If a statement of responsibility is not available on the source for the title
proper, the statement of responsibility for the title proper can be taken from
anywhere in the resource [2.4.2.2]. If the SoR is not anywhere in the resource,
the 2.2.4 rule requires a note. While only the first SoR is core, cataloger
judgment would generally transcribe any SoR that wasn't the first if an added
entry were made for a name not transcribed in the first SoR. Recourse to a note
as in AACR2 is not emphasized because RDA provides wider latitude for the
source of the SoR perhaps. This recognizes that many brief displays do not
display 5xx, so preference for the SoR rather than a note. Taking the SoR from
anywhere in the resource when not on the same source as the title proper might
be the part that conflicts with the user's ability to identify, insofar as that
information would not be bracketed. But I suspect that "identification" for the
user would be served adequately by a citation that included the title proper
and the relevant entities responsible, brackets or no brackets. I think it's
too much to ask the user to parse the distinction between brackets and no
brackets in the SoR.
Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arak...@yale.edu
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[RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] on behalf of J. McRee Elrod [m...@slc.bc.ca]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:10 PM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Justification of added entries
Thomas said:
>To make justification of added entries a requirement one could make
>RDA 18.6 a core element. RDA 18.6 is the instruction for adding
>explanations regarding attribution.
It would also be needed, I think, to restore a relationship between
transcription of authors, and tracing. At present, RDA allows
transcription (in statement of responsibility or note) without
tracing, and tracing without transcription.
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