Descriptive Cataloging
with RDA
Carrier Description
&
Illustrative Content
Part 2
Illustrative Content
(continued)
Title page
Title page verso
41
First page of text
42
RDA 7.17.1.3 Recording Colour Content
Record the colour content if considered important for identification or selection.
Record the colour content by using one or more appropriate terms from the
following list:
monochrome
polychrome
Glossary
Monochrome - Colour content consisting of tones of one colour, or black and
white, or black or white and another colour.
Polychrome - Colour content consisting of two colours (neither of which is black or
white) or more than two colours.
RDA 7.17.1.3 Alternative
Record the colour content by using one or more terms from a substitute
vocabulary
Library of CongressProgram for Cooperative
Cataloging Policy
Statement
LC-PCC PS for 7.17.1.3
LC practice for Alternative: If recording colour content, generally use a substitute
term (e.g., color), or record a phrase such as "some color" or "chiefly color" as
details of colour content (see 7.17.1.4)
RDA 7.17.1.4
Details of Colour Content
Record details of colour content if considered important for identification or
selection.
RDA 7.17.1.4 Examples
Colour maps; black and white photographs
Some colour
Chiefly colour
Illustrations (some colour) - A monograph containing monochrome and polychrome
illustrations
Tinted blue - A photograph in black and white, tinted blue
RDA 7.17.1.4, LC-PCC PS for 7.17.1.3
Example from 7.17.1.4 : Colour map…
LC practice for 7.17.1.3: If recording colour content, generally
use a substitute term (e.g., color), or record a phrase such as
"some color" or "chiefly color" as details of colour content
020
0307102602
020
0307682609 (lib. bdg.)
245 _ _ The secret life of Walter Kitty / ‡c story
and pictures by Joan Elizabeth Goodman.
264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Golden Book, ‡c [1986].
300
336
337
338
490 1
520
830
24 unnumbered pages : ‡b color illustrations ;
‡c 21 cm.
text ‡ b txt ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡ b n ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡ b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
A big little golden book
When unlawful badgers take over a city park, a young
cat dons a mask and cape and becomes the super hero,
Wonder Cat.
2 A big little golden book
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Title page verso
RDA 7.17.1.4
Example: some colour
245 _ _ Greek art / ‡c John Boardman.
250
Revised edition.
264 □ 1 New York : ‡b Praeger Publishers, ‡c [1973].
300
336
337
338
490 1
490 1
504
830
830
252 pages : ‡b illustrations (some color) ; ‡c 21 cm.
text ‡ b txt ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡ b n ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡ b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
Praeger world of art series
Books that matter
Includes bibliographical references
(pages 238-241) and index.
0 Praeger world of art series
0 Books that matter
[There are 219 illustrations in b&w and 30 in color.]
Title page
Title page verso
Page [2]
Page [3]
RDA 7.15, 7.2
7.2 - Recording the Nature of the Content - Record the nature of the content
if considered important for identification or selection.
[RDA does not give explicit advice on how to record this. Currently there is
disagreement on where to record this information in a MARC record.]
245 _ _ Gods’ man : ‡b a novel in woodcuts /
‡c by Lynd Ward.
260
New York : ‡b Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, ‡c
1929.
300
117 unnumbered pages : ‡b all illustrations ;
‡c 22 cm
336
still image ‡ b txt ‡2 rdacontent
337
unmediated ‡ b n ‡2 rdamedia
338
volume ‡ b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
500
Story told entirely through images.
[The work has no pages of text.]
Dimensions
RDA Chapter 3:
Describing Carriers
Title page
Title page verso
Cover
24.3 cm
RDA 3.5.1.3, 3.5.1.4.14
3.5.1.3 Recording Dimensions - Unless instructed otherwise, record
dimensions in centimetres to the next whole centimetre up and use the
metric symbol cm (e.g., if the height measures 17.2 centimetres,
record 18 cm).
3.5.1.4.14 Volumes - Record the height of the volume.
D.1.2.6 - Precede dimensions by a semicolon.
020
068804333X
245 _ _ Sacred cows—and other edibles / ‡c Nikki Giovanni.
260
New York : ‡b William Morrow and Company, Inc. ‡c [1988].
300
167 pages ; ‡c 25 cm
336
337
338
500
text ‡ b txt ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡ b n ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡ b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
“Some of these articles have appeared in: The Boston
globe, Essence magazine, Black women writers,
1950-1980 ... The crusader (Cincinnati), USA today,
and Touchstone magazine.—Title page verso.
[The book measures 24.3 cm.]
Title page
verso
Title page
Cover
21.7 cm
27.8 cm
RDA 3.5.1.4.14
Exceptions - If the width of the volume is either less than half the
height or greater than the height, record the height × width.
020
0895770105
245_ _ Reader’s Digest complete do-it-yourself
manual.
260
Pleasantville, N.Y. : ‡b The Reader’s Digest
Association, Inc., ‡c [1973].
300
600 pages : ‡b illustrations (some color) ;
‡c 22 x 28 cm
336
337
338
500
text ‡ b txt ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡ b n ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡ b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
Includes index.
[The book measures 21.7 cm high by 27.8 cm. wide.]
Cover of text
Cover of instructor’s manual
Title page
Title page verso
Title page -- Instructor’s manual
Title page verso -- Instructor’s manual
RDA 3.1.4, 3.1.4.2, D.1.2.6
3.1.4 Resources Consisting of More Than One Carrier Type – Option b) record carrier
type, extent, and other characteristics of each carrier
3.1.4.2 Recording Carrier Type, Extent, and Other Characteristics of Each Carrier
If a detailed description of the characteristics of each carrier is considered
important for identification or selection, record: a) the applicable carrier type
(see 3.3) and b) the extent of each carrier (see 3.4) and c) other characteristics
of each carrier
D.1.2.6 Precede each statement of accompanying material by a plus sign.
020
0835966062
020
0835966070 (instructor’s manual)
245 _ _ Records management : ‡b controlling business information /
‡c Irene Place, David J. Hyslop.
260
Reston, Virginia : ‡b Reston Publishing Company, Inc., ‡c [1982].
300
xi, 371 pages : ‡b illustrations ; ‡c 24 cm + ‡e 1
instructor’s manual (84 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm)
336
337
338
504
text ‡ b txt ‡2 rdacontent
unmediated ‡ b n ‡2 rdamedia
volume ‡ b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-353) and index.
Three New MARC Fields for RDA
336 Content Type
The form of communication through which a work is expressed.
Examples: performed music, text, two-dimensional moving image...
337 Media Type
The general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run,
etc., the content of a resource.
Examples: audio, computer, projected, unmediated...
338 Carrier Type
The format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier
Examples: audio disc, film cartridge, volume, videodisc...
Record for a book with Three New
MARC Fields for RDA
245 _ _ ‡a The geology of Denton County
260
‡a Austin, Texas : ‡b University of
Texas, ‡c [1925].
300
‡a 86 pages, 21 unnumbered pages : ‡b
illustrations, 1 folded map ; ‡c 24 cm
336
‡a text ‡b txt ‡2 rdacontent
337
‡a unmediated ‡b n ‡2 rdamedia
338
‡a volume ‡b nc ‡2 rdacarrier
Record for a book with Three New
MARC Fields for RDA
245 _ _ ‡a The geology of Denton County
260
‡a Austin, Texas : ‡b University of
Texas, ‡c [1925].
300
‡a 86 pages, 21 unnumbered pages : ‡b
illustrations, 1 folded map ; ‡c 24 cm
336
‡a text ‡2 rdacontent
337
‡a unmediated ‡2 rdamedia
338
‡a volume ‡2 rdacarrier