[DCRM-L] Revision to RDA 2.4.1.8 (Noun Phrase Occurring with a Statement of Responsibility)

[Noble, Richard]

I don't see any improvement in the proposed revision, as well as further
drawbacks, and find the AACR instructions generally more coherent. The
question isn't a matter of typography, but has to do with whether the
information is useful in a display which includes both the title proper and
other title information, but not the statement of responsibility.

If the noun phrase characterizes the work or expression as a whole, then it
ought to be associated with the title proper as, well, *other* title
information. If the noun phrase has to do with the nature of the
responsibility of the person or persons named, then it's part of the
statement of responsibility. There will *always* be grey areas, but with
such guidelines in mind there will be a tendency to coherent if not always
invariable results in the work of cataloguers.

The revision to regard typographical layout--which may have much more to do
with visual design than with intellectual content--*does* result in
intellectual incoherence. If the same words are differently disposed in
another manifestation, then the 245s won't match.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY
BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187
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