RDA Basics:
Sound Recordings
Kathy Glennan
Head, Special Resources Cataloging / Music Cataloger
University of Maryland
October 26, 2011
Using RDA and…
Library of Congress Policy Statements
 Other policy and training documents under
development

 Program
for Cooperative Cataloging PCC
 Music Library Association
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Cataloger’s judgment
 Informed
by FRBR User Tasks
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Example 1 – country music
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Preferred source –
Sound recordings
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RDA 2.2.2.4 – resources that do not
consist of pages or of moving images
 Use
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the label
If it has a permanently printed or affixed title
 Use
encoded metadata that contains a title
 If neither is available, use another source
within the resource
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Title
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Transcribe the title as it appears on the
source of information (2.3.1.4)

Source of title note for sound recordings
Title not from the title page or title frame (2.20.2.3)
 Not required, but core in LCPS
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No GMD recorded
 Use
Content Type / Media Type / Carrier
Type instead (covered later)
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Statement of responsibility
(Determining the creator(s))
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Who is responsible? Possibilities include:
 The
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writers of the twelve individual songs?
Irwin (6 songs); one each by Bean, W. Guthrie,
Bailes/Staggs, N. Lowe, Conway Twitty, D. McEnry
 Freakwater
– as the performing group
But, does their contribution go beyond that of mere
performance? (RDA 19.2.1.1)
245 00 Feels like the third time.
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Publication statement
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RDA 2.8.1.4
 Transcribe
places of publication and
publishers' names in the form in which they
appear on the source of information.
 Prefer sources within the resource
Label, container, accompanying material
 Bracket information supplied from outside the
resource
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Place of publication
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Transcribe from resource
 Use
abbreviations only if present on the
resource
 Only the first place of publication is a core
element
 Per RDA 2.8.2.6, if no information is available,
supply a place of publication or record:
[Place of publication not identified]
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Identifying the publisher
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The disc label has both:
 Thrill
Jockey (presented as the label name)
 ℗ & © Thrill Jockey Records
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Following AACR2 practice, prefer the label
name
 Based
on my own cataloger’s judgment; not
definitively addressed by RDA or LCPS
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Copyright date ≠
Publication date
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If there’s no publication date, you can use
the copyright date as an estimate
 Recommend
adding the optional copyright
date as well
 For sound recordings, prefer recording the
℗ date as copyright information
260
Chicago, IL. : ǂb Thrill Jockey,
ǂc [1993], ℗1993.
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Extent – type of unit
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Change from AACR2 to RDA:
sound disc  audio disc
 For
CDs, besides using “1 audio disc” there
are two other options for 300 ǂa:
1 CD …
 1 compact disc …
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Extent – encoding format
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RDA provides an instruction to record the
digital content of a resource (3.19.3)
 Use
if important for identification or selection
 Mapped to 300 ǂb
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CD audio
In a related change from AACR2:
 Do
not add “Compact disc” note
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Extent – more in 300 ǂb?
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If considered important for identification or
selection, can add:
 Recording
type (digital, analog)
 Recording medium (magnetic, optical)
 Playing speed
 Configuration of playback channels (stereo,
mono, etc.)
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Extent – dimensions
RDA uses metric measurements (3.5)
 However, there’s an option to use inches
instead (0.11.5)
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 In
the RDA test period, LC used inches for
disc dimensions and tape speed
300 1 audio disc : ǂb CD audio, stereo ;
ǂc 4 3/4 in.
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Content/Media/Carrier Type
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New MARC 33X Fields
 RDA
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6.9, 3.2, and 3.3
For sound recordings:
336
337
338
performed music ǂ2 rdacontent
audio ǂ2 rdamedia
audio disc ǂ2 rdacarrier
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Notes
380
Alternative country music.
500
Title from disc label.
511 0_ Freakwater (Catherine Irwin,
vocals, guitar ; Janet Bean,
vocals, guitar, percussion ; Dave
Gay, bass ; Brian Dunn, fancy
guitar ; Lisa Marsicek, fiddle,
mandolin).
518
ǂo Recorded ǂd 1992 ǂp ID-FUL
Music.
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Contents note
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Contents notes are encompassed by RDA
25.1, which contains instructions on
referencing related works
A
formal contents note is considered a
“structured description of the related work”
 Let MARC work for you
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Minor difference between the display text of
“Contains” vs. “Contents” is not critical
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Contents note example
505 0_ My old drunk friend -- Put my
little shoes away -- Forgettable
song -- Crazy man -- Pale horse -You make me -- You've never seen
this before -- Dream girl -Sleeping on hold -- Amelia Earhart
-- Are you ready -- Lullaby.
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Putting it all together – Ex. 1
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Example 2 – collective title?
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Title fields
245 00 Italian songs = ǂb Canzoni / ǂc
Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Haydn.
246 1 ǂi Title on container: ǂa Impatient
lover : ǂb Italian songs
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Sound recording compilations:
works by more than 1 composer
The resource is named by its title, not by a
“principal performer” (no 1XX field)
 Provide a list of all of the compositions
contained in the resource

