Joan, I disagree with your proposed rule change only because, unless one's local system is set up to specifically display something to the user that indicates that they are seeing a distribution statement (based on indicator 2), the user might wonder why there are two separate statements with no seeming difference. If the "distributed by" statement is included in $b of the 264, the role of the distributor is clear. Thanks, Kevin Roe Supervisor, Media Processing Fort Wayne Community Schools Fort Wayne, IN 46802
From: Joan Wang <jw...@illinoisheartland.org> To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Capitalization in 2.9.4.4 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
