Re: Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread John Hostage
John Radencich wrote: 2.4.3.3 - Editor of serials To be honest I've always hated this stuff. Editors change so often, their roles vary from publication to publication, sometimes there are so many editors for one publication you don't know who is doing what (even when the publication says wh

Re: Adam's response to Renette's response to John's Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread Renette Davis
Just one comment on Adam's response to my response to John's response, etc. Renette At 01:51 PM 1/10/2006, Adam Schiff wrote: RD - I don't think the users have a clue that when we say "Began with: Vol. 1, no. 6" it means we did not have the first piece in hand. However, I'm pretty sure the

Re: [CRCC-RDA] Re: John's Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread John Radencich
I have a few comments to add to this, knowing that it could be confusing who's talking about what, since this is John's comments on Renette's comments on John's comments. Comments are below, preceded by jrr. (I didn't comment on everything.) John Renette Davis wrote: I am adding some com

Re: Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread Kristin Lindlan
While I agree with John and others that editors are not usually important for serials, there are many literary periodicals for which the editor is a key piece of information. For example, Jean-Paul Sartre was editor of one or two periodicals that I'm aware of -- in such cases, I would certainly

Re: [CRCC-RDA] Re: John's Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread Renette Davis
One more comment on John's comments on my comments on his comments. At 01:04 PM 1/10/2006, John Radencich wrote: 2.6.1.3 - Recording numeric and/or alphabetic designations John's original comment Regarding what Renette Davis said about all these statements go with the "began with

Re: [CRCC-RDA] Re: John's Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread Adam Schiff
2.2.1 - Preferred source of information I didn't find anything here that specifically mentions electronic journals other than the assumption they would fall into 2.2.1.4 (other resources). If they go here, then the only possible source mentioned is "home page of an HTML web site." Accordin

Recording serial dates of title variations and publication

2006-01-10 Thread J. McRee Elrod
John Radencich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2.3.5.1 - Fefinition (for earlier/later title) >"Vols. for 1996- have title: [etc.]." If all you have is 1996, wouldn't that be 246 1 $iVariant title for $f<1966>$a ... Vols for 1965 and/or 1967 may or may not have that form. We do need those ang

Re: John's Comments on RDA Chapter 2

2006-01-10 Thread Renette Davis
I am adding some comments below with RD beside them. Renette At 02:17 PM 1/9/2006, John Radencich wrote: 2.2.1 - Preferred source of information I didn't find anything here that specifically mentions electronic journals other than the assumption they would fall into 2.2.1.4 (other res

New comment on 2.1.1.1

2006-01-10 Thread Charles Croissant
Like several others on this list, I stumbled over the use of the phrase "not sequentially numbered in paragraphs ii) and iii) of 2.1.1.1. Marg Stewart's email of 1/6/2006 (appended below) would appear to confirm that this phrase is intended to cover the situation where the numbered volumes of a

Re: [CRCC-RDA] New comments on 2.0-2.3

2006-01-10 Thread John Radencich
I have to agree with Steve, in that the rule specifically states _"meaning of the title"_ as opposed to content, which is a totally different thing. If you want you can try to have the wording of the rules changed so that they specifically refer to content rather than title, though I suspect som