Resource Description & Access (RDA)

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...

A new release of the RDA Toolkit was published on Tuesday, October 14 .  This  message will cover several points you should be aware of related to the release.  TOPIC 1: Changes in RDA Content TOPIC 2: Change in Content in LC-PCC PSs TOPIC 3: Additional Content in the RDA Toolkit TOPIC 1: Changes in RDA Content This update only contains  “Fast Track” changes that are relatively minor (these are not flagged in the RDA text with revision history icons).  The linked file 6JSC-Sec-13.pdf contains a complete listing of the Fast Track changes. You’ll note that many of the changes are to examples, including moving some examples to more appropriate instructions, replacing some examples, and adding initial articles to some preferred and variant titles, etc.—note that the addition of the initial articles are intended to exhibit the base instruction at RDA 6.2.1.7, and that LC/PCC   practice is to  OMIT  initial articles   (per 6.1.2.7,...

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...

Question: What would be the relationship designator for organizer of a conference. Answer:   organizer  : A person, family, or corporate body organizing the exhibit, event, conference, etc., which gave rise to a work. Please note that is a new addition in Appendix A I.2.2 - Relationship Designators for Other Persons, Families, or Corporate Bodies Associated with a Work [Source: RDA Toolkit] RDA RELATIONSHIP DESIGNATORS

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