RDA treats each "function" as a separate statement (see 2.4.1.6).
My reading of the "core note" to 2.4.2 (Statement of responsibility relating to title proper) is that for "core", only the first statement of responsibility is required: " If more than one statement of responsibility relating to title proper appears on the source of information, only the first recorded is required." So if you had a book with five authors, two illustrators, and two editors (e.g. three statement of responsibility) you would only be required by "core" to record the first (the authors). You would further be allowed, according to the Optional Omission to 2.4.1.5 to record only the first author and summarize the remaining, e.g.: by John Smith [and four others]. --Ben Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Don Charuk Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 11:02 AM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Statement of responsibility naming more than three persons etc. We have been just debating this point recently and have reached in impasse on interpreting the omission options. For example if I possess a resource with five authors, two illustrators, and two editors RDA instructs me to transcribe all information according to rules 2.4.1.4-2.4.1.6. Therefore, I would include all the above mentioned persons in my statement of responsibility related to my title proper. However, we view this as increasing the workload for our cataloguers and situation that we wish to avoid. Hence we are looking at the what RDA core requires. My follow cataloguers and I disagree on what is considered core and the application of the omission options. Without going into a long list of scenarios could the list members provide a definitive interpretation on what RDA core requires in the above example. Don Charuk Cataloguer Toronto Public Library