 Title?
Contents note?
 Must provide an authorized access point for
the 1st or predominant work – more if possible

Record performers in 7XX fields
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Adding to access points
Need to add ǂl Italian for the songs that
were originally in German
 Should add “Performed music” to each
authorized access point – to represent the
content type of the expression
 Relator terms used with the performers
(use ǂe for terms, not ǂ4 for codes)
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Putting it all together – Ex. 2
(part 1 of 3)
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Putting it all together – Ex. 2
(part 2 of 3)
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Putting it all together – Ex. 2
(part 3 of 3)
 RDA access point
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Example 3 - no collective title
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Title field
245 10 Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 ; ǂb
Bohmisk-dansk folketone ;
Symphonies nos. 3 & 4 ;
Andante lamentoso / ǂc
Nielsen.
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Sound recording compilations:
Works by one composer
Authorized access point for the composer
+ the preferred title for the compilation
 Preferred title will contain some sort of
collective title
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 By
broad medium
 By specific medium
 By type
 or just “Works”
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Sound recording compilations:
Works by one composer
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Provide a list of all of the compositions
contained in the resource
 Title?
Contents note?
 Must provide an authorized access point for
the 1st or predominant work – more if possible
Ideally, access points for all works
 Record performers in 7XX fields
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Sound recording issue numbers
Considered one of the identifiers for the
manifestation
 Issue numbers covered by the general
instruction (2.15.1.4)
 If no prescribed display, transcribe the
number, and precede it with the trade
name, such as: London: 440297-2
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Multiple identifiers?
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Core requirement = one identifier
 Prefer
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one that’s internationally recognized
Multiple numbers of the same type?
 If
a number for the set appears on all of the
individual parts, just record the set number
 Optionally, record the identifier for the set and
any identifiers for the individual parts, adding
a qualifier to each identifier
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Recording identifiers
028
028
028
028
500
500
500
00
00
00
00
7243 5 74188 2 9 ǂb EMI Classics
7243 5 74189 2 8 ǂb EMI Classics
7243 5 74190 2 4 ǂb EMI Classics
5 74188 2 ǂb EMI Classics
EMI Classics: 7243 5 74188 2 9
(container); 5 74188 (insert).
EMI Classics: 7243 5 74189 2 8 (disc
1).
EMI Classics: 7243 5 74190 2 4 (disc
2).
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Duration

Playing time for the resource
 Or

for the component parts as applicable
Record the time as stated
 Use
abbreviations for time as applicable (see
Appendix B)
500
Durations: 36:00; 34:00; 7:29; 36:00;
35:00; 4:49.
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Putting it all together – Ex. 3
(page 1 of 2)
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Putting it all together – Ex. 3
(page 2 of 2)
 RDA access point
 RDA access point
 RDA access point
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New elements in authority
records for corporate bodies
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New fields and subfields created
 046
- Special Coded Dates (R)
 368 - Other Corporate Body Attributes (R)
(New; will be implemented in 2012)
 370
- Associated Place (R)
 371 - Address (R)
 372 - Field of Activity (R)
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Freakwater’s authority record
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Could include the following new elements:
046
368
372
ǂs 1987
Musical group
Alternative country-rock
music
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New elements in authority
records for works
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377 - Associated Language (R)
380 - Form of Work (R)
381 - Other Distinguishing Characteristics of
Work or Expression (R)
382 - Medium of Performance (R)
383 - Numeric Designation of Musical Work (R)
384 - Key (NR)
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Haydn’s Arianna a Naxos
work authority record
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Could include the following new elements:
380
Cantata
382
soprano ǂa keyboard
instrument
383
ǂc H. XXVIb:2 ǂd Hoboken
ǂ2 mlati
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Additional information
Music Library Association 2011 RDA
Preconference presentations:
http://bcc.musiclibraryassoc.org/bcc.html
 RDA and Music: an Overview of the
Differences from AACR2 – a presentation
by Daniel Paradis from June 2010:
http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/6828/
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Questions?
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My e-mail: kglennan@umd.edu
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