[Heb-NACO] square brackets

[Neil Manel Frau-Cortes]

Thanks


Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.
Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone (301) 405-9337
nfrau at umd.edu

From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+nfrau=umd.edu at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Kuperman, Aaron
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 4:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] square brackets

Neil,
   I noticed you are relatively "new" as catalogers go.  Remember that under AACR2 the rules were quite different, and while "present company" (Hebrew NACO libraries) know what they are doing (almost always), if you are working from copy that originated in a non-PCC library you will see much greater "variety" . --Aaron

From: Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+akup=loc.gov at lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Neil Manel Frau-Cortes
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 3:08 PM
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Subject: [Heb-NACO] square brackets

Hi,

I am encountering a number of pcc (and not ppc) bibs of Hebrew books whose dates are between square brackets, even if they are explicit in the book.

I usually just correct it, but I am finding so many that I wonder if there is some misunderstanding.

I checked with Kathy Glennan and she agreed. That's her answer:

The sources for publication dates are (in this order) - see RDA 2.8.6:

-          The title page [the same source as the title proper]

-          Somewhere else in the resource

-          Sources not considered "in the resource"
It's only in this latter case that square brackets are suggested as a means of conveying that the date wasn't in the manifestation. This is a change from AACR2, so it's possible that not all catalogers have internalized this difference between the two cataloging codes.


Therefore I understand that if a date appears on the verso of a title page, it should not be bracketed. A case such as 775 [2015] to me implies that you found the 775, but not the 2015 in any part of the book. Again, I am talking about explicit publication dates, not copyright dates.

Am I reading this correctly?


Neil M. Frau-Cortes, Ph.D.
Judaica, Hebraica and Metadata Cataloger
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone (301) 405-9337
nfrau at umd.edu

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