Q: If an edition is listed on the front cover, is this something that would be included in a note? A: No, just in the edition tag. The sources of information for edition statement include all preliminary pages. The edition on the front cover can be used only if the front cover is the only [...]
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Edition on Front Cover
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Abbrievations in the edition statement, Part II
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Further clarification on abbreviations and capitalization: I understand that you would not abbreviate “Books” as “Bks.”, but would you capitalize “Books” since it is part of the edition statement? A. If you have a proper name or in the case a corp. body, you do not abbreviate those terms.
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.
Revised edition wording
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I don’t understand when to put “Rev.” at the beginning or at the end as “rev.” I’ve seen it both ways, ie. Rev. 9th ed. and 9th ed. rev. A. You follow the order of the wording on the source. Let the source be your guide as to the order of the wording.
Abbrieviations in the edition statement
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If you have something (hypothetically) that’s a “Scholastic Books Edition,” would you capitalize the “Books” so that it would read Scholastic Books ed.? A. For the edition statement, you must look for abbreviations where possible. Now when you have a proper name in the edition statement, you do not abbreviate the proper name.
What is the edition statement?
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I don’t understand where to put the edition statement. Is that who published it? A. No, the edition statement is something like first edition, second edition. It is not who published the item.
1st Editions
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If a book is 1st edition, stated or assumed, do you ever cite that or do you just leave area 2 blank? A. You only transcribe an edition statement if found on the source. Never assume. (Fellner, Probability and Profit)
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 [...]
If the edition is unclear does one still include it?
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If the edition is unclear do we still include it? A. If the edition cannot be found on the source, skip it. If you can reasonably assume it is a new edition but nothing states this fact on the source, you can put the edition statement in square brackets. For example, if you think [...]
Use brackets if edition statement is found on the t.p. verso?
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If the edition is found on the title page verso, it does not need brackets, right? A. The t.p. verso is one of the prescribed sources for the edition statement. So you do NOT put it in brackets if found there.
What To Do When No Edition Statement Is Found
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Can we skip the edition area if number of the edition is not explicitly stated? A. If you cannot find the edition statement on any of the prescribed sources of information then skip.
Edition Statement of Responsbility – Two Interpretations (and note of abbreviations)
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 27, 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 [...]
Must one search the preface or introductions for an edition statement?
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Should we read preface or introductions carefully to see if there is something mentioned about edition? It isn’t a prescribed source, but say for example we were to find something there, would we add it in brackets for the edition statement? A. If you take information about the edition from the preface (since this [...]
Printing Statements
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Should we include first printing in the edition statement. I have not found any information on how to treat printing in edition. A. Ignore printing statements. You are only looking for edition statements. Printing has to do with print runs and nothing to do with a different edition of the work.
Formatting, Post 2 – Missing Areas
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, Variable Fields on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If you cannot find an area, for example the edition, what do you do? Do you skip a line to indicate there is not one available or do you just proceed? For example, for a couple of the assignments I can’t find an edition or any series info. So do I just leave a [...]
Dashes/Hyphens — (equals two hyphens)
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. You use — before Areas 2, 4, and 6. From what I can tell in the AACR2 section 1.0C1 they say use a single dash. I am assuming we should use — [blog converts into a single dash, actually typed as - - without space in between] Correct? A. Type the dash in your [...]
Superscript
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. When transcribing the edition for Area 2, does it make a difference if the number is superscribed or not, i.e. 1st, 2nd, or 1st, 2nd? A. It does not matter for our purposes.
