RECORDING SCRIPTS IN RDA

LC-PCC PS for 7.13.2

SCRIPT

CORE ELEMENT FOR LC/PCC

Script is a core element for LC if a language is commonly written in more than one script, and if the resource is in a script other than the primary one for the language.

[2012-05]

LC-PCC PS for 7.13.2.3

RECORDING SCRIPTS

Form of Script Name

LC practice/PCC practice: Use the English language names of scripts found at: 〈http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-en.html〉. Generally do not include the parenthetical information found in the list when recording the script name.

If a resource is in a language that is commonly written in more than one script, name both the language and the script.

  

EXAMPLE

546 ##

$a Konkani $b Kannada.

546 ##

$a Konkani $b Devanagari.

546 ##

$a Serbian $b Latin.

546 ##

$a Serbian $b Cyrillic.

546 ##

$a Syriac $b Nestorian.

Applicability

LC practice/PCC practice: If the resource is in a script other than the primary one for the language, name both the language and the script in the language note (MARC field 546).

EXAMPLE

546 ##

$a Panjabi.

For a publication using the Gurmukhi script

but

546 ##

$a Panjabi $b Devanagari.

For a publication using the Devanagari script

546 ##

$a Sindhi.

For a publication using the Persian script

but

546 ##

$a Sindhi $b Gurmukhi.

For a publication using the Gurmukhi script

546 ##

$a Azerbaijani.

For a publication using the Latin script

but

546 ##

$a Azerbaijani $b Arabic.

For a publication using the Arabic script

546 ##

$a Azerbaijani $b Cyrillic.

For a publication using the Cyrillic script

546 ##

$a Church Slavic.

For a publication using the Cyrillic script

but

546 ##

$a Church Slavic $b Glagolitic.

For a publication using the Glagolitic script

  

For complex notes involving multiple languages and scripts, see Policy Statement 7.13.2.4.

[2012-04]

LC-PCC PS for 7.13.2.4

Details of Scripts

LC practice/PCC practice: When recording complex notes involving multiple languages, record information about both the language and script in $a (Language note) of MARC field 546 (language and script in same subfield because $a is not repeatable).

EXAMPLE

546 ##

$a Kazakh, Uighur (Cyrillic), and Chagatai (Cyrillic and Arabic script).

EXAMPLE

546 ##

Sanskrit (Latin and Devanagari) and English.

[2012-04]

[Source: RDA Toolkit]