Hello,
I am cataloging electronic theses & dissertations (ETDs)
and have a couple questions about best practices in RDA.
According to OCLC Bibformats 3.1 – Special Cataloging
Guidelines for Theses and Dissertations
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/specialcataloging.html
“Electronic
theses and dissertations that are remotely accessible via the Web should be
treated as published items and cataloged as original electronic publications, as
explained in AACR2 9.4B2”
AACR2 9.4B2: “Consider all remote
access electronic resources to be published.”
RDA 2.8.1.1: “Consider all online
resources to be published.”
So, even though place of publication and publisher were
almost always omitted in AACR2 records for theses and dissertations, whether
in print or online, I believe the place of publication and publisher should
be included in the 264 field of an RDA record for an ETD. Am I
correct?
Example:
264 _1 [Medford, Massachusetts]: |bTufts University, |c
2013.
Also, according to the same OCLC
document:
“Omit added entries for advisors, the institution, made-up
thesis collection or series titles in fields 246, 700–740 and 8xx. Use the 79x
fields for these kinds of added entries.”
As with the instruction to omit place of publication and
publisher, is this instruction meant to pertain only to print theses and
dissertations which are considered unpublished items? Since an ETD is
considered a published item, can a cataloger include an added author field for
the institution?
Example:
710 2_ Tufts University.|bDepartment of
Psychology
Thanks,
Dana Elder
Cataloging and Metadata Services
Tisch Library, Tufts University
35 Professor's Row
Medford, MA 02155