Re: [RDA-L] Relator codes (was: Statement of responsibility ...)

2013-02-07 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Rita Lifton asked: Referring to the statement that many libraries are planning to strip off $4 and/or $e ..., are you saying that the subfields would be ?entered in cataloging and then suppressed? Just wanted to understand. When SLC begins RDA cataloguing (when a majority of derived records are

Re: [RDA-L] Relator codes (was: Statement of responsibility ...)

2013-02-07 Thread Gene Fieg
A question I asked myself this morning about these relater codes. If a patron, enters a personal name and is given the name, plus, author, editor, compiler, etc. options, I wonder if the patron will say to him/herself, Geez, was he the author, or was he just the compiler. Gee, maybe I should go