[RDA-L] academic degrees in authorized access points

2013-10-24 Thread Watters, Tim (MDE)
When I do this search in the OCLC authority file: dx:rda and pn:ph.d. A few of the results include an academic degree in the 100 $c I did not find any instruction in RDA 9.19.1 to add academic degrees to the authorized access point. It seems like it would make more sense to add the profession or

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Watters, Tim (MDE)
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 J. McRee Elrod posted: We do not create records as an end in themselves for bibliographic utilities or catalogues, but as a service to patrons in identifying what they seek. Similarly, identifying abridged vs unabridged audio books is an attribute patrons strongly

[RDA-L] Place names in 370

2013-04-10 Thread Watters, Tim (MDE)
Kevin is absolutely correct. Library users inform me that geographic qualifiers for some corporate bodies are incorrect because I omitted a critical part of the name when I created the AAP. For example, a few patrons have pointed out that a particular cemetery is NOT in the city of Saint