Gayle,

It never hurts to trace for a company like State Farm, even if their role
is primarily distributor, but this is optional in AACR2 so its your choice.

Paige

>--- Begin Forwarded Message ---
>Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 21:53:05 -0400
>From: Eric Riback <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: State Farm Road Atlas/main entry/publisher <fwd>
>Sender: Eric Riback <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Gayle,
>
>Rand McNally has been producing a custom road atlas for State Farm for many
>years.  They produce many custom versions that are used as premiums.  Most
>are smaller runs that use the same "guts" as the retail edition with a
>custom cover.  State Farm buys enough that they get their own press run,
>and thus can brand the text. Aside from the cover and customer information
>that is added, these are the same as their consumer retail editions. For
>all intents and purposes, the publisher is Rand McNally.  It is distributed
>by State Farm through their network of agents.
>
>Eric Riback
>
>At 04:26 PM 9/14/2002 -0400, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
> >--- Begin Forwarded Message ---
> >Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:19:06 -0500
> >From: Gayle Porter <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: State Farm Road Atlas/main entry/publisher
> >Sender: Gayle Porter <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello all,
> >I'm cataloging a title, State Farm Road Atlas: U.S., Canada, Mexico;
> >copyright 2002 by Rand McNally. The issues are what shd be described as the
> >main entry, and also the publisher. The same paragraph that has the
> >copyright info. also has Rand M's address and website address. I found no
> >other mention of Rand M. in the atlas. The State Farm Insurance co. logo is
> >on every page as far as I can see; plus the first page has a form letter
> >from State Farm Insurance cos. (U.S. and Canadian offices)  to the customer.
> >I suspect that Rand McNally produced the atlas and State Farm is both
> >distrbuting the atlas & using it as an advertising platform. BTW, the oclc
> >records I've seen for other editions/similar cases just have title main
> >entry with 710s for both State Farm and Rand McNally, but I wonder about the
> >quality of these records. In my case, it seems better to do a title main
> >entry and describe State Farm as the publisher/distributor.  Your feedback
> >is welcome.
> >
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Gayle Porter
> >Catalog Librarian
> >Purdue University Libraries
> >1530 Stewart Center, Room 364
> >West Lafayette, IN 47907-1534
> >Phone: 765-494-3103    Fax: 765-494-0156
> >[log in to unmask]

Mr. Paige G. Andrew
Faculty Maps Cataloger
     and Associate Librarian
126 Paterno Library
University Libraries
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
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(814) 865-1755
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