Currently, we are changing [et al.] (and a very small permutations of this) to [and others] (BSLW Wiki: link). This change happens for all languages. So if a record is in English, it is updated to [and others]; if a record is in German it is updated to [and others].

We are also working on a report that lets you know when we change [et al.] to [and others] and the language code (008[35-37]) is not ‘eng’ (i.e. English).

But we wanted to check with you all about whether it made sense to change [et al.] to the foreign-language equivalent of [and others], based on the 008[35-37] language code.

For example, if 008[35-37] is ‘ger’ (i.e. German), would you want us to change [et al.] to [und andere]? Or we should we continue changing it to [and others]? Please note that this change only happens for clients that have instructed us to do so via RDA 4.1 (online profile).

Thank you for any thoughts you may have on this question.

Nate Cothran | Vice President, Automation Services

Backstage Library Works | Provo, Utah & Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

801.342.5697 | nate@bslw.com | bslw.com | ac.bslw.com/mars