Dear PCCLIST readers,
Thanks to Christopher Thomas and Ted Gemberling for their contributions. My question concerns MARC coding. The pertinent RDA instruction is 6.27.1, for which LC-PCC PS has: For additional guidelines on presentation
and punctuation of access points, see Policy Statement 1.7.1. In LC-PCC PS, under Access Points in Name Authority and Bibliographic Records (General), which appears to deal primarily with punctuation, field 240 is specifically mentioned, and two examples
are given. But I wonder if, instead of field 240, field 700 can (and should) be used.
Thus, instead of
100 AAP
240 Works. $k Selections
245 Title on preferred source
the following
100 AAP
245 Title on preferred source
700 1_ AAP. $t Works. $t Selections
700 12 AAP. $t Works. $t Selections. $f Year
The case which prompts my inquiry is OCLC 830367645, LCCN 2013930951:
1001 Edwards, Jonathan, ǂd 1703-1758, ǂe author.
24010 Works. ǂk Selections
24510 Jonathan Edwards : ǂb writings from the Great Awakening / ǂc Philip F. Gura, editor.
This record is still in process in LC's catalog. Our local catalog (and LC's) lacks field 240, but one of the numerous agencies that have edited the OCLC master has added it. Why not have instead:
7001 Edwards, Jonathan, ǂd 1703-1758. ǂt Works. ǂk Selections
70012 Edwards, Jonathan, ǂd 1703-1758. ǂt Works. ǂk Selections. ǂf 2013.
Sincerely - Ian
Ian Fairclough
Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian
George Mason University
703-993-2938