Re: [RDA-L] Recording Statements of Responsibility Relating to Series

[Lynne LaBare, Senior Librarian/Cataloger]

Thank you to all those who responded to my request for help concerning the question of recording statements of responsibility in a series.  I am sure the discussion  has been instructive to all my colleagues new to the world of RDA cataloging. Lynne J. LaBare Senior Librarian, Cataloger Provo Library at Academy Square 550 North University Avenue Provo, Utah 84601-1618 801.852.7672 801.852.6670 (fax) Email: lyn...@provo.lib.ut.us On 11/26/2012 3:23 PM, Deborah Fritz wrote: I agree with Chris and Thomas on this: the purpose of the 800 field is to indicate the relationship of the work being described to a related work (the series it is in). Just as the purpose of an analytical 700 is to reference a related work (e.g., based on) 25.1.1.3 tells us there are three ways to reference a related work, through: 1. a linking identifier 2. an Authorized Access Point for the related work 3a. a structured description of the related work; or 3b. an unstructured description of the related work. Since we are not using linking identifiers to reference related entities, in our current MARC environment, we use Authorized Access Points; so the 800 must contain the Authorized Access Point for the related work, and could contain a Relationship Designator to explain the relationship between the two *works*. At this point, I assume we are using the 800 tag to indicate the series relationship rather than adding $i In Series (Work). So, the 800 is not the place to indicate the relationship of the creator to the series work-that has to be done (somehow) in the record for the series (whether that is another Bib record, or an authority record) and this 800 should read: 800 1_ $a Snyder, Maria V. $t Healer series ; $v 2. Deborah ------ Deborah Fritz MARC Database Consultant The MARC of Quality www.marcofquality.com Voice/Fax: (321) 676-1904 Thomas Brenndorfer wrote: RDA Chapters 6.27 to 6.31 cover all the elements that are used for authorized access points for works. The authorized access points use only elements that are attributes for entities (such as preferred title, form of work, date of work, etc.). A person's name is often part of the authorized point for the work, but once added to create the access point the whole string is used to identify only the work entity. A relationship designator is an element that is used between two entities, such as between a person and a work. One would therefore have a relationship between two entities expressed in this way: Snyder, Maria V. <author> of work: Snyder, Maria V. Healer series with the full exact string "Snyder, Maria V. Healer series" standing in as the controlled identifier of the work. --- Chris Rae Todd wrote: I endorse Kevin's reading of this situation as the relationship between a resource and the series that it is part of. I also went back to chapter 6 to look at the instructions for creating authorised access points for works. The basic instruction involves adding the authorized access point for the creator (where there is one) to the preferred title for the the work. The relationship designator doesn't get a mention as part of this structure, so I'm assuming it would not be part of the 800 field. Is that how others see this situation? --- Kevin M. Randall wrote: What you have here is what appears to be a good MARC field based on RDA instructions in Section 8, "Recording Relationships between Works, Expressions, Manifestations, & Items", including 24.4.2, "Authorized Access Point Representing the Related Work or _expression_". This is an access point, dealing with the relationship between related resources (in this case the resource being cataloged and the series of which it is a part). Statement of responsibility of the series is an attribute of the manifestation and is handled in RDA Section 1, "Recording Attributes of Manifestation & Item", specifically 2.12, "Series Statement". Putting the series statement into MARC, and using ISBD formatting, would result in something like this (I'm guessing at what may actually be appearing on the resource): 490 1_ $a Healer series / $c Maria V. Snyder ; $v 2 --- Lynne J. LaBare wrote: I am new to RDA cataloging and request your help in the correct way to record a statement of responsibility for a series in the 800 field. The example I have is as follows: 800 1_ $aSnyder, Maria V., $e author.$t Healer series ;$v 2. Please inform me if I am interpreting RDA:2.12.6.3 correctly. Thank you.

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