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RDA Toolkit Update, August 11, 2015 - Changes in Resource Description and Access (RDA) and Library of Congress - Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements (LC-PCC PS) and RDA Toolkit TOPIC 1: Changes in RDA Content TOPIC 2: Change in Content in LC-PCC PSs TOPIC 3: Functional Changes in the RDA Toolkit TOPIC 1: Changes in RDA Content : Fast Track changes The PDF file mentioned in the URL below from RDA JSC site identifies the "Fast Track" changes to RDA that will be included in this release (6JSC-Sec-16.pdf); Fast Track changes are not added to the RDA Update History.  While you are encouraged to peruse the changes, there are no significant changes. TOPIC 2: Change in Content in LC-PCC PSs A summary of LC-PCC PS updates incorporated in this release is available at  August 11, 2015 release of the RDA Toolkit .  Catalogers should review the following policy statements: 1.8.2, First Alternative:  revised to include an e...

MARC 21 FIELD TAG MARC 21 SUBFIELD CODE MARC 21 FIELD / SUBFIELD NAME RDA INSTRUCTION NUMBER RDA ELEMENT NAME 111 Main entry—Meeting name 19.2 Creator 111 Main entry—Meeting name 19.3 Other Person, Family, or Corporate Body Associated with a Work 111 a Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element 11.2.2 Preferred Name for the Corporate Body 111 a Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element 11.3.3 Location of Headquarters, etc. 111 a Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element 11.4.3 Date of Establishment 111 a Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element 11.4.4 Date of Termination 111 a Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element 11.5 Associated Institution 111 a Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element 11.7 Other Designation Associated with the Corporate Body 111 c Location of meeting 11.3.2 Location of Conference, etc. 111 c Location of meeting 11.5 Associated Institution 111 d Date of meeting 11.4.2 Date of Conference, ...

111 - Main Entry-Meeting Name (NR) First Indicator Second Indicator Type of meeting name entry element 0 - Inverted name 1 - Jurisdiction name 2 - Name in direct order Undefined # - Undefined Subfield Codes $a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element (NR) $c - Location of meeting (R) $d - Date of meeting (NR) $e - Subordinate unit (R) $f - Date of a work (NR) $g - Miscellaneous information (R) $j - Relator term (R) $k - Form subheading (R) $l - Language of a work (NR) $n - Number of part/section/meeting (R) $p - Name of part/section of a work (R) $q - Name of meeting following jurisdiction name entry element (NR) $t - Title of a work (NR) $u - Affiliation (NR) $0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R) $4 - Relator code (R) $6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R) FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE M...

Dear RDA catalogers, This message is to alert you to some information about RDA on these topics: Topic 1.  Interim treatment of "Treaties" under RDA Topic 2.  Reminder on formulating the preferred name and authorized access point for some types of conferences Topic 3.  A typo in an RDA example that has the potential to confuse Topic 1:  Interim treatment of "Treaties" under RDA.   Based on a request from the American Association of Law Libraries, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) has approved an interim exception to the treatment of authorized access points for treaties under RDA.  The legal community is re-evaluating how authorized access points for treaties should be constructed under RDA, and has proposed some major changes to RDA that will be discussed by the Joint Steering Committee at its November meeting.  To avoid disruption within the existing NACO file and related bibliographic maintenance until RDA itself...

Case: In a book title page reads like: Sustainable development in conflict environments: challenges and opportunities : proceedings of the international conference.  Question: Should we give seminar access in cases like this? Question: Is there any concept of capitalization of seminar name in RDA? Answer:  Suggested treatment is given below: 111 2_ |a Sustainable Development in Conflict Environments: Challenges and Opportunities (Conference) |d (2007 : |c Kathmandu, Nepal) Regarding capitalization of named conferences, follow appendix A.2-->A10, etc. Basically they are the same rules as under AACR2.  It can also be set up as: Sustainable development in conflict environments: challenges and opportunities (Conference)  …  Note the absence of quotation marks, i.e. transcribe what you see. Determination should be if the conference is "named" or not, can be done by applying RDA 8.1.2 and 8.1.3

Case: In a book the name of seminar in introduction is given as national conference titled “Theorizing India’s Pre-Modern Visual Culture: Issues of Class, Caste, Gender and Sexualities” held at the Department of Art, History, and Aesthetics, M.S. University on February 13-15, 2003 Question: In cases like this what should be authorized access  for seminar?  National Conference: “Theorizing India’s Pre-Modern Visual Culture: Issues of Class, Caste, Gender and Sexualities” (2003 : Department of Art, History, and Aesthetics, M.S. University)   or “Theorizing India’s Pre-Modern Visual Culture: Issues of Class, Caste, Gender and Sexualities” (Conference) (2003 : Department of Art, History, and Aesthetics, M.S. University) Answer: Suggested treatment is given below: 111 2_  |a  "Theorizing India’s Pre-modern Visual Culture : Issues of Class, Caste, Gender and Sexualities" (Conference)  |d  (2003 :  |c  Department of Ar...

In RDA the instructions for subordinate bodies (11.2.2.14) are the same as in AACR2. Type 3 – Name that is general in nature        •Annual Meeting; Macadamia Nut Association •110 2# $a Macadamia Nut Association. $b Annual Meeting Type 6 – Name that includes the entire name of the higher body           •Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission •110 2# $a International Whaling Commission. $b Annual Meeting [Source: Library of Congress RDA Training materials] Thanks all for your love, suggestions,  testimonials , likes, +1, tweets and shares .... See also related posts in following  RDA Blog  Categories (Labels):

l   RDA 11.2.2.2                 Sources of Information:                 “Determine the preferred name for a corporate body from the following sources (in order of preference):                                                 a)   the preferred sources of information (see 2.2.2) in resources associated with the corporate body                                             ...