On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, D. Starner wrote:
Andrew Sly writes:
I did make a judgement call in some cases. For instance, recording someone who wrote an introduction as a "contributor".
It seems odd that there should be a judgement call here (and it's one I've run into in the copyright clearances, too). A lot of books have introductions, and there should be a standard way of noting them.
From what I've seen, in "traditional" library catalogs, you are
likely to see a more full transcription of information on the title page. i.e. The Moccasin Maker / By E. Pauline Johnson / With introduction by Sir Gilbert Parker / and appreciation by Charles Mair. But not to have any additional entries for other author's names. However, that has not been the practise at PG. (Particularly as, for earlier titles, there may be nothing left from the original Title page.) I suppose that if something seems significant enough to warrant more explanation, we can add a comment in the "Note" field. Andrew