We have established a decision here to add titles, degrees, certifications, etc., as a means for patrons to judge the reliability of the authors. We are not, however going to add what I refer to as their 'current job titles/place of employment'.
Kathie Kathleen Goldfarb Technical Services Librarian College of the Mainland Texas City, TX 77539 409 933 8202 P Please consider whether it is necessary to print this email. From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of M. E. Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:54 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Author affiliations Stan Allen <sal...@socialaw.com> wrote: Does RDA expect us to add more than author names to the 245, such as Esq., PH.D., Dr. and even the law firm lawyers are members of at the time the book is written? If the info is part of the statement of responsibility as found on the piece, the default RDA rule is to write out what's on the piece. RDA also offers the option to cull the herd and post an abridged SOR (a la AACR2). Instructions under RDA 2.4.1.4 if you have the rulebook. An example of a record that has caused me confusion is a pcc record cataloged by LC in OCLC, Trial techniques & trials. I have seen similar records and am now unsure what is proper procedure. Is the general practice to enter authors in the 245 much as we did in AACRII? Whereas RDA's fine with either approach, LC and the PCC have the policy: "Generally do not abridge a statement of responsibility." http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=lcpschp2&target=lcps2-91187 #lcps2-91187 Note the wiggle-room with "Generally". Whether you want to follow their lead for your own (original) cataloging is a local decision. I've seen roughly 50/50 split in records between those who fully transcribe and those who abridge. By the way, OCLC #825648041 has a fine example of an unjustified related title added entry. No note, no designator explaining why the 700 is around, though I guess it's the title of earlier editions. Someone in-the-know could invoke RDA 25.2/26.2 or clear up the matter in some other way. -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
