual summaries where possible, i.e. in languages I can handle. I've also seen some real howlers generate by Google Translate or Babelfish that were clearly not vetted by a native speaker-now that's a discourtesy. Misha Schutt Lead Cataloger Burbank (Calif.) Public Library (818) 238-5570 msch...@burbankca.gov www.burbanklibrary.com
Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French
Thanks for the citation, Mark. I sometimes provide a summary in Spanish, Russian, or Polish for resources in those collections, reasoning as Misha does that mostly native speakers of those languages will be looking for those materials. (Usually cribbed from a book cover or publisher's website, I should add, rather than totally homemade.) I think RDA 5.4 is non-prescriptive enough to be read as allowing this. We should be aware that LC and PCC practice as set forth in the LC-PCC PS for 5.4 prescribes English. Even so, I see no reason not to provide parallel summaries when the information is readily available. On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:09 PM, M. E. m.k.e.m...@gmail.com wrote: Ian Fairclough ifairclough43...@yahoo.com wrote: In hand: a book in French, cataloged using the English language. Except for the summary, which is in French, and was likely lifted from another source. I see nothing under 7.10 Summarization of the Content to comment on the advisability of including a summary that is in another language than that of the cataloging agency, nor in the LC-PCC PS. RDA 5.4, last paragraph: Record the descriptive attributes of a work or expression covered in chapter 7 in a language and script preferred by the agency creating the data. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex http://www.minitex.umn.edu/ -- Richard A. Stewart Cataloging Supervisor Indian Trails Library District 355 Schoenbeck Road Wheeling, Illinois 60090-4499 USA Tel: 847-279-2214 Fax: 847-459-4760 rstew...@indiantrailslibrary.org http://www.indiantrailslibrary.org/
