MARC field 245 is for identifying the *manifestation* (RDA 2.3). You use what is found on the preferred source of the manifestation, typos and all.
You also need to identify the *work* (RDA 6.2). In our current environment, for the "typical" book (including dissertations) that's going to have a creator's name as part of the access point, that means there must be a MARC field 240 for the preferred title, if it differs from the title of the manifestation. The preferred title of the work can come from any source; it does not depend entirely on the sole manifestation. In this case under discussion, there IS a difference between the manifestation and the preferred title of the work, so 240 should be used. A note may also be given about the typo (RDA 2.20.2.4), but is not required. (Personally, I would give the note.) Whether this is done via 246 or 500 could be debated. 246 is not really essential for access, since the correct form of the title will be in the 240. Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Northwestern University Library k...@northwestern.edu<mailto:k...@northwestern.edu> (847) 491-2939 Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1978! From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Jasmin Nof Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:37 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Typos in Titles Perhaps this is a silly question, but suppose the title were repeated elsewhere in the resource (say, t.p. verso), could that form be used and the typo-d form on the t.p. disregarded altogether (or referenced in a 246 with a $i indicating its source)? Thanks, Jasmin Jasmin Nof Hebraica Cataloging Librarian University of Pennsylvania Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 T. 215-746-6397 F. 215-573-9610 j...@upenn.edu<mailto:j...@upenn.edu> On 3/7/2013 2:09 PM, Jack Wu wrote: In Bib. Format & Standards, the section under field 246, 2nd Indicator blank, use for corrected forms of titles has an example for correction of mis-spelling, so it does not appear to me there is a problem here. Even if it goes beyond the spelling out or not of a word, it's still a variation from the title, where no type is specified. I think putting sic, or equivalent English in brackets is also helpful in addition to the use of 246 field. The suggestion to send the thesis back to be corrected and rebound confuses the keeper/recorder role of the librarian with creation and acceptance of the thesis. Jack Jack Wu Franciscan University of Steubenville j...@franciscan.edu<mailto:j...@franciscan.edu> >>> Michael Cohen <mco...@library.wisc.edu><mailto:mco...@library.wisc.edu> >>> 3/7/2013 6:49 AM >>> 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<mailto:mco...@library.wisc.edu> Scanned by for virus, malware and spam by SCM appliance
