A cataloging problem with some books

vFbjgBDhV · 03-18-2023, 04:44 AM

Hi everyone.

What's the best way to manage the metadata of those books that don't have a real author but only a document collector? for example, how can the following books be correctly described in the metadata?

- Title: Plato's speeches
???: collected by John Surpace
(John Surpace IS NOT the author, just the collator of the writings)

- Title: Kafka's Epistles to Giselda
???: collected by Francoise Musambé
(again, Musambé is not the author but only the one who collected the writings giving them a certain critical, historical or philological order)

- Title: The philosophical writings of Catherine La Saponaires
???: collected by Viktor Szybalowitch

How do you manage these kinds of books?

Sirtel · 03-18-2023, 09:04 AM

I have no such books, but I imagine the best way would be to create a custom column for a collector/editor.

DNSB · 03-18-2023, 04:43 PM

I simply add (ed) after the editor/collector's name in the author field.

theducks · 03-18-2023, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

I simply add (ed) after the editor/collector's name in the author field.

I have a number of roles done that way. (role)
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03-18-2023, 04:44 AM	#1
vFbjgBDhV Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: none	A cataloging problem with some books Hi everyone. What's the best way to manage the metadata of those books that don't have a real author but only a document collector? for example, how can the following books be correctly described in the metadata? - Title: Plato's speeches ???: collected by John Surpace (John Surpace IS NOT the author, just the collator of the writings) - Title: Kafka's Epistles to Giselda ???: collected by Francoise Musambé (again, Musambé is not the author but only the one who collected the writings giving them a certain critical, historical or philological order) - Title: The philosophical writings of Catherine La Saponaires ???: collected by Viktor Szybalowitch How do you manage these kinds of books?

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03-18-2023, 09:04 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,699 Karma: 212939160 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	I have no such books, but I imagine the best way would be to create a custom column for a collector/editor.

03-18-2023, 04:43 PM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 26,085 Karma: 118174919 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	I simply add (ed) after the editor/collector's name in the author field.