CC:DA/JSC Rep/KPG/2015/4 Create new sub-instructions in RDA 2.17 for: Other Information Relating to Numbering of Serials (RDA 2.17.5.6) and Other Information Relating to a Series Statement (RDA 2.17.11.5)

Abstract

Several instructions in RDA 2.17 contain an ability to record “other information relating to” a particular element. These include title, statement of responsibility and edition statement. However, the scope is more restrictive for some of the other instructions in RDA 2.17. The current scope for RDA 2.17.5, Note on Numbering of Serials, is limited to the actual numbering or the time period involved; this sub-instruction does not encompass making a note about any other details relating to the numbering, such as where it was found. Similarly, the current scope of RDA 2.17.11, Note on Series Statement, restricts the use of this element to “complex series statements, incorrect numbering within series, or changes in series statements.” Again, this does not cover providing information about the source of the series statement. In both cases, however, catalogers do make such notes, even though RDA does not contain supporting instructions. This proposal addresses these problems by broadening 2.17.5 and 2.17.11 to include a subinstruction for “other information relating to…”, modeled after 2.17.4.4, Other Information Relating to an Edition Statement. In the case of 2.17.11, this means inserting the new instruction at 2.17.11.5 and renumbering the final sub-instruction. To support these changes, two Glossary definitions need to be expanded: note on numbering of serials and note on series statement. Finally, there are two additional Glossary definitions which would benefit from the addition of “on” before the final clause: note on edition statement and note on title.