Mark, As long as there is just a single expression in English, then I think including 046 $k is perfectly ok, as the access point isn't "generic", it represents the sole English expression, and since there's no conflict, the date is not needed in the access point itself. I haven't checked all of these NARs to see if they represent just a single expression in English, or if there are different English expressions of the works available. Adam Schiff ************************************** * 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] * ************************************** On Wed, 1 Oct 2014, Mark K. Ehlert wrote: > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:59:04 -0500 > From: Mark K. Ehlert <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Date of expression in DLC authority records? > > I've come across several authority records exclusively sourced and edited > by DLC (per the 040 field) for English translations that include 046 dates > that specify the date of expression. The heading itself is generic > following LC-PCC PS 6.27.3--Name. Title. English--but the record is made > specific with that added date. Many, but not all, of the records were last > edited in February-March 2013, which point to the Phase 2 RDA Authorities > project. However, none of the 1xx/4xx headings use the $f, which I presume > would be the source for the automated population of the 046 field. Several > 046s also don't match the source dates in the 670s; manual intervention is > implied there. > > Random examples by LCCN: > n 90636367 > no 97019257 > n 80148532 > n 2012079161 > n 2013001274 > n 2013037659 > n 2013062190 > > So a question of practice for those of us who aren't LC: Should these > records be treated as generic expression? Or specific expression? I > presume the 046s aren't meant to act as the start date(!) for a collection > of English expressions covered by a single record. I have one translation > record in front of me I'd like to edit, but don't know how to go about > enhancing it, if at all (n 85022980, last touched in September 2013). > > -- > Mark K. Ehlert Minitex > Coordinator University of Minnesota > Digitization, Cataloging & 15 Andersen Library > Metadata Education (DCME) 222 21st Avenue South > Phone: 612-624-0805 Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439 > <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/> > > "Experience is by industry achieved // And perfected by > the swift course of time." -- Shakespeare, "Two Gentlemen > of Verona," Act I, scene iii > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~