Adam said:
>As you all are probably aware, in RDA an alternative title is treated as
>part of the title proper (2.3.2.1),
As it was in AACR2. Granted it would be better if the $b were after
the ",or", before the alternate title. (Earlier, it created a problem
with GMD placement, but that concern is past.)
The reason given for changing back to alternate title being part of
title proper from the RDA early draft, was how to code the "or". We
had no difficulty coding the "and" in a collection without a
collective title as part of the first title proper, so that rationale
does not fly with me. It was one of several unfortunate RDA
backtracks. What's the point of new rules if they just carry foward
the faults of the old rules?
>but not as part of the preferred title of a work (6.2.2.4).
Which should be reason enough to have that $b where it rightly
belongs.
>Therefore whenever you have a resource with an >alternative title, a
?130 or 240 is needed in addition to the 245 title proper.
In our shop, only the alternate titles gets a 246.
>100 1_ Owens, Jo, $d 1961-
>240 10 Add kids, stir briskly
>245 10 Add kids, stir briskly, or, How I learned to love my life / $c Jo
>Owens.
Our clients would consider that 240 redundant, since it would file and
index next to the 245. Whether the patron keyed just the first title,
or first title plus alternate title, the same record would be seen in
a browse result.
>Now the question I have is, given that the 240 that would be required
>in an RDA record for this resource (because you have to name the
>work manifested in this resource)**, would one or two variant title
>246s be >required? ... 246 30 How I learned to love my life
Only the alternate title 246 is needed, since there is no number or
symbol within the title proper (before the "or") which needs to be
spelled out in a 246.
>I realize that instead of the 240 a 700 related work access point
>could be given ...
It's not a related work; it's the same work by another title. A 700
would just duplicate the 100. What is needed is access by the
alternate title, which the 246 provides.
For me, the resulting display and indexing should determine such
things, or in other words, what assists patrons?
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