Name(s), phrase(s), or group(s) of characters relating to the identification and/or function of any persons or corporate bodies responsible for or contributing tothe creation of realization of the intellectual or artistic content of a work. Statements of responsibility may occur in conjunction with titles (e.g. the title proper, parallel title, titles of individual works contained in the item, titles in series/subseries statements) or in conjunction with edition statements. * NOTE: THIS DEFINITION IS REVISED -- Cf . p. 623 of AACR2R.
The part of a bibliographic item or catalogue entry which indicates the "author" of a work, that is, the person or organization responsible for the intellectual content of the book.
A statement transcribed from the item being described, relating to authors or to corporate bodies issuing the item or to persons or corporate bodies responsible for the performance of the content of the item.
The listing of the item's "creator" or "creators". In most cases, the main creator is also the main entry and entered in a MARC field 1xx (See also glossary entry "Main entry"). According to AACR, up to three creators may be listed in MARC field 245 $c. One creator is the main entry, and the other creators may be listed in multiple MARC field 7xx's; this is an example of "shared responsibility" (See also glossary entry "shared responsibility").
A statement, transcribed from the item being described, relating to persons responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the item, to corporate bodies from which the content emanates, or to person or corporate bodies responsible for the performance of the content of the item.
A transcribed listing from the item being described, of the persons responsible for the overall intellectual or artistic content of the item, corporate bodies from which the content emanates, or persons or corporate bodies responsible for the performance of the content of the item.
Subfield c of the 245 field which identifies the persons or corporate bodies responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the item.