Q: If we need a 600 tag, do we use exact copy of 100 tag, including indicators? A: Yes, and it follows the same format for a name heading.
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600 Tag Exact Copy of 100 Tag?
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, Access Points, Main and Added Entry on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cutter for No Main Author
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, Main and Added Entry on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: How do you create a cutter if there is no main author? A: The Cutter is based on main entry. Main entry can also be the title if there is no 100 tag in the record. So you Cutter for the first significant word of the title, i.e., do not Cutter for the initial [...]
Rule Changes for 4 Authors
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, RDA on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: If a title has 4 authors, are all are listed in 700, with nothing in 100? A: You will have to review the rules for this. This is where one of the big changes has been made but rules for main entry still apply here. In thinking about main entry with multiple authors listed, [...]
RDA Designations
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, RDA on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: Does RDA require designation for all people listed in 700 tags (author, editor, etc.)? And are the designations followed by a full stop? A: Yes, this is one thing that RDA is suggesting, that we do more with designation of function. I have seen designations done with and without full stops, so I will [...]
Prominence of Authors
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: For the Statement of Responsibility, should we consider the prominence of one author name as compared to the others? A: Always transcribe in the order found on the source. If one is given prominence by the type font, it does not matter for transcription, though it may be significant for main entry.
Series Name Treated Like Statement of Responsibility?
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 6 Series on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: If the series name doesn’t seem very definite, do I treat the name like a statement of responsibility? And does that mean I should add a 700 tag? A: Statements of responsibilities for series are tricky. They are generally ignored. It has to do with authorship. This person is an editor and not [...]
Two Editors
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Can you add “and” if there are two editors? A. You do NOT add “and” unless it is on the source. If there is more than one author and there are no connecting words like “and,” then you separate them as you would in English grammar usage. So separate them as you would separate [...]
Editor Before Author?
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Can an editor be listed before an author in a statement of responsibility? A. If the editor is placed before the author on the t.p., then yes, but generally the author will be listed first. We never can tell what a publisher will do with the t.p. If the editor is first and the [...]
Editor and Author Both Listed
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If the editor and author are both listed on the source, do you transcribe the author first (example in AACR2 1.1F5) or as it appears on the source? A. You transcribe in the order as it appears on the source. If you have a t.p. that spans two pages, you have to decide on [...]
Always End with Full Stops
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Are we supposed to end all our homework problems with a full stop even if AACR2 does not show it? A. Yes. AACR2 does not give final punctuation in examples. You must supply where needed. There are some areas that do not get a full stop so be careful. For example, Area 6 and [...]
Editor in the Edition Statement
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 2 Edition on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. One of the examples lists an editor after the edition. When exactly should we do that? A. If you have an edition statement immediately followed by a statement of responsibility, then that person goes in Area 2 as the statement of responsibility for that edition (and not in Area 1). But only if it [...]
Examples for Ex. 1
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Place of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Publisher, AACR2 Area 5 Physical Description, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is there a resource for general examples for practice and/or reference that might help us check our work for Ex. 1? A. Use the help documents in Oncourse. Examples can be found in the Area 1-8 document and the Maxwell book. Review the practice title answer keys. Practice and sample records are very good sources. You [...]
GMD Format
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What does GMD stand for? A. General Material Designator. Ignore GMD, you do not use for monographs. Examples in AACR2 are for other formats. Just leave this out of your transcription.
Wording in Area 1
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is it okay to change the wording in the statement of responsibility? For example, can “editor” be changed to “edited by?” A. No, you cannot change the wording in Area 1. You must transcribe exactly as found on the source with the exception of capitalization and punctuation. There is another exception for statements of [...]
Authors from Universities
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If an author is listed as representing a college, how is that included in the statement of responsibility? A. If an author has a university where they are associated with next to their name, you do not transcribe it. This is one of the exceptions in Rule 1.1F7.
Three author works
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I think I just need to review the rule for multiple authors. I’m not finding any good examples in AACR2, so I am looking at past exercises… A. AACR2 does not give good examples. This is a three author work, use my examples for works with three authors from the week we covered chapter [...]
Author & Editor (Final Project)
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, Main and Added Entry on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. On this book, on the tp, there is both an author and an editor listed. Do I include the editor in the 245 tag somehow? That editor has the most current copyright on the book. A. Remember catalogers try not to be redundant. If description is in one area, they do not repeat in [...]
Main & Added Entries Grossman Editor
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, Main and Added Entry on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. For the Grossman title, Grossman is the author, but then there is an editor listed on the tp verso also. So, since there is an author, the editor isn’t important? A. What is the chief source of information for area 1? The only way you can give this editor an access point is if [...]
What does the ‘q’ represent in the 100 tag?
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, Main and Added Entry on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What does the “q” represent in the 100 tag? A. The |q in an authority file record for a personal name represents the fuller form of the name. So you will see things like Albee, Barbara L. |q (Barbara Louise)
Editors, Designers, Illustrators
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, MARC on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is it mandatory to include information on the editor, designer, illustrator, etc.? A. If those folks are in the 245 |c, then yes, you will need to trace. However, that is part of Ex. 4. If you are finding folks like the illustrator on other pages of the book, then no. They have to [...]
Publisher statement of responsibility?
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 4 Publisher on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Could a publisher/publishing body be considered as the statement of responsibility (in either areas 1 or 2)? A. No, the publisher is not the statement of resp. Publisher information is area 4. A very distinct area for this information. Which consists of three elements. place, publisher name, date.
Statement of Responsibility
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is the statement of responsibility always the author? A. The statement of responsibility can be of many types. Authors or editors for example fall in the statement of responsibility for a work. We will talk more about authors when we cover access points in chapter 21.
Edited Works & Cutter Numbers
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, DDC, Main and Added Entry on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If a book is edited, the cutter # has to be of the title? A. Yes. In an edited work the title is main entry. You Cutter for main entry.
Quote on T.P.
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, AACR2 Area 7 Notes on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. One question about the quote on the t.p. Can this be ignored? (Konvitz, Civil Rights) A. Yes, ignore a quote on the t.p.
Statement of Responsibility – University
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q: If there is a university listed underneath an author’s name, do we include that in the statement of responsibility in Area 1? Or do we add this as a note? A: This is one of the exceptions to transcribe as found on the source. You do not transcribe the author’s affiliation with a university. [...]
Correctly Punctuating: [et al.].
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I was a bit unclear on a certain type of punctuation. Whenever the answer required an ‘et. al.’, it was punctuated as [et al.]., with a full stop following the brackets. However, in the text (starting with the examples in 1.1F5), there is no full stop. A. First of all be careful with the [...]
Statements of Responsbility Relating to the Edition Statement (Hanks)
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 2 Edition on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. On page 18 of AACR2 EXAMPLES for ISBD AREAS 1-8, you give the example “Fourth edition revised by Tanya Hanks” Why is this not: “4th ed., revised / by Tanya Hanks”? A. Good point. This is a statement of responsibility relating to the edition statement. You can interpret it either way. In this case [...]
Kent’s Editors
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. On the Kent title, where they list the editors—I didn’t notice it before, but in the paragraphs there are other people mentioned… would I consider these editors as well? I’m not really sure how to interpret what is going on there. A. You have to determine the chief source and transcribe what you find [...]
