[DCRM-L] more PCC rare materials BSR/CSR questions (RDA

Fri Mar 13 17:35:28 MDT 2015

I agree also, but I want to STONGLY urge whoever is writing up the BSR section on this that it be made clear that "core" does NOT mean you have to fill out all the missing pieces of information. The revision to RDA was meant to clarify that you do not need to do things like this:

264 _1   $a Venundatur Parrhisiis in vico Sancti Jacobi : $b ab Alexandro Aliatte e regione diui Benedicti, $c [1505]
264 _3   $a [Place of manufacture not identified] : $b Impressus impensis Alexandri Aliatt[a]e, $c vltima Martij MDV [1505 March 31]

or

264 _1 $a Burbank, CA : $b Turner Entertainment, $c [2009]
264 _2 $a [Place of distribution not identified] : $b Warner Home Video, $c [date of distribution not identified]

Once you're fully filled out the publication elements (i.e. what goes in 264 _1 $a, $b, and $c) the core is fulfilled as far as RDA is concerned, so all those "... not identified" elements are not required even if you do want to record information about the distributor or manufacturer. You only need to record what's there on the resource, not "filler" elements for missing information.

The feeling that all these "... not identified" elements for distribution and manufacture were required was part of the "cascading vortex of horror" issue that the 2015 RDA revision was meant to rectify, so let's not reintroduce them with a core requirement that implies that they are required after all. All we want to say is "if information about distribution or manufacture is present in the resource, record it." At least I should think that's all we want to require. We do not need to require filling out elements that are not present in the resource (the "... not identified" elements), simply to "fully" fill out a 264 field. The following are acceptable and much preferable in my opinion:

264 _1   $a Venundatur Parrhisiis in vico Sancti Jacobi : $b ab Alexandro Aliatte e regione diui Benedicti, $c [1505]
264 _3   $b Impressus impensis Alexandri Aliatt[a]e, $c vltima Martij MDV [1505 March 31]

or

264 _1 $a Burbank, CA : $b Turner Entertainment, $c [2009]
264 _2 $b Warner Home Video

Bob

Robert L. Maxwell
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Cataloger
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Brigham Young University
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(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.

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Andrews, Susan
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] more PCC rare materials BSR/CSR questions (RDA

HI everyone,
I agree with the suggestion to make 2.9 and 2.10 core for rare materials, as long as we can indeed qualify it with "if presented (or given) on the item".  I don't want to face populating my rare book descriptions with a whole bunch of "place of distribution not identified", "manufacturer not identified", etc. etc.   We need to be careful about "core" status in RDA because it usually means that you have to record *something*  for that element, even if it is one of those dreaded  [     ... not identified] statements.    I am very much in favour of recording everything that we have (publisher,manufacturer,distributor) but not the things we don't have.

Cheers, Sue.

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I very much agree with Manon regarding 2.9 and 2.10.

As to 2.11, I'd go with the third option, "recording the date is recommended", perhaps adding "even if not recording, consider making a note". One reason for not recording would be complexities that don't play well with 264 b4, but for which a suitable note can be made.

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On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Manon Theroux <manon.theroux at gmail.com<mailto:manon.theroux at gmail.com>>
wrote:

> At the RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee (BSC) meeting at ALA
> Midwinter, chair Nina Schneider reported on my behalf that the PCC
> Standing Committee on Standards had recently completed (well, almost
> completed) a project to convert the instructions in the "Notes" column
> of the BIBCO RDA Standard Record (BSR) and CONSER RDA Standard Record
> (CSR) to LC-PCC Policy Statements. These were published in the February update to the RDA Toolkit.
> Many of these instructions were DCRM-related and had been originally
> added with BSC approval.
>
> The project left a few issues unresolved. Earlier this week, Nina
> forwarded to this list some of the outstanding questions on RDA 1.8
> that I sent her on behalf of the SCS. With her permission I am sending
> some additional questions that have come up since then. Please feel
> free to express your opinions, especially those of you who are
> currently creating bib records coded PCC in 042 and RDA/DCRM in 040.
>
> *RDA 2.9, 2.10, and 2.11 (aka the "Cascading vortext of doom")*
>
> In RDA, the "core if" conditional requirements for the distribution,
> manufacture, and copyright elements will be removed as part of the
> April update. There will no longer be a requirement to include these
> elements when elements of publication are not available. See:
> http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/6JSC-ALA-29-rev-Sec-final.pdf
>
> Because these elements are no longer RDA Core, I think they will need
> to be removed from the BSR/CSR unless they are given a new status of
> "PCC Core" or "PCC Recommended".
>
> *Questions: *Should these elements be considered "PCC Core" for rare
> materials now that they are no longer "RDA Core"? I think the answer
> is "yes" for 2.9 (distributor) and 2.10 (manufacture) - if the
> statements appear on the resource and are appropriate for
> transcription according to DCRM rules, then we want catalogers to transcribe them. Do you agree?
>
> I'm less sure about 2.11 (copyright date). DCRM says not to transcribe
> copyright date as publication date, but has the option to give the
> copyright date in a note (either a quoted note or a general note).
> However, DCRM is an AACR2-based standard, and thus didn't have RDA's
> stand-alone "copyright date" element to contend with. I think there
> are 3 possible scenarios for 2.11 in the BSR/CSR (the PCC PS would
> also be adjusted as
> needed):
>
> - delete 2.11 from the BSR/CSR - recording copyright date would
> entirely be left to cataloger judgment
> - make 2.11 "PCC Core" (always record the date in 264 2nd indicator 4
> if present; you would also have the option to make a note in addition,
> of
> course)
> - make 2.11 "PCC Recommended" (recording the date is recommended but
> not strictly required) The BSR and CSR are here:
> http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/bibco/documents/PCC-RDA-BSR.pdf
> http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/conser/documents/CONSER-RDA-CSR.doc
>
> Thanks,
> Manon
>
> --
>
> Manon Th?roux
>
> Head of Technical Services
>
> U.S. Senate Library
>
> SR-B15 Russell Senate Office Building
>
> Washington, DC  20510-7112
>
>
>
>
>
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