Resource Description & Access (RDA)

Edition Designation of edition and designation of a named revision of an edition are CORE ELEMENTS. Other sub-elements of edition statements are optional. An edition statement is a statement identifying the edition to which a resource belongs. An edition statement may also include a designation of a named revision of an edition. An edition statement may also include a statement or statements of responsibility relating to the edition and/or to a named revision of an edition. This data is recorded in MARC field 250 Look at instruction 2.5.1 Transcribe an edition statement as it appears on the source of information. Apply the general guidelines on transcription given under 1.7.  Following various LCPS in 1.7 and 1.8 leads you to always transcribe the data as found.  Appendix B4 says, “For transcribed elements, use only those abbreviations found in the sources of information for the element.” Examples: Source reads:   Third re...

MARC 21 FIELD TAG MARC 21 SUBFIELD CODE MARC 21 FIELD / SUBFIELD NAME RDA INSTRUCTION NUMBER RDA ELEMENT NAME 250 Edition statement 250 a Edition statement 2.5.2 Designation of Edition 250 a Edition statement 2.5.6 Designation of a Named Revision of an Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.3 Parallel Designation of Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.4 Statement of Responsibility Relating to the Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.5 Parallel Statement of Responsibility Relating to the Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.6 Designation of a Named Revision of an Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.7 Parallel Designation of a Named Revision of an Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.8 Statement of Responsibility Relating to a Named Revision of an Edition 250 b Remainder of edition statement 2.5.9 Parallel Statement of Responsibility Relating to a Named Revision of an Edition [Source: RDA Tool...

Library of Congress >> MARC >> Bibliographic >> 25X-28X >> 250  [LC] 250  Edition Statement (R) [OCLC] 250  Edition Statement (R) Input Standards Required if applicable/Required if applicable 1st Indicator   Undefined Undefined 2nd Indicator   Undefined Undefined Subfields  (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards ‡a Edition statement (R) Mandatory/Mandatory ‡b Remainder of edition statement (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable ‡3 Materials specified (NR) Optional/Optional Definition An edition statement is a word or phrase appearing in the resource that normally indicates a difference in either content or form between the resource and a related resource. An edition statement can often be identified by the use of words such as  edition, issue, level, state, update,  and  version , or their equivalents in other languages. Numbers and/...