Resource Description & Access (RDA)

Question: How to give page numbers when they are numbered in words for resource consisting of single unit. Answer: According to RDA Rule 3.4.5.2 -  Record pages, etc., that are numbered in words by giving the numeric equivalent. 300 $a 58 pages Note: in the above example of a book - pages are numbered in words.

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...

Question asked on the Facebook Page of RDA Blog . Mike Selby  :  In the 260 or 264 Field, do states and provinces need to be completely spelled out (California) or still abbreviated (CA)? Answer: According to RDA Rule 2.8.2.3 for recording place of publication - Include both the local place name (city, town, etc.) and the name of the larger jurisdiction or jurisdictions (state, province, etc., and/or country) if present on the source of information. EXCERPT FROM THE RDA BLOG POST  Publication Data in a 260 Field : LC-PCC Best Practices Guidelines Myth: “I can continue to record the publication data in a 260 field.” Reality: Incorrect.  The 260 has been replaced with the 264 field, for original cataloging using RDA.  Remember, also, to properly code the second indicator according to the function of the entity recorded in this field. Myth: “I am not required to transcribe the larger jurisdiction for the place of publication....

264 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) First Indicator Second Indicator Sequence of statements # - Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest 2 - Intervening 3 - Current/Latest Function of entity 0 - Production 1 - Publication 2 - Distribution 3 - Manufacture 4 - Copyright notice date Subfield Codes $a - Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) $b - Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) $c - Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice (R) $3 - Materials specified (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R) FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE Statement relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a work. Information in field 264 is similar to information in field 260 (Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)). Field 264 is useful for cases where the content stand...

MARC 21 FIELD TAG MARC 21 SUBFIELD CODE MARC 21 FIELD / SUBFIELD NAME RDA INSTRUCTION NUMBER RDA ELEMENT NAME 264 Production, publication, distribution. Manufacture, and copyright notice 264 2nd indicator 0 a Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2.7.2 Place of production 264 2nd indicator 0 a Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2.7.3 Parallel Place of Production 264 2nd indicator 0 b Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer 2.7.4 Producer’s Name 264 2nd indicator 0 b Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer 2.7.5 Parallel Producer's Name 264 2nd indicator 0 c Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2.7.6 Date of Production 264 2nd indicator 1 a Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2.8.2 Place of Publication 264 2nd indicator 1 a Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture 2.8.3 Parallel Place of Publication 264 ...

"After discussions on the PCC list, and by participants at the PCC Operations Committee meeting and PCC-related meetings at ALA Annual, the policy for formulating a place name to be used in authority field 370 will now be to use the authorized form of the place.  This practice should make it easier for catalogers to supply data for this field and improve the potential for the data to be used in a linked environment.  It will no longer be necessary to re-formulate some place names to look the same as they would if they were being added as an addition to the access point in the 1XX. A revised DCM Z1 page for the 370 field, with examples, will be formally published in November-- a pre-publication version has been posted at:  http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/ rda/PCC%20RDA%20guidelines/ Z01%20370%202013nov.pdf  and  may be applied now .  Cataloger's are welcome to, but not required to, change the forms found on existing authority records. Loc...

RDA RELATIONSHIP DESIGNATORS We are supposed to be adding relationship designators whenever possible: Relationship Designators in Bibliographic Records : guidelines for application          PCC Guidelines for the Application of Relationship Designators in Bibliographic Records These Guidelines are the result of the PCC Policy Committee’s (PoCo) consideration of recommendations made by the PCC Relationship Designator Task Force in their final report . The Guidelines are based on recommendations made in section 4 of the report but some guidelines have been edited to reflect policy decisions made by PoCo.   The Guidelines are meant to serve as a stand-alone document giving general guidance for catalogers beginning to apply relationship designators in their cataloging.  The document assumes an understanding of the appropriate RDA instructions and LC-PCC Policy Statements.  It is highly recommended that PCC catalogers ta...

RDA RELATIONSHIP DESIGNATORS   MARC Code List for Relators [Also Valid as Relationship Designator in Resource Description and Access (RDA) Cataloging] Relator terms and their associated codes designate the relationship between a name and a bibliographic resource. The relator codes are three-character lowercase alphabetic strings that serve as identifiers. Either the term or the code may be used as controlled values. URI(s) http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators Instance Of MADS/RDF MADSScheme SKOS ConceptScheme   Top Scheme Members   Abridger   Actor   Adapter   Addressee   Analyst   Animator   Annotator   Appellant   Appellee   Applicant   Architect   Arranger   Art copyist   Art director   Artist   Artistic director   Assignee   Associated name   Attributed name   Auctioneer ...