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The world broke in two : Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the year that changed literature / Bill Goldstein. (OCLC #970042762)

Subject Heading Manual section H 620 on establishing chronological subject headings says:

Establish headings for centuries, decades, or years using words, not numbers. 

    650 _0 ǂa Nineteen twenty-two, A.D.

It also says:

This differs from the practice for subdivisions where numbers are preferred. 

    650 _0 ǂa Literature and society ǂx History ǂy 20th century.
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I am not your Negro / Magnolia Pictures ; Amazon Studios ; Velvet Film, Inc. (USA), Velvet Film (France) present in coproduction with Artémis Productions, Close Up Films ; in coproduction with ARTE France, Independent Lens, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, RTBF (Télévision belge), Shelter Prod ; written by James Baldwin ; directed by Raoul Peck ; produced by Rémi Grellety, Raoul Peck, Hébert Peck ; a Raoul Peck film. (OCLC #976436785)

RDA defines the on-screen participant relationship designator to mean:

An agent contributing to an expression of a nonfiction moving image work by taking an active role as a participant. Appearance on screen to provide contextual or background information is excluded.

The record for this documentary includes designated several people this way:

    700 1_ ǂa Baldwin, James, ǂd 1924-1987, ǂe screenwriter,
        ǂe on-screen participant.
    700 1_ ǂa Belafonte, Harry, ǂd 1927- ǂe on-screen participant.
    700 1_ ǂa Brando, Marlon, ǂe on-screen participant.
    700 1_ ǂa Cavett, Dick, ǂe on-screen participant.
    700 1_ ǂa Bush, George W. ǂq (George Walker), ǂd 1946-
        ǂe on-screen participant.
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Resistance / Film Buff ; an Uji Films production ; directed & edited by Michael Graziano ; produced by Michael Graziano, Ernie Park. (OCLC #892627517)

In RDA, the relationship designator commentator is defined as:

A performer contributing to an expression of a work by providing interpretation, analysis, or a discussion of the subject matter on a recording, film, or other audiovisual medium.

I tend to think of the word as referring to someone providing live / running commentary of events (as a news or sports commentator), but the term seems slightly more general, as used in this record:

700 1_ ǂa Aarestrup, Frank M., ǂd 1966- ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Cox, Ed ǂq (Edward M.), ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Flynn, William ǂc (Veterinarian), ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Eisen, Jonathan, ǂc Dr., ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Kar, Avinash, ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Glickman, Dan, ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Creech, Buddy ǂq (Clarence), ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Laxminarayan, Ramanan, ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Levy, Stuart B., ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa McKenna, Maryn, ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Price, Lance ǂc (Physician), ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Rex, John H., ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Slaughter, Louise M., ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Spellberg, Brad, ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Hansen, Gail ǂq (Gail R.), ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Chiller, Tom, ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Dahl, Jan ǂc (Veterinarian), ǂe commentator.
700 1_ ǂa Philpott, Tom ǂc (Food writer), ǂe commentator.

What do you think? Is there a better relationship designator for experts providing information in a documentary?

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Gmelin Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie. (OCLC #802031)

With all these types of enumeration on the volume, how should this series be arranged and labeled? By Band/Teil? Should supplements be grouped with their elements? If so, how to arrange elements? (by Periodic table order?)

In our collection, this volume has the description:

B; s.n.13; supp; pt.6; 1975

Volumes in this set are labeled by the element symbol (in this case B = Boron) and also the Gmelin system numbers, where Boron has number 13. It is part (Teil) 6 of a supplemental series (Ergänzungswerk), published in 1975.