[Koha-bugs] [Bug 13381] RDA: 245 field changes in XSLT

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rgravel at marlboro.edu changed:

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--- Comment #16 from rgravel at marlboro.edu ---
Statement of Responsibility:
I am a cataloger and I do like the full statement of responsibility, ie the
whole 245 field, to display at the top of the record. I think it is in fact
helpful to patrons, because it is written in plain language and so clearly
indicates to a patron whether the record they've found matches their needs.  It
is fairly common in other systems and academic libraries to include the full
statement, because it readily helps patrons understand what the record is a
surrogate for, i.e. which book exactly the record really represents. 

Furthermore, sometimes the statement differs from what is included in 100s and
700s, because it is up to the cataloger's taste and judgement to decide whether
to make an access point for those folks listed in the statement. So, as a
result, you could have important bibliographic information included in the
statement, but no where else in the record, which is another reason I think
many systems chose to display it. 

GMD/Medium:
Because there will be a mix of legacy AACR2 and new RDA records in our
catalogs, we can no longer *consistently* rely on the GMD as the indicator of
medium. The good news is, there are other indicators in the record that are
consistent across AACR2 and RDA records, like the material type that is pulled
from MARC's fixed fields/leader and already populates a Type tag in the record;
a new medium or format tag that pulled the GMD in would be duplicative of this
in my opinion. The type selected for the items, as well as any call number
prefixes that might be use for DVDs or Ebooks, as also consistent indicators,
not to mention RDA's new 33x fields.

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