Mark said: >,,,describe WEMI as levels of information about the thing being >cataloged: for the book in hand, the work is the idea conveyed by the >uniform (preferred) title or name-title heading; the expression >describes in broad and narrow strokes the content, the language, the >mode of communication of that idea (text, English, any included index >and bibliography); the manifestation is the description of the carrier >and other aspects of that particular edition (x number of pages, >includes this series statement and that statement of responsibility); >and the item points to information particular to the piece in hand >(missing pages, signature by the author).
Excellent!! But as long as we are in MARC creating records for editions, largely irrelevant to our daily work, apart from navigating RDA if/when some must. Mac
