Ian, I have noted that instruction in the following RDA Toolkit Resources tab, LC-PCC PSs. -Susan Leach-Murray Technology/Technical Services Librarian Franklin College Hamilton Library Franklin, Indiana
>________________________________ > From: Ian Fairclough <ifairclough43...@yahoo.com> >To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA >Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:55 AM >Subject: [RDA-L] Use of square brackets for supplied imprint statements > > > >Dear RDA-L readers, > > >In the following, please assume for the sake of argument that no information is available whatsoever. > >It is my understanding that, for a published item that has no identification of place, publisher, or date, AACR2 directs to record: >[S.l. : s.n., 19--?] > > >Applicable rules: 1.4C6; 1.4D6; 1.4F7 (guessing at a 20th-century likely date) > > >whereas, in RDA, the instructions provide for: >[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [date of publication not identified] > >Applicable RDA instructions: > >2.8.2.6 If neither a known nor a probable local place or country, state, province, etc., of publication can be determined, record Place of publication not identified. > >2.8.4.7 For a resource in a published form, if no publisher is named within the resource itself, and the publisher cannot be identified from other sources as specified under 2.2.4, record publisher not identified. >2.8.6.6 If an approximate date of publication for a single-part resource cannot reasonably be determined, record date of publication not identified. > >The RDA data are presented with ISBD punctuation. The use of square brackets >is instructed in 2.2.4 If information taken from a source outside the resource itself is supplied in any of the elements listed below, indicate that fact either by means of a note or by some other means (e.g., through coding or the use of square brackets). > >Here's what I'm missing. In RDA, each supplied data element is enclosed in >its individual pair of square brackets. Where is that instructed? > > >And if I've misunderstood something in the above, I'd appreciate correction. >Sincerely - Ian > > >Ian Fairclough - George Mason University - ifairclough43...@yahoo.com > > > > > >
