[DCRM-L] Relationship designators

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Kate,

"There cannot be an RDA relationship designator for the publisher access point."

Why not? Does some logical or philosophical reason preclude it?

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Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
djleslie at folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | www.folger.edu

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Bob,

There is no LC policy forbidding LC catalogers from giving a 710 access point publisher, manufacturer, or distributor nor does it state that anywhere in the training materials for Module 4--Relationships.  Slide 10 of Module 4--Relationships provides an example of a 710 for the publisher.  The speaker notes for this slide say, "There cannot be an RDA relationship designator for the publisher access point.  However, there are no RDA police who would object if you used a different vocabulary and added a term such as 'publisher.'"  The issue of a using relationship desginator and the issue of providing an authorized access point are separate issues.

The RDA training materials are meant to be used as a whole so taking one statement without context is not advised.  Our LCPSs are freely available for viewing on the RDA Toolkit site (http://access.rdatoolkit.org/, under the Resources tab) even for those who are not subscribed to the Toolkit.  The answers to many specific questions about LC's decicions regarding RDA instructions may be found by reading them.  Please note that there are no LCPSs for RDA Chapter 21, which is about recording relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a manifestation such as-publishers, distributors, manufacturers, etc.  The lack of an LCPS for Chapter 21 means there is no such LC policy which "forbids LC catalogers from giving a 710 access point to the publisher, manufacturer, or distributor."

The website with these materials clearly states that they are being used for "internal training beginning in June 2012."   The Library of Congress made them publicly available should other institutions wish to use them for their own RDA training.

Kate James
Policy and Standards Division
Library of Congress