RDA 11.7 says the "Other Designation Associated with the Corporate Body" element is core "for a body with a name that does not convey the idea of a corporate body." This element, in turn, becomes part of the authorized access point (as a qualifier) under 11.13.1.2.
The LCPS to 11.7.1.4 says that, for LC at least, "If the name chosen for the authorized access point for a corporate body is an initialism or acronym written in all capital letters (with or without periods between them), add a qualifier to the name." In other words, for LC, a body with a preferred name that consists of an initialism or acronym written in all capital letters is a body with a name that does not convey the idea of a corporate body. Bob Robert L. Maxwell Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian Genre/Form Authorities Librarian 6728 Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801)422-5568 "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842. -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Lasater, Mary Charles Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:16 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA Conference headings created by BL Richard, I am seeing lots of BL created RDA conference headings show up for individual conferences, many using initials. The biggest difference I see is the word (Conference) added to the initials. Example: 111: 2|aWWIC (Conference)|n(10th :|d2012 :|cThera Island, Greece) I like it since it seems to be more in-line with serial type cataloging treatment than the AACR2 heading: WWIC 2012|d(2012 :|cThera Island, Greece) Can you (or anyone else) point me to documentation about this? I don't remember seeing anything that would have caused me to create the preferred heading this way. Mary Charles Lasater Vanderbilt
