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Thanks, Carroll.

2.3.1.4 says �If a title of a serial includes a date, name, number, etc., that varies from issue to issue, omit this date, name, number, etc.�  I am not so sure that the title of this serial �includes� the date.   The date is connected to the title only by a comma.  There is no grammatical connection.  I think this is not so cut and dried.

As for the question of capitalization in the title:  I erred in my facsimile of the title page presentation in my original message (I was cutting-and-pasting without thinking).   I have the piece in hand, and the title looks like this on the title page:  �Cultura politica de la democracia en Chile y en las Americas, 2012: Hacia la igualdad de oportunidades.�   I am not sure why the cataloger of 2013269609 capitalized some words that were not capitalized in the source.  Sorry for confusing my own point.

Pete Wilson
Heard Library
Vanderbilt University

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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Mark of omission in title transcription

You can tell from the presence of "040 � $e rda" (together with code "I" in Leader/18) that this is someone's description created according to RDA.

Following guidelines in RDA and LC-PCC PS, the mark of omission is indeed used to indicate every omission of data from a title, wherever it occurs, including at the beginning or at the end (according to RDA 2.3.1.4).  Unlike AACR2 and LCRIs, RDA and LC-PS provide no exceptional locations where recording an applicable mark of omission is foregone.   I do not defend or attack this standard; it is just true.  The title proper in 2013269609 complies with the RDA instruction

LC-PCC PS for Appendix A.1 Alternative encourages (but does not require) LC and PCC catalogers to capitalize transcribed elements according to RDA Appendix A, but also permits them to choose instead to "take what they see" on the resource.  The cataloger of 2013269609 has chosen to do the latter, which is less encouraged but is permitted.

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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.