Resource Description & Access (RDA)

Undifferentiated Personal Names in Resource Description and Access (RDA) Cataloging Rules: guidelines, best practices, and examples Contents: What is a Name Authority Record for Person What is an undifferentiated Name Authority Record What is the latest best practice on undifferentiated Name Authority Record Maintenance of existing undifferentiated records Examples of maintenance of undifferentiated Name Authority Records RDA attributes to create a unique authorized access point for the person being established Questions and Answers Author:  Salman Haider   [Revised 2016-02-16 | Written 2014-02-02] What is a Name Authority Record for Person: According to Glossary of Library & Information Science  of Librarianship Studies and Information Technology blog   Name Authority Record is a record which gives the authoritative form (the form selected for a heading) of a personal name in the library catalog or the file of bibliographic rec...

RDA Cataloging Examples  of use of Extended Date Time Format (EDTF) in  MARC 21 field 046 for Special Coded Dates  in  Resource Description and Access  ( RDA ) Name Authority Records   DCM Z1 046 update in Cataloger's Desktop 2015 Issue 3 release Cataloger's Desktop 2015 Issue 3 was released on August 11, 2015. This release includes an important update to DCM Z1 instruction sheet  046 , Special Coded Dates.  LC/NACO catalogers: please note that the formatting of dates in the 046 field has changed. When supplying dates in field 046 , use the Extended Date Time Format (EDTF) schema in all cases except for centuries; supply dates using the pattern yyyy, yyyy-mm, or yyyy-mm-dd; always add subfield $2 edtf except after a century . The more consistent use of $2 edtf is based on a PCCLIST discussion suggestion to simplify the use of $2 (always use except for centuries). Examples: 046 ## $f 1884-10-11$g 1962-11-07...

RDA RELATIONSHIP DESIGNATORS Library of Congress Implementation of Resource Description and Access Relationship Designators in Bibliographic Records with MARC 21 RDA Cataloging Examples, Guidelines, and Best Practices Key points The training manual is only for relationship designators in  bibliographic  records. The  requirement  for providing relationship designators is only applicable to  creators , whether coded in MARC 1XX or 7XX. Relationship designators for Person-Family-Corporate Body  should not be used in a name/title access point tagged 7XX or 8XX, even if they are creators. If the nature of the relationship cannot be ascertained even at a general level,  do not assign a relationship designator  (if in doubt, leave it out). Other relationship designators are encouraged. The element name, e.g., “creator”, may be used as a relationship designator when you can’t determine a more appropriate relationship designator. The tr...

Resource Description and Access (RDA) : Glossary of Library & Information Science   gives information about RDA: Resource Description and Access in Glossary of Library and Information Science . Bookmark  https://librarianshipstudies.blogspot.com/2017/07/resource-description-and-access.html  for most up-to-date information on RDA Cataloging Rules Glossary of Library & Information Science About the Glossary: Glossary of Library & InformationScience is a glossary and dictionary of terms and acronyms of librarianship, library science, information science, and information technology. This is brought out by Salman Haider for the librarians all across the globe and the users of Librarianship Studies & Information Technology blog. Glossary will include everything from traditional library terms to vocabulary of modern avenues in information technology. When completed the Glossary of Library & Information Science will become an essential p...

A revised version of this article is available at:  https://www.librarianshipstudies.com/2020/07/pseudonyms-rda-cataloging-rules-marc-21-examples-name-authority-records.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLD VERSION Definition Pseudonym A name used by a person (either alone or in collaboration with others) that is not the person’s real name. ( RDA Toolkit Glossary) Pseudonym A name assumed by an author to conceal or obscure his or her identity. ( AACR2 Glossary)  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Library of Congress / Program for Cooperative Cataloging practice for creating Name Authority Records (NARs) for persons who use Pseudonyms: Q1. How many Name Authority Records ( NARs ) are needed for contemporary persons who use pseudonyms?  Answer: If the person never uses his real name in his works but only use his pseudonym as his name, then establish the Name Authority Record under t...