Following up on Paige's message, RDA says to "Record a projection of cartographic content if considered important for identification or selection" in 7.26.1.3. Since it doesn't say transcribe, we can expand the acronym. Susan On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Paige G. Andrew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > My personal preference is to expand this acronym to Universal Transverse > Mercator projection. > > Paige > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Jordan Hale" <[log in to unmask]> > *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, April 19, 2017 3:50:51 PM > *Subject: *Question re: projection info in RDA > > Hi all, > > > > When cataloguing a UTM-projected map, do I follow the principle of “take > what you see” or “expand acronyms” in 255 subfield b when the projection > statement reads “UTM (Zone 18)”? > > > > Thanks, > > Jordan > > > > *Jordan Hale*, Original Cataloguer & Reference Specialist > Map & Data Library, University of Toronto > 416 978 5346 <(416)%20978-5346> | mdl.library.utoronto.ca | @MDL_UofT > <http://twitter.com/mdl_uoft> > > > >