Re: [RDA-L] Prize winners in authority records

2013-10-29 Thread Moore, Richard
Adam It always struck me as odd that 3XX fields were added to MARC 21 because of RDA, but not named to correspond to the RDA elements they map to. Maybe it was thought that codes other than RDA might want to use them. 368 was extended to cover persons as well as corporate bodies, in

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

2013-10-29 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
John, Isn't a festschrift by definition a compilation of of works by different persons, families, or corporate bodies? As such it would fall under RDA 6.27.1.4 and the authorized access point would be the preferred title of the compilation, so no corporate main entry. Yes, but isn't that

Re: [RDA-L] Corporate body main entry

2013-10-29 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
28.10.2013 20:02, J. McRee Elrod: OTOH, this sort of issue may have long since become a non-issue when it comes to searching. The main entry idea is obsolete ... The main entry concept is not obsolete (despite the name change) so long as we are Cuttering, creating subject and added entries

Re: [RDA-L] Hybridized AACR2 records with RDA language expression tracings (?)

2013-10-29 Thread MAURER, MARGARET
This tipping point is interesting. I think having the language in two fields has value. But it impacts productivity to fully transcribe. Margaret Maurer Editor, TechKNOW | Head, Catalog Metadata | Associate Professor Kent State University Libraries | 370 Library, P.O. Box 5190 |

[RDA-L] relationship designator

2013-10-29 Thread Baumgarten, Richard, JCL
I am cataloging a book where one author is writing in the style of a deceased author. The authority record says that the deceased author should be included as an added entry. Would the proper relationship designator for this author be author, creator, or something else entirely? Richard

Re: [RDA-L] relationship designator

2013-10-29 Thread Kevin M Randall
I believe that it would be entirely inappropriate to use any RDA I.2.1 relationship designator for the deceased author. I suppose it would be possible to make a case for having the author be an other person ... associated with a work (RDA I.2.2), but there don't seem to be any specific

Re: [RDA-L] Corporate body main entry

2013-10-29 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Bernhard said: But Cutter is not of any genuine concern to cataloging rules. No, but the effect on Cuttering should be, as should be display. The A of RDA is not addressed at all by RDA, The effect on access should be the prime concern in writing, interpreting, and applying rules. For the

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

2013-10-29 Thread J. McRee Elrod
I asked Michael Gorman what I should add to the MRIs concerning using the main entry of an earlier edition as the main entry of a later edition, with a different order of authors in the statement of responsibility. He responded in part: Not sure how to respond. It's a small point but it

[RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Lynne LaBare, Senior Librarian/Cataloger
Colleagues, Would you please inform me what the appropriate relationship designator would be for the following based on the 245 field below? 245 10 |a Natural History Museum book of animal records : b thousands of amazing facts

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Lynne LaBare asked : 245 10 |a Natural History Museum book of animal records : ?b thousands of amazing facts and unbelievable feats / |c Mark Carwardine. 710 2 |a Natural History Museum (London, England), |e issuing body (?) Yes, if the Museum is 264 1 $b. __ __ J. McRee (Mac)

Re: [RDA-L] relationship designator

2013-10-29 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Kevin said: .. there don't seem to be any specific designators that fit the situation. No finite list can reflect the infinite relationship possibilities. In some situations there is no useful term, or we shoehorn an entity into an ill fitting one, e.g., host institution for an art gallery

Re: [RDA-L] relationship designator

2013-10-29 Thread Benjamin A Abrahamse
I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, but just to sound off my agreement with Mac's statement, No finite list can reflect the infinite relationship possibilities and wondering yet again why there aren't more generic RDA relators like contributor. For example, I'm cataloging a work with the

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

2013-10-29 Thread Arakawa, Steven
Isn't the decision based on whether the manifestation in hand represents a revised edition of the original work or a new work in itself? If it's simply a revision, changing the creator/work relationship seems problematic. If the changes have resulted in a new work, then a new creator/work

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

2013-10-29 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
Mac, Hedrun said: Corporate bodies are considered to be the originator if A) they have prepared the work or B) they have initiated and edited the work What about prepared by Alpha Consulting for Beta Society? Often societies, government offices, and other corporate bodies, commission a

