LC Training for RDA:
Resource Description & Access
Module 2:
Describing Carriers and Identifying
Works
Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division,
Library of Congress
2012
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About This Material
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This training material has been created
for a primary audience of Library of
Congress staff. Other audiences are
welcome to utilize it as they see fit.
However, it should be understood that
they reflect policies for LC staff, and
should not necessarily be interpreted to
either prohibit or require specific practices
for persons external to LC.
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Learning Objectives for Module 2 -Describing Carriers and Identifying Works
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Describing Carriers
Other Elements of Manifestations and
Items
Introduction to Works
Elements for Works
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Unit 1: Describing Carriers
o RDA Chapter 3
o Will not discuss specific elements for resources
of special formats (films, maps, scores, etc.)
o Examples available in RDA, in MARC
documentation, and in LC compilation of
examples
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Replacement for GMD - 245 $h
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Three new MARC fields - developed with ONIX
publishing community:
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Content type -- RDA 6.9 -- MARC 336 field
Media type -- RDA 3.2 -- MARC 337 field
Carrier type -- RDA 3.3 -- MARC 338 field
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MARC for Content, Media, Carrier
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In each of the three fields for these
elements (336-338):
 $a
term
 $b
code
 $2
“rdacontent” or “rdamedia” or
“rdacarrier” as appropriate
 $3
materials specified - give if
appropriate
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Controlled Vocabularies for
Content, Media, Carrier Types
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Closed lists in RDA 6.9.1.3, 3.2.1.3, 3.3.1.3
If more than one term appropriate, two
choices:
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LC policy: Give all: repeat field
Pick the term representing the predominant or
most substantial content, media, carrier
If the information is unknown, record
“unspecified”
If no term is appropriate, record “other” and
notify LC via a message to LChelp4rda@loc.gov
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Content Type
CORE ELEMENT
 RDA 6.9
 “ … the fundamental form of communication in
which the content is expressed and the human
sense through which it is intended to be perceived”
 Terms from Table 6.1
 Instead of recording all, you may record the
content type that applies to the predominant or
most substantial parts of the resource
 MARC 336 field
Examples: cartographic image
notated music
performed music
still image
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text
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Media Type
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LC/PCC CORE ELEMENT
RDA 3.2
“… the general type of intermediation device
required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a
resource”
Terms from Table 3.1
Instead of recording all, may record the media
type that applies to the predominant or most
substantial parts of the resource
MARC 337 field
Examples:
audio
computer
microform
unmediated
video
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Carrier Type
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CORE ELEMENT
RDA 3.3
“ … the format of the storage medium and housing
of a carrier in combination with the type of
intermediation device required … ”
Terms listed in 3.3.1.3
Instead of recording all, may record the carrier
type that applies to the predominant or most
substantial parts of the resource
MARC 338 field
Examples: audio disc
computer disc
microfiche
sheet
volume
videodisc
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Example:
MARC 336-338 Fields
Book:
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a unmediated $b n $2 rdamedia
338 $a volume $b nc $2 rdacarrier
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Voyager Templates:
MARC 336 - 338 Fields
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Extent
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LC CORE ELEMENT
RDA 3.4
“The number and type of units and/or
subunits making up a resource”
 Unit = a physical or logical constituent of
a resource (e.g., a volume)
 Subunit = a physical or logical subdivision
of a unit (e.g., a page of a volume)
MARC 300 $a
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Recording Extent
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Give if the resource is complete or if the total
extent is known
RDA 3.4.1.3
Give number of units and appropriate term:
 Sometimes a term from carrier type list
(RDA 3.3.1.3)
 Another term to designate the type of unit
(RDA 3.4.1.5) if term not in list, or prefer a
term in common use
 Several categories covered by exceptions
(e.g., text, still images, notated music,
cartographic resources)
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Extent of Text
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Single Volume with Numbered Pages,
Leaves, or Columns (3.4.5.2)
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327 pages
216 leaves
xi, 192 pages
39 pages, 52 leaves
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages,
Leaves, or Columns (3.4.5.3)
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Entirely unnumbered: RDA lists three options
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a) 93 unnumbered pages
b) approximately 600 pages
c) 1 volume (unpaged)
LC-PCC PS 3.4.5.3: For LC original cataloging,
usually follow method c) 1 volume (unpaged)
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Extent of Text
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Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages,
Leaves, or Columns (3.4.5.3)
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Both numbered and unnumbered sequences:
either ignore the unnumbered ones or RDA
lists three options for recording them
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a) 33 leaves, 31 unnumbered leaves
b) vii, approximately 300, 75 pages
c) 27 pages, unnumbered sequence of leaves
LC-PCC PS 3.4.5.3: For LC original cataloging,
usually follow method c) if it’s necessary to
record unnumbered sequence 27 pages,
unnumbered sequence of leaves
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Extent of Text
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Complicated or Irregular Paging (3.4.5.8)
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RDA lists three options
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a) 1000 pages in various pagings
256 leaves in various foliations
 b) 560, 223 pages, 217 variously numbered pages
366, 98 pages, 99 unnumbered pages
 c) 1 volume (various pagings)
LC-PCC PS 3.4.5.3: For LC original cataloging,
usually follow method c) 1 volume (various pagings)
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Changes From AACR2
Related to Extent
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Do not use abbreviations for terms
(e.g., “pages,” “volumes”, not “p.,”
“v.”)
