I look at corresponding examples in AACR2, they are capitalized. Also, the following examples in RDA 2.9.4.4 are misleading. The recording or supplying of the function, such as distributed by and [distributor], is not necessary in RDA records. The second indicator 2 of 264 fields already indicates its function.
*Distributed by Independent Publishers Group* * * * * * * *Distribution by: MapArt Publishing Corporation * * * *Distributed by Coach House Records Ltd.* * Voluntary Committee on Overseas Aid & Development [distributor] Guild Sound and Vision [distributor]* The rule should be changed like this: 2.9.4.4 Record words or phrases indicating the function (other than solely distributing) performed by a person, family, or corporate body as they appear on the source of information. My opinion! Thanks, Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Heidrun Wiesenmüller < wiesenmuel...@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote: > It beats me why the examples in 2.9.4.4 (and other similar rules, e.g. > 2.10.4.4) are all capitalized, e.g.: > Distributed by New York Graphic Society > Sold by Longman > > I cannot find any justification for this in appendix A. It's certainly not > mentioned among the elements where the first word must always be > capitalized. > > Corresponding examples in the ISBD consolidated (4.2.5) aren't > capitalized, e.g.: > distributed by Harvard University Press > to be sold by Jas. Gardner > > So, is there something I've overlooked, or is this a mistake in RDA? > > Heidrun > > -- > --------------------- > Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. > Stuttgart Media University > Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany > www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi > -- 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
