33X fields do not necessarily mean RDA

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Recent questions to the Policy and Standards Division prompt this cautionary message about imported records. The presence of fields 336 (Content type), 337 (Media type), and 338 (Carrier type) in a bibliographic record does not in and of itself indicate RDA cataloging, since these fields may be used with non-RDA cataloging.  When these fields are present in a bibliographic record look for positive evidence of RDA cataloging:

            Ldr/18 (Descriptive cataloging form) = i (ISBD punctuation included) or c (ISBD
                        punctuation omitted)
            040 contains $e = rda

            If the value in Ldr/18 is neither "i" nor "c" and 040 contains $e = rda, rely on the
            evidence in field 040.

Alternatively, look for evidence of non-RDA cataloging, such as:

            Ldr/18 (Descriptive cataloging form) = a (AACR 2)
            040 does not contain $e = rda

            Another clue may be that terms are abbreviated in places that RDA would not
            abbreviate them, e.g.:

                    300 ## $a 296 p. $b ill., ports. (some col.)

Retain the 33X fields (or other RDA-defined details, such as relationship designators) already present in imported records regardless of whether the cataloging is RDA or non-RDA.

(Source: Kay Guiles, Policy and Standards Division, Library of Congress)


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