[DCRM-L] DCRM-RDA Task Force report

[Robert Maxwell]

Just to point out, copyright isn't a transcribed element in RDA, either. I had assumed we would continue to follow DCRM(B) 4D6.1, that is, not *transcribe* a copyright date in the publication element (264 -1 $c), or for that matter in the "copyright" element, not mentioned in DCRM(B). DCRM(B) here coincides with RDA, I think-copyright information is recorded in RDA, not transcribed, and never in the date of publication element. When recording copyright the year follows 1.8, that is, in the form preferred by the agency, and then the number is preceded by either the copyright or phonogram symbol whether the symbol appears with the date or not. 

4D6.2 describes pretty exactly the procedure most general RDA catalogers are following-if a book has a copyright date and it is likely that the copyright date represents the date of publication, most catalogers would supply the same date in brackets in the date of publication element (264 -1 $c), possibly with a question mark if they're not sure. 

Under 4D6.2 the full copyright statement is transcribed in a note. I had assumed that this would be the practice when following the RDA BSR as well, since what's in 264 -4 would not be a transcription of the copyright statement, but simply recording the information (the note isn't part of the "floor" but if the cataloger wanted to go beyond the floor for this he/she would follow 4D6.2).

I think recording the copyright information in a predictable, standardized, form in 264 -4 $c is the way we should go, and then transcribe the full statement elsewhere if that is thought to be necessary.

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian
Genre/Form Authorities Librarian
6728 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801)422-5568 

"We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.


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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Manon Theroux
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] DCRM-RDA Task Force report

We might still need guidance for:

-- how to record publisher, distributor, and manufacturer statements
in 264 fields (especially how to code the indicators).
-- how to record copyright dates in 264 fields (e.g. for long
copyright statements, copyright renewal statements, copyright dates
for multi-part monographs, statements with multiple copyright dates,
etc. - all of the things we avoided having to deal with in DCRM(B) by
deciding not to transcribe copyright dates in the 26X).

Although the BSR tells you to include these elements in the record, it
doesn't give you guidance on how to do it. Examples would be great!

Also, because the BSR technically only applies to PCC records, it
might be useful to create some kind of general statement for
catalogers who are not creating PCC records. Something that would
instruct them to follow the BSR guidelines (minus the 042 pcc!) when
creating RDA/DCRM records and would explain that the BSR only provides
a "floor" record that can (should?) be supplemented by following other
instructions in DCRM. For example: I think the BSR only calls for
making a transposition note when transposing title proper and
statement of responsibility, but DCRM calls for also providing such a
note when other elements have been transposed in the description.
Another thing that could be clarified is the BSR instruction to
"Generally record date of manufacture" - it would be good to emphasize
that the DCRM proviso ("only if it applies, or is likely to apply, to
all copies of the edition or issue being cataloged") is still valid.

-Manon

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Manon Théroux
Head of Technical Services
U.S. Senate Library
SR-B15 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC  20510-7112
202-224-3833 (phone)
202-224-0879 (fax)



On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Deborah J. Leslie <DJLeslie at folger.edu> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
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> One of the charges of the TF was to give specific and immediate guidance to
> catalogers wanting to catalog rare materials according to RDA. I am thinking
> that the recent BSR for rare materials approved by the Bibliographic
> Standards Committee does that. Do others agree? No need to reinvent the
> wheel if the recent work by Bob Maxwell, Francis Lapka, and Jain Fletcher is
> satisfactory. The link below to the ALA Connect vote contains the attached
> proposed BSR.
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> http://connect.ala.org/node/186329
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> Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare
> Library
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> djleslie at folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | www.folger.edu
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