Re: [RDA-L] Punctuation at end of 250 field

2013-09-30 Thread Arakawa, Steven
[asch...@u.washington.edu] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 7:55 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Punctuation at end of 250 field Hi all, I've got a question regarding ending punctuation in the 250 field. RDA D.1.2.1 indicates that in ISBD display, an full stop would be added

Re: [RDA-L] Punctuation at end of 250 field

2013-09-30 Thread John Hostage
By way of background, the double punctuation was made a part of the ISBD a few years ago in order to accommodate systems that automatically supply prescribed punctuation between areas of description. It was felt that it easier to do this than expect an algorithm to examine the field and decide

Re: [RDA-L] Punctuation at end of 250 field

2013-09-29 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Adam asked: Am I correct in my thinking that the implication of this policy statement is that if an edition statement ends in an abbreviation, a second period would NOT be added? I certainly hope you are correct. We will not add that second period to 250, and will delete it if present,

[RDA-L] Punctuation at end of 250 field

2013-09-28 Thread Adam L. Schiff
Hi all, I've got a question regarding ending punctuation in the 250 field. RDA D.1.2.1 indicates that in ISBD display, an full stop would be added after an edition statement, even if the statement ends in an abbreviation: 3rd ed.. -- not 3rd ed. -- LC-PCC Policy Statement for 1.7.1 says: If