Use “approximately” (rather than “ca.”)
and “that is” (rather than “i.e.”)
Use “unnumbered”, rather than square
brackets enclosing the numeral
Be aware of changes in vocabulary from
AACR2, e.g.: “computer disc” is used
for both “computer disk” and “computer
optical disc”; “audio disc” used instead
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of “sound disc”
Dimensions
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LC CORE for resources other than serials
and online electronic resources
RDA 3.5
“Measurements of the carrier or carriers
and/or the container of a resource”
Rounded up to next whole centimeter
“cm” and “mm” are symbols, not
abbreviations
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use ISBD full stop after symbol only if a 490 field
appears in the record
MARC 300 $c
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LC Practices: Dimensions
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LC practice for Alternative:
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Use inches for discs (RDA 3.5.1.4.4) and
for all audio carriers; otherwise, follow
the RDA instruction as written
LC Practice for serials:
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Note that dimensions is not a Core
Element for serials and online resources.
But you may record it if you wish
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Examples:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
Book:
300
336
337
338
$a
$a
$a
$a
123 pages, 28 unnumbered pages
text $b txt $2 rdacontent
unmediated $b n $2 rdamedia
volume $b nc $2 rdacarrier
$b is optional
Music CD:
300
336
337
338
$a
$a
$a
$a
1 audio disc
or: 1 CD
performed music $2 rdacontent
audio $2 rdamedia
audio disc $2 rdacarrier
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Examples:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
DVD:
300 $a 1 DVD
or: 1 videodisc
336 $a two-dimensional moving image $2
rdacontent
337 $a video $2 rdamedia
338 $a videodisc $2 rdacarrier
Online PDF:
300 $a
336 $a
337 $a
338 $a
1 online resource (39 pages)
text $b txt $2 rdacontent
computer $b c $2 rdamedia
online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
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Example:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
Website (with maps, text, and photographs):
300 $a 1 online resource
336 $a text $2 rdacontent
336 $a cartographic image $2 rdacontent
336 $a still image $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $2 rdacarrier
LC policy: If copy cataloging includes repeated subfields
$a, rather than multiple fields, accept them as is:
336
$a text $a cartographic image $a still image $2 rdacontent
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Example:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
Book with accompanying CD of lecture: $3 and $e
300 $a 244 pages ... + $e 1 CD
336 $3 book $a text $2 rdacontent
336 $3 CD $a spoken word $2 rdacontent
337 $3 book $a unmediated $2 rdamedia
337 $3 CD $a audio $2 rdamedia
338 $3 book $a volume $2 rdacarrier
338 $3 CD $ audio disc $2 rdacarrier
* The use of $3 in this example is optional.
Instead of $e, can repeat 300 field
300 $a 244 pages ...
300 $a 1 CD ...
Instead of $e, can give a note
500 $a Accompanied by a CD.
