RDA-L readers,
Thanks to Adam Schiff for his correction. All is now clear - perhaps. Once
again, I feel like I've been booby-trapped. Like many aspects of contemporary
cataloging, mine was an error just waiting to happen.
DCM Z1 370 has: "Use the established form of the geographic place nam
Actually if you are recording the state of Victoria in the 370, current
policy and RDA instructions tell you to use the abbreviations for places
in Appendix B.11, which means that you would record the form that would be
used if the place were being added as a qualifier:
Vic.
Recording Victori
RDA-L readers,
A little more grist for the mill. While recording Victoria in field 370 of a
NAR, I spent a little time looking for the qualifier. Turns out that the
Australian state doesn't have one, see n 79046608. The conclusion: it, and
it alone, is the unqualified "Victoria."
So, perh
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