LC-PCC policy statements for statement of responsibility

LC/PCC Core. Manifestation: statement of responsibility relating to title proper is a core subelement. See other subelements of statement of responsibility for coreness pertaining to the resource being described.

LC/PCC practice: For monographs, only the first recorded statement of responsibility relating to title proper is an LC/PCC requirement, but catalogers are encouraged to transcribe as Manifestation: statement of responsibility or Manifestation: note on statement of responsibility any other statements of responsibility that aid in resource discovery, identification, and selection.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation elements.

LC/PCC practice: Describe a fictitious entity or a real non-human entity as an Agent instead of a pseudonym or an entity that is external to RDA. Use the entity subtypes Person, Corporate Body, and Family as appropriate.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Fictitious and Real Non-Human Entities.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option to the most prominent or first named of the works.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Instead, record a separate value of Expression: related agent of expression for each of one or more non-human entities.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. Instead, record a separate value of Work: related agent of work for each of one or more non-human entities.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Optionally, transcribe the statement of responsibility as given on the source of information.

LC/PCC practice: For sources of information for transcription, see the instructions at Guidance: Data provenance: Recording a source of metadata that is a manifestation being described.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option. Essential information that should not be omitted includes words or phrases that are considered part of a person's name or provide identifying elements often used in an authorized access point. (For example, terms indicating a familial relationship such as "Jr." or a title of nobility such as "Duke of Norfolk.")

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: statement of responsibility.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option. When the option is applied, indicate the information omitted according to the standard pattern: "[and six others]."

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Supply the value in square brackets.

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

LC/PCC practice: Apply this option if 1) the metadata has been taken from a source other than the manifestation being described and there is a requirement to record that source OR 2) if directed to do so by other LC/PCC documentation.