Re: [RDA-L] 502 dissertation note in RDA

Also, I believe OCLC is going to be converting old simple 502s into the more granular version with multiple subfields. That was enough for my institution to go ahead and adopt the new format. Alex Kyrios Metadata and Catalog Librarian University of Idaho 208-885-2513 akyr...@uidaho.edu

Re: [RDA-L] 7.17 Colour content

That's what I thought, and what I've been doing. It seemed a logical step from AACR2's col. ill., but I suppose no one ever said RDA was going to be logical... Alex Kyrios Metadata and Catalog Librarian University of Idaho 208-885-2513 akyr...@uidaho.edu From: Resource Description and Access

Re: [RDA-L] Use of square brackets for supplied imprint statements

How many patrons know what [s.n.] means, though? I see the value in not tying ourselves to a particular language, but is an esoteric abbreviation that will baffle Anglophone and Francophone patrons (for example) alike really a good way to go? Saying we don't know publication information is never