Resource Description & Access (RDA)

Date of Publication, Distribution, and Copyright in Resource Description and Access (RDA) Cataloging Rules  & MARC 264 Examples Table of Contents: Core Element How Date of Publication is defined Where the Rules are for Date of Publication in RDA What are the Sources of Information for Date of Publication in RDA How is Date of Publication Transcribed / Recorded in Resource Description and Access (RDA) Dates of the Non-Gregorian or Julian Calendar; Dates in the Form of Chronogram RDA Examples What to do if the date on the resource is incorrect Multipart Monographs, Serials, and Integrating Resources Date of Publication not Identified in a Single-Part Resource RDA Cataloging Examples of Dates Supplying Dates (Date of Publication Not Identified in the Resource) Importance of Supplying Probable Place and Date of Publication Examples of Supplying Publication Data Other RDA Examples of Dates Date of Distribution Where the Rules are for Date of Distribution in ...

Place of Publication in Resource Description and Access ( RDA ) & Anglo-American Cataloging Rules ( AACR2 ) with MARC 21 Examples Table of Contents: CORE ELEMENT How is Place of Publication defined Where are Rules for Place of Publication in RDA What are the Sources of Information for Place of Publication in RDA How is Place of Publication Transcribed / Recorded in Resource Description and Access (RDA) More than One Place of Publication Language or Script Place of Publication Not Identified CORE ELEMENT: Place of Publication is a core element; if more than one place of publication appears on the source of information, only the first recorded is required. How is Place of Publication defined:  According to the  Glossary of Library and Information Science  of  Librarianship Studies and Information Technology  blog, the  place of publication  is the place associated with the publication, release, or issuing of a resourc...

“Take What You See and Accept What You Get” This is the overriding principle of RDA concerning the transcription of data. It is consistent with the ICP “Principle of Representation” to represent the resource the way it represents itself. This is a fairly significant change from AACR2, which includes extensive rules for abbreviations, capitalization, punctuation, numerals, symbols, etc., and in some cases directs the cataloger to ‘correct’ data which is known to be wrong (e.g., typos). With RDA we generally do not alter what is on the resource when transcribing information for certain elements. This is not only to follow the principle of representation, but also for a more practical reason: to encourage re-use of found data you can copy and paste or scan or download into your description of the resource. Let’s see what this principle means for you as an LC cataloger, regarding capitalization, punctuation, and spacing.  It is critical that you understand LCPS 1.7.1 ; the...

QUESTION: What code in FFD 008/06 (r or t) and 2 nd  date in 008/11-14 should be given when we are getting both 1 st  and 2 nd  reprint dates and copyright date as well in the publication?  ANSWER:  In answer to your FFD 008/06 (r or t) question:  code r takes precedence over code t.   MARC 21 (008/07-11)--Precedence of codes (monographic items): when more than one code applies to bibliographic item, use the table provided.  According to this table r Reprint/original date takes precedence over t (copyright date). 005 20130921045548.0 008 130719 r20112006 ii b 001 0 eng 010 __ |a 2013319376 020 __ |a 9788179931875 025 __ |a I-E-2013-319376; 49-90 037 __ |b Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office 040 __ |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d DLC 042 __ |a lcode 100 1_ |a Ramachandra, T. V. 245 10 |a Management of municipal solid waste / |c T.V. Ramachandra. 264 _1 |a New Delhi : ...

2A CATALOGING This statement is in response to questions stimulated by 2A cataloging done under RDA.  2A cataloging is a cataloging technique applied to certain unnumbered (or, rarely, partially numbered) multipart sets classified as a collection and not analyzed.  Such materials are judged of significance primarily as a group; individual items are not considered significant enough to catalog separately.  Though the set is "made up" because the individual items lack numerical designation, the individual items in the set are usually closely related by subject and other strong similarities, such as title (or parts of title), issuing body, or publisher. With respect to the inventory aspect of 2A cataloging under RDA, we want on the one hand to make it clear in the bibliographic record the state of the material as it was issued by the publisher but on the other hand to state clearly the rearrangement/repackaging that LC has done.  Thus, the extent statement (30...

RDA Rule  1 .7.9 is for "Inaccuracies". It instructs that When instructed to transcribe an element as it appears on the source, transcribe an inaccuracy or a misspelled word unless the instructions for a specific element indicate otherwise. There are some exceptions to this rule, for example rule  2.3.1.4 of  RDA. It also instructs to make a note correcting the inaccuracy if considered important for identification or access (based on 2.17). Also if the inaccuracy appears in a title and a corrected form of the title is considered important for identification or access, this RDA rule prescribes to record a corrected form of the title as a variant title. [Source: Based on instructions from RDA Toolkit] <<<<<---------->>>>> See also: Transcription in Resource Description & Access (RDA) Cataloging Corrected Titles Proper & Variant Titles : RDA vs AACR2 : Questions and Answers & Best Prac...