7 Contributor

A person or group responsible for contributing to a resource/text. A contributor has likely been helpful in creating part of a resource or provided support throughout the creation of a resource in a significant way.

Question to Consider When Determining a Contributor

• Who are the individuals and/or organizations who were involved in the creation of the text and to what extent were they involved in the creation of the text?
• How much of the text you are documenting do you think should be creating by a group or individual in order to be considered an author?
• Who is already listed as an author or creator of a text and who might be listed as having another role in the creation of the text?

Contributor Examples

• An editor or editors of a book, digital file, etc.
• An illustrator of a picture book
• A translator of a text
• A person who developed the film of a photograph, but didn’t necessarily take the photograph