But a museum catalog is not necessarily the result of an event, exhibit, conference, etc., so I don't think "host institution" is appropriate in this situation.  I guess it depends on if it's an exhibition catalog or simply an ordinary catalog of the institution's holdings.

Adam Schiff

On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, Terry BOOM wrote:

> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 08:17:17 -0700
> From: Terry BOOM <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: relationship designator for main entry of a museum catalog
> 
> I've seen "host institution" used recently in copy for the museum when
> there's clearly a human author responsible for the content of the catalog.
> I like it.
> I.2.2. host institution A corporate body hosting the event, exhibit,
> conference, etc., which gave rise to a work, but having little or no
> responsibility for the content of the work.
>
> Terry Boom
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Adam L. Schiff <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't see how "corporate author" would be different from "author".  It
>> is a corporate author if the entity that is an author is a corporate body.
>> "Author" is defined in RDA as a person, family, or corporate body.  A 110
>> or 111 tag in combination with "author" as a designator is clearly a
>> corporate author.
>>
>> Adam Schiff
>>
>> On Wed, 3 Jun 2015, Wilson, Pete wrote:
>>
>>  Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 00:00:17 +0000
>>> From: "Wilson, Pete" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: relationship designator for main entry of a museum catalog
>>>
>>>
>>> It seems strange to designate both corporate body and human as author
>>> when they aren't really presented as collaborators, but I don't have any
>>> better ideas given the relationship designators we have now.  I think we
>>> need "corporate author" for situations when the rules say to treat a
>>> corporate body as creator.   That way we can distinguish the somewhat
>>> differing roles of the corporate body and the person who actually wrote the
>>> text.  This change would not make the theoretical model any more
>>> satisfying, but it would add information and clarity.
>>>
>>> Pete Wilson
>>> Vanderbilt University
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Adam L. Schiff
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 6:16 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] relationship designator for main entry of a museum
>>> catalog
>>>
>>> Amy,
>>>
>>> I think I would use author since the catalog is textual.  Compiler could
>>> be another possible choice.  Corporate creation trumps personal creation,
>>> so if you have both you would do 110 for corporate creator and 700 for the
>>> person.  And I would probably use either author or compiler for that too.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2 Jun 2015, Amy Turner wrote:
>>>
>>>  Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 20:04:10 +0000
>>>> From: Amy Turner <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
>>>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: relationship designator for main entry of a museum catalog
>>>>
>>>> Museums are considered creators of their catalogs, according to RDA
>>>> 19.2.1.1.1 and its LC-PCC PS (as far as I can tell, unchanged from AACR2
>>>> and the LCRIs).   I don't see a specific relationship designator for this
>>>> case in Appendix I.  So would "author" be appropriate?  If there is also a
>>>> person who is presented on the title page as author of the catalog, would
>>>> the museum get the main entry with $e author and the person an added entry,
>>>> also with $e author?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Amy Turner
>>>> Cataloger and Authority Control Coordinator, Duke University Libraries
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Adam L. Schiff
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>>> University of Washington Libraries
>>> Box 352900
>>> Seattle, WA 98195-2900
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>>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Adam L. Schiff
>> Principal Cataloger
>> University of Washington Libraries
>> Box 352900
>> Seattle, WA 98195-2900
>> (206) 543-8409
>> (206) 685-8782 fax
>> [log in to unmask]
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>
>
>
> -- 
> Terry Boom
> Bancroft Library
> University of California Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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Adam L. Schiff
Principal Cataloger
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
(206) 543-8409
(206) 685-8782 fax
[log in to unmask]
http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff
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