Hi Peter,
Let me make a partial response to your questions speaking here as the
current chair of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. We have had
two Task Force reports related to this issue. The first is the Report
of the PCC Post-Implementation Hybrid Bibliographic Records Guidelines
Task Force, and the second is the PCC Relationship Designator Guidelines
Task Group Report.
To your first question, yes, it is both acceptable and to be
encouraged. The more of these that we can add to our headings, the more
useful they will be to our users. The Guidelines from the Hybrid Record
task group report should be issued imminently.
The second question is much more complex, contrasting the benefits of
adding new vs. converting old (when possible). The PCC membership has
been able to comment on this and other topics in the open comment period
for Relationship Designator report. The Policy Committee of the PCC
will be discussing the report soon and we hope to have some
recommendations out in April. But as always, the discussion on RDA-L
are extremely useful. I look forward to hearing what people have to say.
Philip
On 3/21/2013 12:34 PM, LISIUS, PETER wrote:
Dear colleagues:
I'm sending this message to both the OLAC and RDA listservs in hopes
of getting a broad response. In my cataloging of AV (specifically
DVDs), I've been increasingly noticing that RDA-style relator terms
(per RDA Appendix I) are appearing on both AACR2 and RDA bibliographic
records. My questions are two (and specifically geared to RDA experts
out there, but others are welcome to chime in as well):
1)Is it an acceptable practice to include these RDA relator terms on
AACR2 bibliographic records?
2)If so, what are people's opinions on retroactively converting $4
relator codes to these terms in their institutions' OPACs (either
selectively or universally)?
I know there was a discussion on the RDA list about punctuation and
relator terms within the last several weeks, but I don't know if this
topic was broached. In any case, I do appreciate any insights people
can provide.
Cheers,
Peter
Peter H. Lisius, M.A., M.L.S.
Music and Media Catalog Librarian
Assistant Professor
Kent State University Libraries
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
(330) 672-6316
plis...@kent.edu <mailto:plis...@kent.edu>
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Philip E. Schreur
Chair, Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Head, Metadata Department
Stanford University
650-723-2454
650-725-1120 (fax)
