" do we feel it would be necessary to indicate that there are seven other names between Albright and Del Ponte, and another six between Del Ponte and Fischer?"
Since the RDA instruction is to "record" not "transcribe"* the s-o-r, I see no reason why we would need to add multiple "summariz[ations of] what has been omitted". So I would think, Madeleine Albright, Franz-Lothar Altmann, Carl Bildt [and 55 others] not, Madeleine Albright, Franz-Lothar Altmann, [3 others], Carl Bildt [and 52 others] --Ben * Though now, looking at RDA 2.4. again, I'm not 100% sure it's saying to record. The heading for instruction 2.4.1.4 is "Recording statements of responsibility" but the first sentence in the instruction is, "Transcribe a statement of responsibility". Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Heidrun Wiesenmüller Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 9:59 AM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Statement of responsibility naming more than three persons etc. An example according to the lines I suggested yesterday could be added, e.g.: [contributions by] Madeleine Albright, Franz-Lothar Altmann, Carl Bildt [and 55 others] Source of information lists 58 names in alphabetical order, starting with Madeleine Albright, Franz-Lothar Altmann and Carl Bildt The tricky thing is what to do if for some reason someone wanted to transcribe not simply the first three, five or ten names, but perhaps especially the ninth and the 16th name in the list (in my example, Carla Del Ponte and Joschka Fischer). Should it then be possible to transcribe the statement in question like this (although the three names are not next to each other in the source of information): [contributions by] Madeleine Albright, Carla Del Ponte, Joschka Fischer [and 55 others] Or do we feel it would be necessary to indicate that there are seven other names between Albright and Del Ponte, and another six between Del Ponte and Fischer? This might get awkward... Heidrun -- --------------------- Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. Stuttgart Media University Faculty of Information and Communication Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi<http://www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi>
