Resource Description & Access (RDA)

Resource Description and Access (RDA) ➨ Articles Tech Services on the Web: RESOURCE DESCRIPTION AND ACCESS ( RDA ) BLOG http://resourcedescriptionandaccess. blogspot. com EY Wong - Technical Services Quarterly, 2014 The frequency of the posts is steady throughout 2013. Some of the posts are extracts from RDA toolkit and other trusted cataloging sources; other posts are snapshots of cataloging records intended to provide interpretations on certain cataloging scenarios. The … Implementing RDA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Q Jin, JA Sandberg - Technical Services Quarterly, 2014 Technical Services Report: Cataloging in RDA and Linked Data environments. A Report of the ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section, Cataloging and … A Guimaraes - Technical Services Quarterly, 2014 Beyond Content, Media, and Carrier: RDA Carrier Characteristics S Bernstein - Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2014 RDA Display and the G...

Library of Congress has begun supplying $b codes for the equivalent terms in $a of fields 336 (Content type), 337 (Media type), and 338 (Carrier type). This is the most efficient manner to start populating a subfield that LC initially chose not to apply. This will allow LC records to conform more to records produced outside of LC (e.g., OCLC generally adds the codes in $b in new records). It will be supplied automatically if cataloger are using the macro or the RDA templates in Voyager—staff are not expected to manually add $b to fields in existing records that lack the subfield. [Source : Library of Congress]

Listed below are some of the main differences in terminology between AACR2 and RDA. Some of the changes reflect our turning away from the catalog card environment, while others reflect terminology in the FRBR/FRAD models and the International Cataloguing Principles. AACR2 RDA Notes heading authorized access point “heading” reflects outmoded ‘catalog-card-speak’ author, composer, artist, etc. creator main entry preferred title and, if appropriate, the authorized access point for the creator “main entry” reflects outmoded ‘catalog-card-speak’, related to cards in a file cabinet uniform title Two RDA counterparts: 1.       the preferred title and any differentiating information; 2.       a conventional collective title such as “Works” see reference variant access point see also reference authorized ...

Myth: “If a resource includes multiple components (e.g., a volume and CD, with text, maps, and spoken word), you must describe all, using multiple 33X fields for Content, Media, and Carrier Type.” Reality: Not necessarily.  You must record the predominant term for each 33X field.  If you wish to record additional fields, you may.  Remember that each term is from a controlled vocabulary. [Source : Library of Congress]

October 2012 Contents: MARC 21 Updates 9-15 include all changes to MARC for use with RDA approved through June 2012. Content, Media and Carrier Types and Characteristics RDA Content Types MARC already indicates content type in LDR/06. RDA contains a list of English language content types for which a new field 336 was provided in MARC Bibliographic and in MARC Authority . Field 336 may contain the RDA term ($a) or a code ($b); codes were established in MARC Update 10. For a table that relates the MARC LDR/06 to the corresponding RDA content terms and MARC codes for RDA content terms see: Term and Code List for RDA Content Types . RDA Media Types MARC already indicates media type in field 007/00. RDA contains a list of English language media types for which a new field 337 is provided in MARC Bibliographic and in MARC Holdings . Field 337 may contain the RDA term ($a) or a code ($b); codes were established in MARC Update 10. For a table that relates the MARC 007/00...