________________________________________ From: J. McRee Elrod [m...@slc.bc.ca] Sent: May-10-11 12:36 PM To: Brenndorfer, Thomas Cc: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Apocrypha
>Thomas said: >>It would make sense then for religious works to follow the same pattern, which >>would mean the Preferred Title for Genesis could be >>"Genesis" instead of "Bible. Genesis" >Very true. How nice to agree with Thomas for a change. It is >Christian bias which has "Bible. Genesis" as opposed to "Torah. >Genesis". Genesis was in the Torah centuries before it entered the >Christian Bible. Just "Genesis" is a faith neutral compromise. In this case, I'm looking at "Genesis" as the value for the Preferred Title element. That doesn't preclude constructing authorized access points like "Bible. Genesis". Parts of the works generally have the part standing alone as the element for the Preferred Title in RDA. Authorized access points for parts of works, on the other hand, are often constructed by combining with other authorized access points (such as for persons, corporate bodies, works): Example: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Two towers [RDA 6.27.2.2] Or elements can be added as qualifiers, as in the case of this variant authorized access point: Example: John (Book of the Bible) [RDA 6.30.5.2] In this case, the added element is called Other Distinguishing Characteristic of the Work. This element can also be recorded separately in MARC authority field 381-- Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression (http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ad381.html). So one could have the RDA elements arranged like this: Preferred Title for the Work: Genesis Other Distinguishing Characteristic of the Work: Book of the Bible While the authorized and variant access points could remain the same as in RDA now: Authorized Access Point: Bible. Genesis Variant Access Point: Genesis (Book of the Bible) In the case of "Bible. Apocrypha. Tobit", one change would be to change the authorized access point to: "Bible. Tobit" A different change would be to not use this entire long string as the Preferred Title, but to just use "Tobit" as the Preferred Title, and to construct authorized and variant access points out of it as needed. For those using future databases that don't rely on authorized access points, this would eliminate some confusion in having the value for elements carry embedded authorized access points for larger works, which is inconsistent with how titles of parts of works are treated throughout much of the rest of RDA. For example, "Law, etc." and "Treaties, etc." are Preferred Titles in RDA, even though they never appear alone in authorized access points. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
