Thomas said:
>1. Transcribed elements: transcribe as found
Yep.
>2. All other elements, except those below: generally do not
abbreviate words
Yep.
>3. For these elements: Dimensions, Extent of Storage Space, Duration,
>Numbering of Part, and some elements for music and maps, use Appendix
>B.7
Quoting Brunella Longo :
I would say that:
- Abbreviations are wellcome if they are universally accepted i.e.
[id est ;)] if they facilitate cross domain comprehension and are
well documented internationally. There is no point in writing
centimetres; But I must admit I have some doubts;
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> Abbrev
In the previous message when I wrote "who ignored" I should have written "who
did not know". I picked up the FIRST word that came up to my mind influenced by
what I've been reading all day long and... it obviously was a false friend
;) apologies to both the English and the Latin communities and
I would say that:
- Abbreviations are wellcome if they are universally accepted i.e. [id est ;)]
if they facilitate cross domain comprehension and are well documented
internationally. There is no point in writing centimetres; But I must admit I
have some doubts; I have recently met a guy who i
>The following abbreviations continue to be used in collations:
>centimeters cm
>kilometersk
>metersm
>What have I missed?
The purehearts dunning you for deigning to call shortened terms for metric
measurements "abbreviations"?
Mike Tribby
Senior Cataloge
Abbreviations in RDA is so complex. Using standard AACR2 Appendix B
abbreviations makes sense. Using no abbrevitions (apart from ISBD
ones) would make sense. But the strange mixture in RDA?
This is what we are now considering telling our cataloguers:
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