Re: [RDA-L] Faculty in 7.9.3.3

Habilitationsschrift in 7.9.2.3. It wouldn't hurt to propose a revision to broaden that instruction to include such terms. I wouldn't like to see new specialized elements created. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library

Re: [RDA-L] Abridgements

It depends on whether the abridgement passes the tests in the if-clause in 6.27.1.5. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] Government, jurisdiction, territorial authority?

of jurisdictions such as the Yukon Territory or Northern Territory. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] Government, jurisdiction, territorial authority?

of the prime minister in filling up those offices, the holders of which are jointly with himself responsible for the administration of the country. The definition in the RDA glossary is close to 7.a in the OED. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources

Re: [RDA-L] Question about multiple authors on an OCLC record

authorized access point in the 100 plus the title in the 245. This is a change from AACR2 practice. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge

Re: [RDA-L] Corporate bodies as creators: festschrift, corporate brochure a.s.o.

enough in English for there to be a well-established plural. The online Oxford English Dictionary gives 4 possible plurals: both festschrifts and festschriften, and each either upper or lower case. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger

Re: [RDA-L] Access points vs. cross references

to the authorized access point representing an entity) and access point (A name, term, code, etc., representing a specific entity). There is no requirement that these be part of a record, much less a bibliographic record. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources

Re: [RDA-L] Punctuation question--quoted notes

and notes an alternative system, sometimes called British style. But see http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2011/may/19/mind-your-language-punctuation-quotations -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger Harvard Library--Information

Re: [RDA-L] Uniqueness of titles proper

from the fact that we are creating MARC records that essentially describe manifestations, but then we try to add a lot of information about the works and expressions therein. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger Harvard Library

Re: [RDA-L] Names found in a non-preferred script (8.4 vs. 9.2.2.5.3 and 11.2.2.12)

of variant names recorded in different scripts. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice

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

with which they were totally unfamiliar would not know if a string of letters followed by a single period at the end of an area was an abbreviation or not, but at least in this part of the world, we're not going to worry about that. -- John Hostage Senior

Re: [RDA-L] Names found in a non-preferred script (8.4 vs. 9.2.2.5.3 and 11.2.2.12)

. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access

Re: [RDA-L] Dagger symbol

But LC-PCC PS for 1.7.5 covers this explicitly. I think Dana had it right. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] Illustration terms in 7.15.1.3

. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message- From: Resource Description

Re: [RDA-L] Date given in an incomplete form

on the source of information. Supposedly there is a difference between transcribe and record, but what it is here is entirely muddy. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194

Re: [RDA-L] Names of conferences as title proper, other title information or statement of responsibility

of Bibliotheken für die Zukunft, I would probably use a statement of responsibility for the conference name. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] Main series subseries

You could have a 490 for Champs essais or Champs. Essais and give the number from the spine in a quoted note. Then you could have two 830s: one for the main series with number and one for the subseries. -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources

Re: [RDA-L] approzimately in access points

for display in other contexts, such as museums. It is common in some contexts to display dates within parentheses, but is there any context where dates would be shown as just -1932? -- John Hostage Senior Continuing Resources Cataloger Harvard Library

Re: [RDA-L] Qualifiers for Laws, etc.

LC-PCC PS for 6.29.1.32. RDA generally separates instructions for recording elements like preferred title or preferred name from those for creating an authorized access point. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library

Re: [RDA-L] English Hebrew -- English.. a taste of things to come?

So, Gary, what is the proper behavior with these records in the authority file? -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] Size of PDF files

on the screen with no garbage characters showing up. The AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG. ... www.morgancc.edu/abm/curric/reference/terms/ObsoleteCompT... -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services

Re: [RDA-L] Size of PDF files

) -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edumailto:host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax

Re: [RDA-L] Size of PDF files

, and the terms are misleading. I'm no expert, but I doubt the types are a useful categorization. A PDF file is not a text file. If you had to characterize it, you might call it a document file. John -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Use of Headings for Fictitious Characters

Just for the record, those authorities were created by Follett Library Resources (ICrlF), not LC. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA

Re: [RDA-L] Authorized Version (6.23.2.9.2)

treated under 6.2.2.9. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409

Re: [RDA-L] Relator terms in author/title added entries?

. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell Hall 194 // Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message- There is also an example

Re: [RDA-L] Relator terms in author/title added entries?

. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax

Re: [RDA-L] Relator term for as told to

was. This is an example of the kind of minutiae we get into when we try to assign relationship designators to everything. Is it worth it? -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services // Langdell

Re: [RDA-L] Periods in titles

I agree that the main instructions in RDA would have you retain the periods, but there is an alternative in 1.7.1 that allows a cataloging agency to use other guidelines. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian // Harvard Library

Re: [RDA-L] 2.3.1.6 Introductory words

the uniform title on 22008862. Sheltering in place in Watertown, Massachusetts ... -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA

[RDA-L] Place names in 370

in the northern part of the province.) Is the place established correctly according to RDA? It's complicated by the fact that the authority record seems to conflate the Shi (2nd order administrative division) with the populated place. -- John Hostage

Re: [RDA-L] avant-titres

thread. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edumailto:host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409

Re: [RDA-L] Media type for streaming video

, these categories are going to get very blurry. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax

Re: [RDA-L] Compilations

I read it to mean an analytical access point will be made only when it represents a substantial part of the resource and I would consider Festschriften to be included in the similar resources. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian

Re: [RDA-L] German cataloging rules RAK

/bsz100587984inh.htm -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax

Re: [RDA-L] question about dates in 264 fields

into play because anything that had a copyright date would have a date of pub. supplied based on that if it didn't have an actual date of pub. and no copyright date would ever need to be recorded. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard

Re: [RDA-L] Relationship codes

It seems to me that inserting commas into subfields for codes misses an important point about the nature of codes. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge

Re: [RDA-L] RDA rule interpretations

. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax

Re: [RDA-L] Title proper vs. other title information / tables as other title information

with issues of display. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617

Re: [RDA-L] Sources of information for other title information

. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message- From: Resource

Re: [RDA-L] Sources of information for other title information

as a variant title (2.3.6). There were some changes made at the JSC meeting in November that might affect this discussion. For instance, a proposal to remove Parallel title proper from 2.2.4 was accepted with revision. -- John Hostage Authorities

Re: [RDA-L] Description of symbols - in which language?

language and the cataloger doesn't know how to say proportional to or whatever the symbol might be. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] punctuation in 511 notes

. That may be a case of when you have a hammer in your hand, everything looks like a nail. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] First issue vs. latest issue

to RDA. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message

Re: [RDA-L] Additional work required by RDA

For some of the background that led to the abandonment of the GMD, see http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html#GMD -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA

Re: [RDA-L] 370 Russia, Federation ?

of these places are used to indicate the location of corporate bodies.” So the form in field 370 should be “Russia”. All of which begs the question of whether we really need separate access points for the different periods of Russian history. -- John

Re: [RDA-L] coloured illustrations

. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edumailto:host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409

[RDA-L] Capitalization

for capitalizing these terms. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edumailto:host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974

Re: [RDA-L] Capitalization

Thanks, Kevin. It does seem unnecessary. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496

Re: [RDA-L] Consistency and 370 field

. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message- Speaking of consistency, I am noticing lots

Re: [RDA-L] Authority 046 and periods of activity

spread around the world. :) -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edumailto:host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice

Re: [RDA-L] Regarding copyright dates for multivolume publications

. Meanwhile, LCPS says, It is not required to record copyright dates for multipart monographs, serials, and integrating resources. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194

Re: [RDA-L] Transcription of more than one publisher

Vintage departures is considered a series: http://lccn.loc.gov/n86714686 -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617

Re: [RDA-L] Naming works question

? -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) -Original Message- From: Resource Description

Re: [RDA-L] JSC, ISBD, and ISSN: harmonization discussions

system of descriptors. I think Italy has its own subject heading list. I'm not familiar with what other countries use. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host

Re: [RDA-L] JSC, ISBD, and ISSN: harmonization discussions

languages of cataloging is also available on that page. Russia uses the ISBD for cataloging, but not the new area 0. Italy's new cataloging code REICAT was based on the ISBD, but does not include area 0. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity

Re: [RDA-L] JSC, ISBD, and ISSN: harmonization discussions

Ed, I'm sorry, we didn't get into that question. The group is planning an international survey to find out who uses the ISBD, so I'll suggest that they include that question in the survey. John -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity

Re: [RDA-L] Christianity-centric terminology in RDA

The JSC decided to defer this issue at its April 2008 meeting. (http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5m216-265.pdf p. 52) I believe they felt that CE/BCE were not in widespread-enough use to justify a change. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity

Re: [RDA-L] Fwd: [RDA-L] Undifferentiated personal names: call for community discussion

persons were really one, or where what we thought was one person was really more than one with the same name. It will be less of a mess to untangle if we don't make artificial additions to all the names. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity

Re: [RDA-L] Undifferentiated personal names

I wonder about duplication of information that is in the bib records. Isn't that where the relationship between the person and the work would go, assuming we don't have separate work records for everything? -- John Hostage Authorities and Database

[RDA-L] Profession or occupation

that it's a different person and will establish an AACR2 heading as 'Sharma, S. K., Major' but it looks like there will be an unavoidable conflict when/if it is converted to RDA. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall

Re: [RDA-L] RDA question about dates

for display, as in the German authority file, e.g. http://d-nb.info/gnd/119545373/about/html -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974

Re: [RDA-L] Offlist reactions to the LC Bibliographic Framework statement

to record the relationship (e.g., creator) is considered sufficient for the purposes of the agency creating the data, do not use a relationship designator to indicate the specific nature of the relationship. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity

Re: [RDA-L] RDA appendix J relationship designations

designators. It would be nice if J.1 made that clear. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edumailto:host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1

