My feeling is that we recognize the title of a work only when there is more than one expression. If there is only one expression, we assume that the title of the manifestation (in 245 filed) indicates the title of the work as well as the expression. I am not sure that my feeling is correct. Any clarification is welcome.
Thanks, Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:49 AM, Michael Cohen <mco...@library.wisc.edu>wrote: > RDA Exercise > > > > > A patron asked us to correct a typo in the title page of his > dissertation. The rules are quite clear > on how to handle this situation: transcribe the title page title in 245 and > record the corrected title in 246. But > 246 is defined as Varying Form of Title, and a corrected typo is not a > variation of the real title in the same way that spelling out ‘and’ for & > is. Rather, isn’t the corrected (or > intended) title actually the title of the Work (instead of the > Manifestation) > and therefore shouldn’t it be recorded in 240 instead of 246? > > > > Please explain the flaws in this logic. > > -- > ________________________________________________________ > Michael L. Cohen > Interim Head of Cataloging > General Library System, University of Wisconsin-Madison > 324C Memorial Library > 728 State Street > Madison, WI 53706-1494 > Phone: (608) 262-3246 Fax: (608) 262-4861 > Email: mco...@library.wisc.edu > -- Zhonghong (Joan) Wang, Ph.D. Cataloger -- CMC Illinois Heartland Library System (Edwardsville Office) 6725 Goshen Road Edwardsville, IL 62025 618.656.3216x409 618.656.9401Fax
