My understanding is 504 fields are a recorded element. The data does not have to exactly represent the resource itself.
Thanks, Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Dana Van Meter <vanme...@ias.edu> wrote: > ** > > Hello. I’ve rooted around RDA several times trying to find an answer to > this question and I can’t find one anywhere. Is there any direction > anywhere in RDA or in the policy statements that tell you what to do when > you are noting that bibliographical references are present and are noting > the page numbers the references fall on, and where either the starting or > ending (though usually the starting) page is not numbered in the book > itself. In AACR2 we would put the correct page number inside square > brackets. In most of the cases of this situation I’ve seen in the RDA > copy that’s out there, I see people just citing the page number without > the square brackets. I’ve only seen someone use square brackets once or > twice. The AACR2 in me hates to put the page number without the square > bracket when the page is not numbered in the book itself, which isgenerally > the case with most of the books I catalog, as the heading > Bibliography (or Bibliographical References, or whatever the case may be) > usually > appears a bit lower down on the page, and thus the page number is usually > skipped on the starting page for the bibliographical references. I’ve > looked at rule 7.16.1.3 and the LC-PCC PS for 7.16.1.3 and neither > mentions what to do in a bibliographical references note when the starting > (or ending) page is not numbered in the book itself. > > Is this mentioned anywhere in RDA, or in an LC-PCC PS? If it’s not, can > someone from LC monitoring this list please add this to the LC-PCC PS for > 7.16.1.3 so I don’t have to hem and haw every time I encounter this > situation? > > Thanks very much for your help, > > Dana Van Meter > > Cataloging Librarian > > Historical Studies-Social Science Library > > Institute for Advanced Study > > Princeton, NJ 08540 > > vanme...@ias.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