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Lynne LaBare, Senior Librarian/Cataloger
J. McRee Elrod wrote: Yes, if the Museum is 264 1 $b. The 264 field appears as: 264 1 |a Buffalo, N.Y. :|b Firefly Books, |c 2013. In this case, do I simply add the corporate name heading (access point)

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Kevin M Randall
It seems that copyright holder is a legal relationship with very little bibliographic significance. Moreover, it's a relationship that is potentially volatile and has the possibility of being out of date soon after the statement's appearance. The relationship between the resource and the

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Gary L Strawn
Has anyone mentioned the 542 field? Gary L. Strawn, Authorities Librarian, etc. Twitter: GaryLStrawn Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208-2300 e-mail: mrsm...@northwestern.edu voice: 847/491-2788 fax: 847/491-8306 Forsan et haec olim meminisse

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Lynne asked: In this case, do I simply add the corporate name heading (access point) without any relationship designator even though the Natural History Museum holds the copyright ... Kevin advises no relationship designator if none applies, Another poster has advised that if no exact term

[RDA-L] RDA rule equivalence AACR rule 21.23C1

2013-10-29 Thread Don Charuk
If I understand correctly there is no RDA rule that is equivalent to AACR's 21.23C1 If a sound recording containing works by different persons or bodies has a collective title, enter it under the heading for the person or body represented as principal performer So if I had a recording by a pop

Re: [RDA-L] RDA rule equivalence AACR rule 21.23C1

2013-10-29 Thread McDonald, Stephen
I believe the relevant instructions are at RDA 6.28.1.5. Steve McDonald steve.mcdon...@tufts.edu -Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Wagstaff, D John
Can anyone point me to an inappropriate relationship designator? That sounds a lot more fun... (Sorry, but I couldn't resist.) John John Wagstaff Head, Music Performing Arts Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1114 W. Nevada Street Urbana IL61801 Tel. 217-244-4070 e-mail:

Re: [RDA-L] RDA rule equivalence AACR rule 21.23C1

2013-10-29 Thread McDonald, Stephen
I should expand on that, I guess. 6.28.1.5 indicates, among other things, that a performance of a musical work involving substantial creative responsibility for adaptation, improvisation, etc., on the part of the performer or performers counts as an adaptation, and the authorized access point

Re: [RDA-L] relationship designator

2013-10-29 Thread M. E.
Benjamin A Abrahamse babra...@mit.edu wrote: I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, but just to sound off my agreement with Mac's statement, No finite list can reflect the infinite relationship possibilities and wondering yet again why there aren't more generic RDA relators like contributor.

[RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Lynne LaBare, Senior Librarian/Cataloger
J. McRee (Mac) Elrod wrote: Kevin advises no relationship designator if none applies, Another poster has advised that if no exact term works, use the larger category. even if not the the lists. (The MRIs add those categories to its list.) In this case you might consider $ecreator.

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread M. E.
Lynne LaBare, Senior Librarian/Cataloger lyn...@provolibrary.com wrote: Is it correct to state that I can use contributor (20.2.1.3) or creator (I.2.1) when a *specific* MRI for an entity does not exist that reflects the entity's relationship to the bibliographical content of the work? If

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Adam L. Schiff
Lynne, If there isn't a good match, just don't record a relationship designator. Or if you can determine that a new designator is needed and what that would be, submit one for the JSC to consider (via the web form on the PCC website if you are a PCC library, or to the Cataloging Committee:

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Adam L. Schiff
If there is no appropriate term in RDA, you certainly may use a controlled term from another list. The problem in MARC is that we cannot specify what controlled list these terms come from. Adam Schiff On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Lynne LaBare, Senior Librarian/Cataloger wrote: Date: Tue, 29 Oct

Re: [RDA-L] Appropriate Relationship Designator

2013-10-29 Thread Adam L. Schiff
That would be a naughty designator rather than an inappropriate one! It's way before Friday for humor, isn't it? ;0) On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Kevin M Randall wrote: Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:29:48 + From: Kevin M Randall k...@northwestern.edu Reply-To: Resource Description and Access /