RDA for Print Materials
5 June 2013
Vicki Sipe
Resource Description and Access
Timeline
Tested and analyzed during 2010-2011
Implemented March 31, 2013 by Library of Congress
Overview
Built on foundations of AACR2
Instructions largely modified from AACR2 precedents
Organized around the FRBR entities—Work,
Expression, Manifestation, and Item
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RDA is not AACR2
views the world thru…
emphasis on machine actionable data
as a result…
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RDA is not AACR2
increases granularity of data
adds new elements
compared to AACR2
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RDA is not AACR2
Attempts to deal with some known issues
olive oil
glass cruet
content vs. carrier
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AACR2 to RDA changes in terminology
• heading
authorized access point
• author, composer, etc.
creator
• main entry
preferred title + authorized
access point for creator if appropriate
• physical description
carrier description
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Identifying RDA records
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Fixed Field Descriptive Cataloging Form
040 $e rda
New 264 field
New 3xx fields
Lack of familiar abbreviations
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Descriptive Cataloging Form field
Leader/18 Descriptive Cataloging
RDA record—set to “i” or blank
AACR2 record—set to “a”
Display in OCLC
Display in Aleph
open form view
Display in Aleph bibliographic record
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040 Cataloging Source field $ e rda
040 codes for Cataloging Source
$e is Descriptive Conventions
“rda” = Cataloged using RDA
Display in OCLC
Display in Aleph
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New 264 field—repeated field example
264—Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and
Copyright Notice
Display in OCLC
Second indicator values:
0 = production
1 = publication
2 = distribution
3 = manufacture
4 = copyright
1st 264 is about publication
2nd 264 is about copyright
Display in Aleph
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Fixed field dates—with repeated 264 example
008/06 Type of Date/Publication Status
“t” = publication and copyright dates
008/7-10 Date 1
production, publication, distribution, manufacture
008/11-14 Date 2
Display in OCLC
copyright
Display in Aleph bibliographic record
Display in Aleph
open form view
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New 264 field—single field examples
One 264 with 2 dates
Display in OCLC
holdover from testing period
Fixed fields
coded for publication and copyright dates
One 264 with one date
holdover from testing period
Fixed fields
“s” = single known date/probable date
Date 2 [blank]
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New 264 field—with 260 field
260 field remains valid
new records with only 260 will
continue to be produced
New 264 field with 260 field
holdover of testing period
264 coded for copyright date
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New 33x Physical Description fields
Display in OCLC
336—Content type
337—Media type
338—Carrier type
Each field is repeatable
Each field has the same subfields
Among the subfields are:
$a for term from a controlled list
$b for code from a controlled list
$2 for source of list
Display in Aleph
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Lack of familiar abbreviations
RDA prefers spelling out words
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Capitalization
RDA allows “take what you see”
– title all in caps
Or
Use capitalization rules established in
AACR2 – title in sentence case
Title page
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Capitalization
“Take what you see”
allows many variations on how a
title can look in a record
It is valid, if that is what
you see on the title page
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Relationship designators, $e in 100 and 700
RDA emphasizes relationships
these are expressed as $e Relator Term
terms come from lists in RDA
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Errors in the title
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S.l. s.n. are gone
AACR2
RDA
use S.l. if place of publication unknown
use s.n. if name of publisher unknown
Additional information on printing and
copyright date...
use “place of publication not identified”
use “publisher not identified”
becomes additional 264 fields.
Both records are a match for the same piece
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Multiple places of publication not required to be listed
AACR2
RDA
include the first place of publication
and the first place in the US
only first place of publication is required
Both records are a match for the same piece
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“Rule of Three” is no longer the rule, but an option
RDA all editors, authors, etc. may be listed
in statement of responsibility
AACR2 cuts it off at 3 and substitutes [et al.]
Title page
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Parallel titles
RDA—parallel titles can come from any source within the resource
title page, spine, cover, etc.
AACR2—parallel titles must appear on the chief source of information
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Questions?