I can't offer much help in situations 1.-3., but I do catalog a lot of brochures for one of our special collections devoted to color-- sales "catalogs" for paint and fabrics, where the paint chip and fabric samples need to be distinguished from the period illustrations that are also featured (at least from the perspective of that particular collection). A subject search on "Paint--Catalogs" in an OCLC browse search retrieves 2000 plus records. A number of these catalogs probably include samples.
Steven Arakawa Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation Catalog & Metada Services Sterling Memorial Library. Yale University P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 (203) 432-8286 steven.arak...@yale.edu -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Heidrun Wiesenmüller Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:47 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Illustration terms in 7.15.1.3 I find it really difficult to understand what is meant by some of the terms for the various kinds of illustrations in 7.15 (in German cataloging, we only distinguish four kinds of illustrations). The German RDA translation isn't much help either. So, could anybody help with my questions? 1. charts vs. graphs: I believe both are some kind of diagrams. Wikipedia distinguishes "graph-based diagrams" and "chart-like diagrams" - is that what is meant by the distinction? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagram If so, is it really necesssary to distinguish this (wouldn't "diagrams" be good enough to cover both types)? 2. forms: Does that really refer to forms as in "fill in this form, please"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_(document) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_%28document%29> If so, I'm not sure I would have counted this as an illustration at all. I think it's not much different from "tables containing only words and/or numbers", which we're told to ignore. 3. illuminations: I assume that this refers to manuscripts (or facsimiles of manuscripts), so I would use it for miniatures, decorated initials a.s.o. Is that the correct interpretation? 4. samples: Here, I must say, I'm totally at a loss. If it's used in the ordinary meaning, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_(material) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_%28material%29> I find it very difficult to think of an example in the field of illustrations . Many thanks for your help! Heidrun -- --------------------- Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A. Stuttgart Media University Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi
