I agree with Adam. RDA 1.7.3 seems to be the most relevant rule we can find. If the square brackets used in the word mean a correction or an emphasis, it is better to keep them.
But if punctuations are used more like a decoration. For example, "she" is printed as "S-H-E" in a title page. Should we consider dash as a punctuation and keep them? Have fun :-) Thanks, Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Adam L. Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu>wrote: > Transcribe square brackets found on the source of information used. > > 2.3.1.4 Transcribe a title as it appears on the source of information (see > 1.7). > > 1.7.3 Transcribe punctuation as it appears on the source except for the > following situations: > > a) omit punctuation that separates data to be recorded as one element from > data to be recorded as a different element > > b) omit punctuation that separates data to be recorded as one element from > data recorded as a second or subsequent instance of the same element. > > > Since brackets are marks of punctuation (see a nice list at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Punctuation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation>), > you transcribe them as found. > > Adam > > **************************************** > * Adam L. Schiff * * Principal Cataloger > * > * University of Washington Libraries * > * Box 352900 * > * Seattle, WA 98195-2900 * > * (206) 543-8409 * * (206) 685-8782 fax > * > * asch...@u.washington.edu * ******************************** > ******** > > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2013, Billie Hackney wrote: > > Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:16:24 -0700 >> From: Billie Hackney <bhack...@getty.edu> >> Reply-To: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and >> Access >> <RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA> >> To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA >> Subject: [RDA-L] Title with embedded square brackets >> >> >> I have a print title with a set of square brackets embedded in the first >> word on the piece itself. Here are the first few words of the title: >> >> D[a]edalus, my father's horse, taken from the mill >> >> I have looked in every place in the RDA Toolkit that I can think of, and >> every place listed under "square brackets" in the index, and cannot find >> instructions. I am aware that in RDA, you're supposed to describe what you >> see, so I assume the 245b should be exactly as I see it: >> >> D[a]edalus, my father's horse, taken from the mill >> >> and I can add a 246 with: >> >> Daedalus, my father's horse, taken from the mill >> >> Is this correct? >> >> >> Billie Hackney >> Senior Monograph Cataloger >> Getty Research Institute >> 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 >> Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688 >> (310) 440-7616 >> bhack...@getty.edu >> >> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**^^^^^^^^ > Adam L. Schiff > Principal Cataloger > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 > Seattle, WA 98195-2900 > (206) 543-8409 > (206) 685-8782 fax > asch...@u.washington.edu > http://faculty.washington.edu/**~aschiff<http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**~~~~~~~~ > -- 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
