[RDA-L] ALCTS CaMMS Copy Cataloging Interest Group--Call for Proposals at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2014

Cross posting to multiple lists *The ALCTS CaMMS Copy Cataloging Interest Group is inviting speakers to present at its ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia on Saturday, January 25, 2014** from 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.* * * * Our charge is to discuss informally common problems concerning

[RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French

RDA-L readers, In hand: a book in French, cataloged using the English language.  Except for the summary, which is in French, and was likely lifted from another source. I see nothing under7.10 Summarizationof the Content to comment on the advisability of including a summary that is in another

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Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French

Ian Fairclough ifairclough43...@yahoo.com wrote: In hand: a book in French, cataloged using the English language. Except for the summary, which is in French, and was likely lifted from another source. I see nothing under 7.10 Summarization of the Content to comment on the advisability of

Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French

Ian Fairclough ifairclough43...@yahoo.commailto:ifairclough43...@yahoo.com wrote: I see nothing under 7.10 Summarization of the Content to comment on the advisability of including a summary that is in another language than that of the cataloging agency, nor in the LC-PCC PS. Mark K. Ehlert

Re: [RDA-L] French-language book, cataloged using English, with summary in French

Thanks for the citation, Mark. I sometimes provide a summary in Spanish, Russian, or Polish for resources in those collections, reasoning as Misha does that mostly native speakers of those languages will be looking for those materials. (Usually cribbed from a book cover or publisher's website, I

Re: [RDA-L] French-language book ... with summary in French

Mac Elrod wrote: In hand: a book in French, ... the summary, ... is in French If the patron can read the text, s/he can read the summary. But that is making the assumption that the person using the catalog to find the item is fluent in the language of the item. There could be any number of

Re: [RDA-L] French-language book ... with summary in French

On 10/10/2013 2:34 PM, Kevin M Randall k...@northwestern.edu wrote: Mac Elrod wrote: In hand: a book in French, ... the summary, ... is in French If the patron can read the text, s/he can read the summary. But that is making the assumption that the person using the catalog to find the

Re: [RDA-L] French-language book ... with summary in French

Kevin said: But that is making the assumption that the person using the catalog to find the item is fluent in the language of the item. More common in my experience is someone looking for an item in his/her first languge, and having difficulty with English. That's why we add RVM and Bilendix