ISBD(NBM) - IFLA

ecorded in the statement of responsibility when in the context of a particular film, or particular type of film,
they have a major creative role (e.g. the cinematographer, writers of screenplays or animators of animated
films). Entities whose contributions to such a work are comparatively minor, purely technical, or related
only to a segment of the work, may be given in a note (see 7.1.5) or omitted.
A statement of responsibility can take various forms:
1.5.2.1 It can consist of the name(s) of person(s) or corporate body or bodies, with or without a
linking word or short phrase indicative of the role of the person or corporate body (see also 1.5.2.6).
e.g.
Model planetarium [Object] / Cary Johnson
1.5.2.2 It can consist of a phrase without a name when such a phrase describes an intellectual
contribution or is otherwise significant.
e.g.
Autumn leaves [Multi-media] / by a group of teachers representative of primary
grades
Art explained / Dieter Kendrick ; with spoken commentary by various artists
1.5.2.3 It can include a noun or noun phrase as well as name(s) when such a phrase is indicative
of the role of the person or corporate body rather than of the nature of the work.
e.g.
Roman Britain [Visual projection] / research and text by Colin Barham
Other nouns or noun phrases are normally treated as other title information (see 1.4).
1.5.2.4 It can include details relating to other descriptive elements (e.g. original title, information
about the edition of the work translated) when such details are linguistically an integral part of the
statement of responsibility.
e.g.
High comedy [Microform] / selected and translated from La divina commedia, by J.G.
Roman
1.5.2.5 It can consist of statements relating to appendices and other supplementary matter when
such statements appear on the prescribed source of information (see also 1.5.3.3).
e.g.
Barring the stars [Hologram] / by Fantasies Unlimited ; with descriptive notes by a
specially constellated task force
1.5.2.6 It can consist of the name(s) of a corporate body acting as sponsor of an item when the
corporate body is named on the prescribed source of information and the relationship between the
sponsor and the item is explicitly stated (or can be expressed by the addition of an appropriate word or
short phrase).
e.g.
Oil over the Andes [Motion picture] / [sponsored by] Occidental Petroleum
Corporation ; made by Sandler Institutional Films, Inc.
A sponsoring body when its name forms an integral part of the publication, distribution, etc. area (i.e.
prefaced by a phrase such as "published for ...") is included in area 4.
1.5.2.7 A statement that is not connected with responsibility for the intellectual or artistic content of
the item is riot considered a statement of responsibility. Statements such as mottoes, dedications, and
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