At 17.8, Work Manifested, the scope for the Core Element says: "If more than one work is embodied in the manifestation, only the predominant or first-named work manifested is required."
But because RDA defines a work as being an aggregate work, or an individual work, or qw part of an individual work, how should one interpret this sentence when you have a compilation, say a CD of a few works by Beethoven or a CD of various composer's works? The compilation is one of the works, along with each of the individual works. So could that work compilation be the "first-named work" or the "predominant work," fulfilling the conditions in the scope note? To me this makes a whole lot more sense, rather than selecting the first individual work within a compilation as the work manifested to fulfill the Core Objective. Anyone else have an opinion on this? Damian Iseminger Head of Cataloging and Electronic Resource Management New England Conservatory Spaulding Library 33 Gainsborough St. Boston, MA 02472 Phone: (617) 585-1254 FAX: (617) 585-1245 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
