[DCRM-L] Relator term

[Allison Jai O'Dell]

I think "honouree" appropriately establishes this relationship.


Allison Jai O'Dell



On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Barbara Tysinger <btysingr at email.unc.edu>wrote:

>  I am cataloging an illuminated doctoral diploma in philosophy and
> medicine, presented to Franciscus Regis Sebastianus Hentschel (Franz
> Hentschel) of Silesia, 1746.
> *Alma mater Studiorum Università di Bologna.* [6] leaves (vellum) bound
> ; 23 cm.
> With 2 colored coats of arms and 2 initials; pages with gold border and
> some text in gold; bound in brown calf with gold tooling; stab hole through
> covers and manuscript.
>
> I would like to add a relator term for the degree recipient, Franz
> Hentschel, but I can't find anything in the code lists that seems to fit.
> My first choice would have been "diplomate" but that was not listed. I
> then looked for "matriculant", "student", "scholar", and "alumni", all also
> unavailable.
> I considered "dissertant", but this isn't his dissertation; "respondent"
> (2nd meaning), but again, this is not the defense of his thesis; and
> "licensee", which simply does not have the right meaning.
>
> Is it acceptable to use a term (diplomate) not on the established MARC
> list? If so, is there a way to designate that it is a locally assigned term?
> Or is it better to pick the closest match from the MARC list
> ("dissertant"?), or to simply not use a relator term?
>
> Thank you!
> Barbara
>
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