Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-18 Thread M. E.
Gene Fieg gf...@cst.edu wrote: Heidrun, as to the why, I have no idea. Perhaps, it had to do with way computers read letters only, and by putting a space between them, it could read better. It might even go further back than that, to card filing rules--at least for the spacing in headings.

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-18 Thread Benjamin A Abrahamse
: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of M. E. Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 3:11 AM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons Gene Fieg gf...@cst.edumailto:gf...@cst.edu wrote

[RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-17 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
I am puzzled by the treatment of initials in names of persons under RDA. According to AACR2, I believe there was never a space between two or more initials, regardless whether the initials appeared in the bibliographic description (e.g. in the statement of responsibility) or in a heading or

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-17 Thread Gene Fieg
As I understand it, and I could be wrong here. In the description of the item in hand, there are no spaces between initials, but in the authority record there are. This has been the common practice at least since AACR2 and I think it is in the NACO manual. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:01 AM,

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-17 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
Thanks, Gene. I hadn't realized spaces between initials have already been common practice in authority records for such a long time (oh dear, still so many things I don't know about Anglo-American cataloguing...). But why are the two cases treated differently, in the first place? I know that

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-17 Thread Charles Croissant
Practice under RDA has not changed from what it was under AACR2: in the descriptive portion of the record, e.g. statements of responsibility, notes, and the like, initials with full stops are recorded without intervening spaces, for example: by S.J. Perelman. The RDA instruction that continues

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-17 Thread Gene Fieg
Heidrun, as to the why, I have no idea. Perhaps, it had to do with way computers read letters only, and by putting a space between them, it could read better. For instance, at least under AACR2/LCRI, Ph.D is treated as though it were two words; therefore, we transcribe it as Ph. D. On Wed, Apr

Re: [RDA-L] Initials in names of persons

2013-04-17 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
Charles, Thank you, that was very helpful indeed. But I wonder: Was it never discussed whether it might be a good idea to change the practice for transcription, in order to align it with the practice for access points? There would be three advantages: #1: consistent display in catalogs #2: