Resource Description & Access (RDA)

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...

Questions and Answers Question: This recently revised instruction by which we now are to record the preferred name of the corporate body: what if the NAR for the body has not been set up yet? Must we create the NAR in order to add a 373? Or can we simply record the form as found on the resource? or this question can be framed as below: Question:   Basically it's the form of the body given in the 373. I understand that it's supposed to be the preferred name (cf. 9.13.1.3). If the body hasn't been set up, do we have to do so, in order to use its preferred form? Answer:   No we do not have to set it up.  (same as 370) According to RDA Rule 11.5.1.3 for Recording Associated Institutions you have to Record the name of an associated institution by using the preferred name for the institution

ACQUISITIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACCESS DIRECTORATE POLICY AND STANDARDS DIVISION SUMMARY OF DECISIONS, EDITORIAL MEETING NUMBER 8 August 19, 2013 SUBJECT HEADINGS              Announcements              Deities and mythological figures                         Headings for individual deities and mythological figures (e.g., Thor, Hercules) should now be established in the name authority file using RDA instructions. The RDA heading will be valid for use as a subject heading.             Headings for groups of deities and mythological figures (e.g., Nymphs, the Furies) will continue to be established in LCSH because they cannot currently be established with RDA instructions. ...

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

MARC 21 FIELD TAG MARC 21 SUBFIELD CODE MARC 21 FIELD / SUBFIELD NAME RDA INSTRUCTION NUMBER RDA ELEMENT NAME 046 Special Coded Dates (R) 046 f Birth date 9.3.2 Date of Birth 046 g Death date 9.3.3 Date of Death 046 k Beginning or single date created 6.4 Date of Work 046 k Beginning or single date created 6.10 Date of Expression 046 l Ending date created 6.4 Date of Work 046 l Ending date created 6.10 Date of Expression 046 o Single or starting date for aggregated content 6.4 Date of Work 046 p Ending date for aggregated content 6.10 Date of Expression 046 s Start period 9.3.4 Period of Activity of the Person 046 s Start period 10.4 Date Associated with the Family 046 s Start period 11.4.2 Date of Conference, etc. 046 s Start period 11.4.3 Date of Establishment 046 t End period 9.3.4 Period of Activity of the Person 046 t End period 10.4 Date Associated with the Family 046 t End period 11.4.2 Date of Conference, etc. 046 t End period 11.4.4 Date of Terminatio...

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...

775 - Other Edition Entry (R) FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE Entry for another available edition of the target item (horizontal relationship). When a note is generated from this field, the introductory phrase  Other editions available:  may be generated based on the field tag for display. The following types of editions are recorded in this field: Language editions.  When a serial is issued simultaneously in more than one language (usually by the same publisher, as opposed to a translation that is usually issued by another publisher). Regular-print reprints.  When the serial being cataloged is a regular-print reprint, field 775 is used for the original entry. Other editions.  Other editions of the target item. These will generally bear the same title as the target item but have edition information that distinguishes them. ■  EXAMPLES 130 0#$a Cuba economic news. $l Spanish. 245 10$a Cuba noticias económicas. 580 ##$a Issued also in Engli...

MARC 21 FIELD TAG MARC 21 SUBFIELD CODE MARC 21 FIELD / SUBFIELD NAME RDA INSTRUCTION NUMBER RDA ELEMENT NAME 020 International Standard Book Number 020 a International Standard Book Number 2.15 Identifier for the Manifestation 020 c Terms of availability 4.2 Terms of Availability 020 z Cancelled/invalid ISBN 2.15 Identifier for the Manifestation  [Source : RDA Toolkit]