Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-08-09 Thread Dawn Grattino
: dawn.gratt...@cpl.org http://www.cpl.org - Original Message - From: "Joan Wang" To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 9:43:05 AM Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? Look at this: 150  Large type books 450  Large p

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-08-09 Thread Joan Wang
. > Cleveland, OH 44110-4006 > (phone) 216.623.2885 > (fax) 216.623.6980 > e-mail: dawn.gratt...@cpl.org > http://www.cpl.org > > -- > *From: *"Thomas Brenndorfer" > *To: *RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > *Sent: *Thursday, August 1, 2013 9:

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-08-09 Thread Dawn Grattino
.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 9:23:13 AM Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? > -Original Message- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Mitchell

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-08-01 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
> -Original Message- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Mitchell, Michael > Sent: August-01-13 9:10 AM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edit

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-08-01 Thread Mitchell, Michael
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Brenndorfer, Thomas Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:26 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Thomas said: >The edition statement is used to identify the resource in two main ways: >1. help identifying the manifestation by recording what's on the manifestation >(this should be done if "Large print edition" is on the resource). >2. distinguish the manifestation from similar ones If the l

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
f Kevin M Randall [k...@northwestern.edu] Sent: July-31-13 7:23 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? Mac Elrod wrote: > If the item says "Large print edition" seems to me that belongs in > 250, just as you indicated f

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Kevin M Randall
Mac Elrod wrote: > Kevin said: > > >But field 340 would be where you would record the font size itself as a > >descriptive aspect. > > What does this accomplish for patrons, if 340 is not in brief display? What good does the language code in 008/35-37 do? Or the place of publication in 008/15

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Kevin said: >But field 340 would be where you would record the font size itself as a >descriptive aspect. What does this accomplish for patrons, if 340 is not in brief display? Records have *purposes*, one of which is to identify for patrons what they seek. That an item is large print is more

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Kevin M Randall
Mac Elrod wrote: > If the item says "Large print edition" seems to me that belongs in > 250, just as you indicated for "Abridged edition". Field 340 is far > too late for identification of the resource. Yes, it would still be appropriate to record "Large print edition" as an edition statement,

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Deborah said: >But we need to think of data as data, now more than ever. Font size is a >particular type of data. If the text in a book is 'large print' then 0.4.3.1 >and 0.4.3.2 principles guide us to add that data, but we need to add it as >the correct Font size element (in MARC 300$a or 340$n),

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Deborah Fritz
y 31, 2013 2:39 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? Kristen Northrup posted: >I guess my real question is why so many catalogers are now skipping >both the 250 and the 300 [large print] phrase for these records. Perhaps

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Kristen Northrup posted: >I guess my real question is why so many catalogers are now skipping >both the 250 and the 300 [large print] phrase for these records. Perhaps because the WEMI and fuzzy language make RDA difficult to apply? Perhaps because too many cataloguers are attempting to follow t

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Northrup, Kristen D.
and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Deborah Fritz Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:34 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? If the resource has an edition statement on one of

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Joan Wang
RDA 2.5.14 provides an optional addition: “If a resource lacks an edition statement but is known to contain significant changes from other editions, supply an edition statement, if considered important for identification or access. Indicate that the information was taken from a source outside the r

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Deborah Fritz
ent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:29 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 J. McRee Elrod posted: >>"We do not create records as an end in themselves for bibliographic utilities or catalogues,

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Watters, Tim (MDE)
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 J. McRee Elrod posted: >>"We do not create records as an end in themselves for bibliographic utilities >>or catalogues, but as a service to patrons in identifying what they seek." Similarly, identifying abridged vs unabridged audio books is an attribute patrons strong

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-31 Thread Brenndorfer, Thomas
>>Whether or not it has an edition statement, you could (would be >>advised to) >add Font Size (3.13) "large print", in either the 300$a >>or 340$n or both >True. But in the absence of a GMD, or a large print icon, a 250 large >print edition statement (transcribed or supplied) would give helpful

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-30 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Deborah said: >Whether or not it has an edition statement, you could (would be >advised to) >add Font Size (3.13) "large print", in either the 300$a >or 340$n or both True. But in the absence of a GMD, or a large print icon, a 250 large print edition statement (transcribed or supplied) would gi

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-30 Thread Deborah Fritz
Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:06 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print? Kr

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-30 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Kristen Nortrup posted: >There's nothing obvious in RDA that indicates a statement on the t.p. >verso like 'Large print edition' no longer gets a 250. With the absence of the GMD "[text (large print)]", and in the absence of an RDA content term for large print, this edition statement is vital.

Re: [RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-30 Thread Northrup, Kristen D.
Forgot to add that they were all ELvl blank. From: Northrup, Kristen D. Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:26 PM To: 'Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access' Subject: Still doing edition statements for large print? There's nothing obvious in RDA that indicates a statement

[RDA-L] Still doing edition statements for large print?

2013-07-30 Thread Northrup, Kristen D.
There's nothing obvious in RDA that indicates a statement on the t.p. verso like 'Large print edition' no longer gets a 250. But I just did four consecutive large print books (standing order) that were all missing the 250 and were all DLC/pcc'd with 10+ symbols in the 040. Which is the sort of