12th December 2007, 09:57 PM
Same here. Author on front, individual specialists credited at their section and general acknowledgement list for everything like production of digital plans, inked sections, all site diggers etc is what my unit does as standard. Particularly when you're getting started in the profession, seeming your name in print is something to be proud of or encouraging.
The idea of losing individual authorship to a corporate image simply strikes me as unfair. As a comparison look at TV or film where everybody gets a credit (try telling Welles, Hitchcock or Cruise etc that their name wont appear anywhere as the film was a joint effort by the studio employees). At organisations like the BBC, which surely has a strict corporate image/standard to maintain and could just state all programs as BBC staff produced, the staff get their individual credits. Even the local bleeding weathergirls announce who they are before telling you to get the sandbags out.
The idea of losing individual authorship to a corporate image simply strikes me as unfair. As a comparison look at TV or film where everybody gets a credit (try telling Welles, Hitchcock or Cruise etc that their name wont appear anywhere as the film was a joint effort by the studio employees). At organisations like the BBC, which surely has a strict corporate image/standard to maintain and could just state all programs as BBC staff produced, the staff get their individual credits. Even the local bleeding weathergirls announce who they are before telling you to get the sandbags out.