You'd omit the brackets, according to LC-PSS 1.7.1, which says "Do not use square brackets in notes except when they are used in quoted data," and gives this example:
500<http://desktop.loc.gov/saved/Mabibl_500> ## $a"Types of prayer wheels found in south central Tibet, by Mei Lin": pages 310-375. Not "... pages [310]-[375]." --- Michelle Cronquist North Caroliniana Cataloger Special Collections Technical Services CB#3926, Wilson Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 919-962-6901 919-962-3594 (fax) From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Dana Van Meter Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 2:57 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Unnumbered page in a 504 note 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 is generally 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<mailto:vanme...@ias.edu>
