[DCRM-L] RDA question

[Robert Maxwell]

I also wanted to give my opinion on Deborah's second question. RDA encourages making relationship links much more than AACR2 did so I expect authorized access points for works and expressions (a.k.a. "uniform titles") will indeed have more widespread use in order to clarify the relationship of the resource to the work/expression. At least I certainly hope so. Unfortunately recording the relationship between a resource and its work or expression is not identified as a core relationship in RDA, and so is not required, but there is so much emphasis in RDA on recording relationships between FRBR entities that I hope the momentum will swing the cataloging world in the direction of making these relationships explicit.

In our RDA version of DCRM, by the way, we would be perfectly within our bounds to make recording that relationship core (i.e. requiring it) for rare materials, if we wished. I hope that will be on the list of issues to consider.

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Head, Special Collections and Formats Catalog Dept.
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568

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Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:21 PM
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RDA preferred title/author combinations (a.k.a. authorized access points for works and expressions) are formed pretty much the same way as AACR2 uniform titles, except since the Rule of Three is abolished in RDA, many more uniform titles will have an author's name at the beginning of the string. (The implication of no Rule of Three is that the first named author is the principal creator of a work of shared responsibility, i.e. in AACR2 terms his/her heading will be the main entry, no matter how many authors/creators there are. Therefore more work/expression authorized access points will begin with the name of the principal creator under RDA whereas in AACR2 they would have been entered under title if there had been more than three authors.)

RDA authorized access points can be applied to works and expressions. Unfortunately RDA does not (yet?) deal with authorized access points for manifestations or items. I hope rules for these will be worked out in a future revision.

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Head, Special Collections and Formats Catalog Dept.
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:00 PM
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Subject: [DCRM-L] RDA question

What is RDA's position on uniform titles? Is the uniform title going to have more widespread use in order to more clearly catalog the work - expression - manifestation?

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