Editors are not considered creators in RDA, nor are they considered other
persons, families, or corporate bodies associated with the work, so they
cannot be tagged in 1XX.
RDA 20.2 says:
A contributor is a person, family, or corporate body contributing to the
realization of a work through an expression.
Contributors include editors, translators, arrangers of music, performers,
etc.
RDA 6.27 deals with constructing access points for works (i.e. naming
works), and it states clearly that you name a work that has entities
responsible for creating it (covered in chapter 19, which doesn't include
editors), by combining the access point for the creator(s) with the
preferred title for a work.
Since editors are not creators, they can't be given in 1XX because the 1XX
is the first part of the authorized access point in bib. records.
6.27.1.4 also makes clear that edited works are named using their title
only:
If the work is a compilation of works by different persons, families, or
corporate bodies, construct the authorized access point representing the
work using the preferred title for the compilation, formulated according
to the instructions given under 6.2.2.
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Principal Cataloger
University of Washington Libraries
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Seattle, WA 98195-2900
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2012, Ian Fairclough wrote:
Dear RDA-L readers,
Although RDA to my knowledge makes no mention of the concept of main entry,
discussion has taken place whether a
heading for an editor might be tagged 100, effectively designating that heading
as main entry.
Among other concerns, cuttering is affected. CSM G 53 Determining the Call
Number, section 2. Shelflisting, refers
to "... a Cutter number, frequently based on the first word of the main entry,
usually the author's surname."
The work in hand has two editors, who might both be tagged 700, or one of them
tagged 100 and the other 700.
Please send any comments to RDA-L. Sincerely - Ian
Ian Fairclough - George Mason University - ifairclough43...@yahoo.com
