> All of this information on persons' affiliations could be recorded in our authority > records -- is it really necessary to repeat it all in our bibliographic records as > well?
I got an impression that one day data represented in authority records could be viewed or searched in end-users' clients. Thanks, Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Charles Croissant <crois...@slu.edu>wrote: > I too would like to add my voice in support of Ben's position. Applying > 2.4.1.4 as it stands, without applying the optional admission, is bound to > lead in some cases to extremely lengthy and hard-to-read statements of > responsibility, especially when four or more authors and/or editors are > named on the title page, with each name followed by an affiliation. Is this > truly what the JSC and LC/PCC intended with this wording and this policy > statement? > > I understand the value of RDA's principle of representation, but, like > Ben, I see a need for balance as well. All of this information on persons' > affiliations could be recorded in our authority records -- is it really > necessary to repeat it all in our bibliographic records as well? > > Charles Croissant > Senior Catalog Librarian > Pius XII Memorial Library > Saint Louis University > St. Louis, MO 63108 > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Benjamin A Abrahamse > <babra...@mit.edu>wrote: > >> Gene,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I wish it were so. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> But 2.4.1.4 states, "Transcribe a statement of responsibility in the form >> in which it appears on the source of information." Immediately followed by >> the "optional omission", "Abridge a statement of responsibility only if it >> can be abridged without loss of essential information." I have looked in >> vain for something similar to AACR2 1.1F7., "Include titles and >> abbreviations of titles of nobility, address, honour, and distinction ... >> Otherwise, omit all such data from statements of responsibility", and not >> found it. I have also queried the RDA luminaries on this list and been >> told that including affiliations if they appear on the t.p. is part of >> RDA's adherence to "principle of representation".** >> >> ** ** >> >> The fact that there are no examples of this in RDA just means JSC either >> didn't think of it or didn't want to get into it. Moreover the example I >> copied to the list was one I found in OCLC (there are plenty more of them, >> if you start looking). So, if this is not what RDA intends, the rules need >> to be made clearer, as it's how catalogers are interpreting it.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Personally I would prefer that the optional omission be applied in these >> cases. There is value to the "principle of representation" of course, but I >> believe that value needs to be balanced against the fact that title pages >> have many more visual devices available to them (use of white space, font >> and font size, italic vs. roman, etc.) to communicate to users what >> information is essential and what is not. Since these cues are not >> available in a surrogate, the cataloger should be able (and encouraged) to >> use his or her editorial judgment.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> --Ben**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Benjamin Abrahamse**** >> >> Cataloging Coordinator**** >> >> Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems**** >> >> MIT Libraries**** >> >> 617-253-7137**** >> >> ** ** >> >> -- > > -- 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
