That is a serial record.
RDA 2.3.1.4 says, �Transcribe a title as it appears on the source of information�.
A little further down in 2.3.1.4, there is a section named Exceptions.
One of the exceptions is: �If a title of a serial includes a date, name, number, etc., that varies from issue to issue, omit this date, name, number, etc.
Use a mark of omission (�) to indicate such an omission�.
A similar rule existed under AACR2.
Steve McDonald
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Subject: [PCCLIST] Mark of omission in title transcription
Hi. I�m wondering whether a mark of omission should be included in a title transcription.
Please take a look at CONSER record 2013269609. The title is transcribed as
Cultura Poli�tica de la Democracia en Chile y en las Ame�ricas, ...
I am really doubtful about that mark of omission. (The capitalization is actually wrong also�it doesn�t match the source�but that isn�t my point at the moment.) The mark of
omission stands for a date. The date is not grammatically connected to the title phrase at all, though there is a comma between the phrase and the date, so I guess they are connected in a way. The source looks like
Cultura Poli�tica de la Democracia en Chile
y en las Ame�ricas, 2012:
Hacia la igualdad de oportunidades
The third line is a subtitle and based on the publisher�s history will not be consistent.
Would you use a mark of omission, or simply end the title at �Ame�ricas?� Thanks.
Pete Wilson
Heard Library
Vanderbilt Univ.