Perhaps instead of creating barely understandable definitions, the RDA committee should have simply included pictures SHOWING a leaf or a page. Good grief. Kevin Roe Fort Wayne Community Schools Fort Wayne IN
From: Kathie Coblentz <kcobl...@nypl.org> To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 11:20 AM Subject: [RDA-L] Leaf (new RDA glossary term and definition) Among the July 2013 changes to RDA we have a new term in the glossary, "Leaf," with the following definition: "A unit of extent of text consisting of a single bound or fastened sheet of paper as a subunit of a volume; each leaf consists of two pages, one on each side, either or both of which may be blank." Then we have "Page": "A unit of extent of text consisting of a single side of a leaf." Since a leaf or a page is then by definition "a unit of extent of text," I ask (again): If you have a volume containing only images, such as reproductions of photographs or drawings, what do you call the things they are printed on? And how do you reckon the extent of the resources containing them? By the way, most traditionally bound volumes contain sheets of paper that have been folded after printing, and thus each "single bound or fastened sheet of paper" comprises at least two of the subunits historically called leaves (four pages). Also, this definition limits leaves (and by extension, pages) to paper. What do you call a "subunit of a volume" made up of text and/or images printed on sheets of vellum, or nontraditional substances such as cork, aluminum, steel, Mylar, acrylic, or fabric--all of which I have encountered in my cataloging career? Thanks for your thoughts. -------------------------------------------------------- Kathie Coblentz, Rare Materials Cataloger Collections Strategy/Special Formats Processing The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, Room 313 New York, NY 10018 kathiecoble...@nypl.org My opinions, not NYPL's
