[DCRM-L] RDA-acceptable: Indicating misprints

[Allison Jai O'Dell]

Actually, even in my given example, there's no reason why an alternate
title field shouldn't serve our purposes.


-A

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Allison Jai O'Dell <ajodell at gmail.com>wrote:

> One example jumps to mind -- if a particular issue has a misprint, but
> other issues of the same edition are corrected or somehow different.  In
> this instance, a researcher might be searching under a different phrase for
> the title/edition.  (And this sort of a thing is more common in the rare
> materials world.)
>
> However, I agree with you that adding a correction for the sake of
> indicating that one is transcribing the title accurately is counter to RDA
> rules and logic, and is in some ways counter to the spirit of DCRM that
> favors exact transcriptions.
>
> Personally, I would prefer corrections to be given either at the end of
> the transcribed title, or in an additional title field, so as to maintain
> the transcribed title as a phrase.
>
>
>
> - Allison
>
>
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