Serials/Integrating Resources
Charlene Chou
March 18th, 2013
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Agenda
• What’s new?
– RDA vs. CONSER
• Case studies
– Print serials
• Conferences
• Title change
– E-serial
– Integrating resource
• Discussion
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CONSER policy
• What’s new?
– RDA vs. CONSER
• Identifying manifestations & items
– Parallel title, Statement of responsibility, Copyright date, Extent, Date of
viewing note
• Identifying works and expressions
– Preferred title for different expression is required; a uniform title is not
required for different manifestations, e.g. online vs. print version
• CONSER Standard Record RDA Core Elements TF Report
1.
2.
Recording the authorized access points for a translation (1xx/240 vs. 7xx)
Making additions to access points to distinguish works whose titles will
otherwise identical (130/240)
3. Recording dates of publication (260 $c)
4. Recording statements of responsibility relating to the title proper (245 $c)
Note: the first three are different from the previous CSR guidelines but now in
line with RDA
• Provider-neutral record
– new code: 040 ## … $e pn to be implemented
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RDA vs. CONSER
Works/Expressions/
Manifestations/Ite
ms
RDA and/or
LC-PCC PS
CONSER
Other title information
(MARC 245 $b)
Not RDA core (2.3.4) but core
for LC (LC-PCC PS)
Not CONSER core but provide if helpful
for the user
Statement of
responsibility (245 $c)
RDA core (2.4.2)
Not CONSER core
Provide it if important for identification
Copyright date
(264 4)
RDA core (2.11)
LC-PCC PS (not required for
serials/IR)
Not CONSER core
Extent
(300)
RDA core (3.4)
Required only for tangible non-print
formats (discs); if complete and the total
extent is known; dead serials
Preferred title (130,
245, 240)
RDA core (6.2)
Required to differentiate from another
W/E, but not for manifestation (e.g.
online vs. print)
Relationship
designators (7xx linking
entry)
RDA J2.6: continues or
continued by (work)
RDA27.1.1.3: “Also issued as:”
RDA26.1.1.3: “Issued also in
Portuguese as:”
776 08 $i Print version:
776 08 $i Online version:
780 00 & 785 00 (no $i)
775 08 $i English edition:
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Sources of Information
RDA 2.3.3.2 - Sources of Information
Take parallel titles from any
source within the resource.
245 00 $a Shi chao = $b Poetry
waves.
246 31 $a Poetry waves
500 English title from cover.
(RDA2.20.2.3—Cataloger’s
judgment)
[vs. AACR2, 12.0B3 & LCRI,
21.30J]
CONSER RDA Checklist
CONSER catalogers transcribe
parallel titles in MARC 246 with
indicators 11 (RDA2.3.3)
CONSER –RDA-Bridge training
(RDA2.3.3.2)
245 00 $a Shi chao
246 11 $a Poetry waves
But, you also can do:
246 1# $i Issues for … have
English title: $a [later parallel
title]
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E-serial’s “viewing” note
Separate “view-on” note?
(RDA 2.20.2.3)
– For online resources,
make a separate note
indicating the date the
resource was viewed
(see 2.20.13.5 )
• RDA 2.20.13.5 Date of
Viewing of an Online
Resource. For online
resources, make a note
identifying the date on
which the resource was
viewed for description.
CONSER policy (still uses
DBO & LIC with date of
viewing in one note)
– 588 ## Description based
on: Vol. 1, no. 1 (2010);
title from journal home
page (ACS website, viewed
Feb. 4, 2010).
– 588 ## Latest issue
consulted: Vol. 1, no. 1
(2010) (ACS website,
viewed Feb. 4, 2010).
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Print serial: ongoing conference, part 1 (to discuss)
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Print serial: ongoing conference, part 2
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Print serial, part 1 (to discuss)
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Print serial, part 2 (to discuss)
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Title change: earlier title
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Title change: later title
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Title change: later title, part 2
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Example: e-journal
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Example: e-journal, part 2
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Example: integrating resources—databases
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Example: integrating resources—databases, part 2
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Discussion
• A new description vs. a new work
– Carrier type
• For example, a computer disc
• Change from CD-ROM to DVD-ROM
• A new record?
– Media type
– Mode of issuance
• If a serial changes to a multipart monograph or an
integrating resource, or vice versa
• RDA vs. Provider Neutral Record
• RDA vs. CONSER Checklist
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References
• RDA documentation on CONSER Web site:
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/conser/index.html
• CONSER RDA Cataloging Checklist
• CONSER RDA core elements
• CONSER MARC 21 to RDA core elements
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