Resource Description & Access (RDA)

RDA Cataloging Examples of Compilations, Works, Selections, Translations & Cutter Numbers in MARC 21 from  Classification and Shelflisting Manual (CSM),  Library of Congress Classification (LCC) -  Literary Authors: Subarrangement of Works  [ F 633]  Resource Description & Access (RDA) Examples Descriptive cataloging part only - For those not using LCC  Examples of collections. 100 1# $a Rilke, Rainer Maria, $d 1875-1926.  245 10 $a Duineser elegien.  [A collection of poems that has not been assigned an RDA conventional collective title. Table P-PZ40 applies. Use .A61-.Z458, Separate works ]  100 1# $a Rilke, Rainer Maria, $d 1875-1926.  240 10 $a Duineser Elegien. $l English  245 10 $a The Duino elegies / $c Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated by John Waterfield.  [An English translation of a collection of poems that has not been assigned an RDA conventional  collective title. Table P-PZ4...

Question : Is it allowed to give 240 conventional collective title / uniform title in following example: 010 __  |a  2012352243 020 __  |a  9788179171615 (hb) 020 __  |z  9788179171623 (pb) 025 __  |a  I-H-2012-352243; 21-92 037 __  |b  Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office 040 __  |a  DLC  |b  eng  |c  DLC  |e  rda  |d  DLC 041 1_  |a  hin  |h  hin  |h  nep 042 __  |a  lcode  |a  pcc 043 __  |a  a-np--- 050 00  |a  DS495.6  |b  .P67 2011 100 0_  |a  Pracaṇḍa,  |d  1944-  |e  interviewee. 240 10  |a  Interviews.  |k  Selections 245 10  |a  Evaresṭa para Lāla jhaṇḍā :  |b  Nepāla ke Māovādī netā Pracaṇḍa se bātacīta /  |c  sampādaka Ānanda Svarūpa Varmā. 264 _1  |a  D...

Question:  According to slide 8 of  http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/ source/special_topics_ compilations.ppt   we are to add the date to conventional collective titles beginning with "Works". Please verify if this is now optional or required. Answer:    The PPT  take a look at it now.  http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/ Refresher_training_dec_2011. html Question:   Great! Slide 8 is now revised. However, slide 9 still gives an example of the old practice. Answer ( Ana Lupe Cristán,  Library of Congress) :   Yes, the point is you DON’T HAVE to add it but you can if you want too.  It used to be mandatory now it is optional, plus you'll see a lot of them still in the LC/NAF and we do not expect catalogers to remove the dates.    Revised Slides as Discussed Above Compilations of one creator: Things to remember If your resource is a compilation by a single creator, determine if that compilation has become known...