[RDA-L] International views of RDA

For those interested in how RDA is viewed in other countries that may adopt it, go to http://www.slainte.org.uk/eurig/documents.htm Especially the first document under the heading 'RDA in France' makes interesting reading. -- John Hostage Authorities

Re: [RDA-L] Latin, the dead language

of such transformations. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/ -Original

Re: [RDA-L] RDA MARC coding question

not. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/

Re: [RDA-L] Cataloging playaways

Apparently ONIX now calls it a pre-recorded digital audio player according to the latest list at http://www.editeur.org/14/Code-Lists/ Click on Code Lists Issue 13. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall Harvard Law

Re: [RDA-L] Conference names : use of annual, etc.

were a minor change, such as when an Annual report becomes a Biennial report and then just Report, etc. However, I'm sure there must have been cases where a change or addition of a frequency word indicated a different serial. -- John Hostage Authorities

Re: [RDA-L] Conference names : use of annual, etc.

Of course, in all those examples the frequency word is used as a noun and not an adjective, so it couldn't be omitted. The rule could have been revised to omit adjectival frequency words. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian

Re: [RDA-L] Fwd: References from one chapter to another in RDA

, than with redundant access points on the bib records. We could also consider whether these constructed access points for officials make any sense to anyone but catalogers. -- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall

Re: [RDA-L] p

It will be spelled out as phonogram if the sound recording copyright symbol is not available (RDA 2.11.1.3). It never meant pressing. --- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall

Re: [RDA-L] Treaties vs. Protocols

the original agreement. This element is not listed in the RDA to MARC mappings, but presumably it will continue to go in X10 $k or 240 $k as the case may be. --- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian

Re: [RDA-L] 300 Punctuation

, and it certainly doesn't need to be carried in the data, i.e., in the MARC field (except for the limitations of MARC and our systems). --- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall

Re: [RDA-L] 300 Punctuation

in Desc. --- John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Langdell Hall host...@law.harvard.edu Harvard Law School Library+(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617

Re: [RDA-L] Recording Extent, Other Physical Characteristics, and Dimensions for incomplete serials

. --- John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall host...@law.harvard.edu Harvard Law School Library+(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library

Re: [RDA-L] RDA and ONIX

. --- John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall host...@law.harvard.edu Harvard Law School Library+(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http

Re: [RDA-L] URL or URI (was RE: Urls in access fields)

You might find this helpful: http://www.loc.gov/standards/uri/ Follow the link for About URIs --- John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall host...@law.harvard.edu Harvard

Re: [RDA-L] Utility of FRBR/WEMI/RDA

says in 3.2.1 that the boundaries of the work entity are culturally determined and could vary in different communities. --- John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall host

[RDA-L] Statement of International Cataloguing Principles available

Apologies for cross-posting. The final version of the Statement of International Cataloguing Principles has been published on IFLANET: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/icp/ It is available in English and several other languages. More translations are in preparation. John Hostage Information

Re: Bibliographic identities (was Variant access points?)

the "base heading" may be used as a subject in LCSH subject assignment. -- ___ John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harvard Law School Library+(1)(617) 495-39

Re: Future of authority control?

way to output. Apparently Mao, Zedung and Twain, Mark are both 'standard', but so are 'Mao Zedung' and 'Mark Twain'. Hmm. -- ___ John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harvard Law

Future of authority control?

the confines of the MARC format. -- ___ John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harvard Law School Library+(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax

Re: Mutually exclusive motivations

? LibraryThing has long employed the concept of work, in a way similar to the FRBR concept, though maybe not identical. Their only other level is book, which is roughly equivalent to manifestation. -- ___ John Hostage Authorities

Open Library

meeting. -- ___ John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harvard Law School Library+(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http

Re: question on recording primary resource

RDA 6.7, it seems that RDA would mandate recording the relationship between the Epilogue and the main resource. I'm wondering if others agree that RDA currently compels this and if you think that is a desirable result? -- ___ John Hostage

Re: Resolving the citation dilemma

. One benefit of links is the potential to allow linked materials to be clearly identified and displayed differently than notes, in ways that could be better integrated into user displays. -- ___ John Hostage Authorities

Re: Draft of RDA part A, chapters 6-7

eccentric rules. John Hostage Harvard Law School Library Renette Davis wrote: At 10:26 PM 6/20/2006, Mac Elrod wrote: 6.2.1.2.1b.1 has in examples The Dreamers, and The Keepers. I don't recall a return to capitalizing first word after an initial article in earlier chapters

Re: Comments on RDA Chapter 2

, no. 12 (-Dec. 1995) which is not the same as our current rules and not desirable. (Notice the additional hyphen in the parentheses.) -- ___ John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Parallel title and other RDA terminology

know when to make a note and when to just record the title? And shouldn't such notes be covered by 2.3.8? It would be simpler if the source of the parallel title were the same as the title proper, as in AACR2. -- ___ John Hostage