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Examples:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
Oral history CD:
300 $a 1 CD
336 $a spoken word $b spw $2 rdacontent
337 $a audio $b s $2 rdamedia
338 $a audio disc $b sd $2 rdacarrier
Playaway audiobook:
300 $a 1 Playaway or 1 audio media player
or 1 digital media player
336 $a spoken word $2 rdacontent
337 $a audio $2 rdamedia
338 $a other $2 rdacarrier
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Example:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
Kit (contains a book about a fireman, a CD narrating
the book, and a fireman’s hat):
300 $a 1 CD, 1 book, 1 plastic helmet
336 $a spoken word $a text $a threedimensional form $2 rdacontent
337 $a audio $a unmediated $2 rdamedia
338 $a audio disc $a volume $a object
$2 rdacarrier
* The use of multiple subfields $a in the 336 field is
acceptable if this is a copied record, but for LC
cataloging, you would record separate 33X fields
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Examples:
MARC 300 $a, 336-338
Score:
300
336
337
338
$a
$a
$a
$a
1 vocal score (xii, 300 pages)
notated music $b ntm $2 rdacontent
unmediated $b n $2 rdamedia
volume $b nc $2 rdacarrier
$a
$a
$a
$a
1 map
cartographic image $2 rdacontent
unmediated $2 rdamedia
sheet $2 rdacarrier
Map:
300
336
337
338
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Unit 3: Other Elements of
Manifestations and Items
Acquisition and Access Information
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Terms of availability (RDA 4.2)
Contact information (RDA 4.3)
Restrictions on access (RDA 4.4)
Restrictions on use (RDA 4.5)
Uniform Resource Locator (RDA 4.6)
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Terms of Availability
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RDA 4.2
LC-PCC PS: Generally do not provide
prices or other availability
information except for rental scores
or rental performance materials
Example:
020
$a 0460044524 : $c Rental material
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Contact Information
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RDA 4.3
Record contact information for a publisher,
distributor, etc., if it is considered to be
important for acquisition or access
MARC 037, 270, 852 fields
Examples:
http://www.HaworthPress.com
Alabama Department of Archives and History.
624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36130-0100
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Restrictions on Access
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RDA 4.4
Record all restrictions on access to the
resource, including the nature and duration
of the restriction, as specifically as
possible. The absence of restrictions may
also be noted if it is considered to be
important
MARC 506 field
Example:
Access restricted to subscribers via a username
and password or IP address authentication.
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Restrictions on Use
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RDA 4.5
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MARC 540 field
Example:
This film is restricted to classroom use.
Reproduction and use in any form requires written
Permission of the donor.
Certain restrictions on use or copying of materials
may apply.
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Uniform Resource Locator
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LC CORE ELEMENT
RDA 4.6
Address of the remote access resource
being cataloged
LC-PCC PS 4.2.1.3 LC practice: If there
is more than one Uniform Resource
Locator for the resource, record all
MARC 856 field
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Uniform Resource Locator
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Changes Requiring the Addition,
Revision, or Deletion of a Uniform
Resource Locator
LC-PCC PS 4.6.1.4 provides LC practice
for two situations:
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When the original URI is no longer active
When the original URI is still active, but the
original resource is no longer available
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Other Characteristics
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Font size - 3.13
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Closed list
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Optionally, specify the dimensions of the
type measured in points. Add the
dimensions, in parentheses, following the
font size
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giant print
large print
giant print (36 point)
MARC 340 $n
340 ## $n large print $2 rda
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Other Characteristics
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Sound resources
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Type of recording - 3.16.2.3
Recording medium - 3.16.3.3
Playing speed - 3.16.4.3
Groove characteristic - 3.16.5.3
Track configuration - 3.16.6.3
Tape configuration - 3.16.7.3
Configuration of playback channels 3.16.8.3
Special playback characteristics 3.16.9.3
New MARC 344 field
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Other Characteristics
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MARC 344 - Sound characteristics (R)
344 ## $a analog $c 33 1/3 rpm $g stereo
344 ## $a digital $b optical $g surround $h
Dolby Digital 5.1 $2 rda
344 ## $a digital $g stereo $2 rda
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Other Characteristics
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Moving image resources
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Presentation format (film) - 3.17.2
Projection speed (film) - 3.17.3
Video format (videorecording) - 3.18.2
Broadcast standard (videorecording) 3.17.2
New MARC 345 and 346 fields
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Other Characteristics
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MARC 345 - Projection characteristics
of moving image (R)
345 ## $a 3D $b 48 fps $2 rda
345 ## $a Cinerama $b 24 fps $2rda
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MARC 346 - Video characteristics (R)
346 ## $a Beta $b PAL $2 rda
346 ## $a VHS $b NTSC $2 rda
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Other Characteristics
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Electronic resources (digital files)
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File type - 3.19.2
Encoding format - 3.19.3
File size - 3.19.4
Resolution - 3.19.5
Regional encoding - 3.19.6
Transmission speed - 3.19.7
Date resource viewed - 2.20.13.5
Equipment or system requirement –
3.20
New MARC 347 field
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Other Characteristics
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MARC 347 - Digital file characteristics (R)
347 ## $a audio file $b CD audio $2 rda
347 ## $a text file $b PDF $c 1.45 MB $2 rda
347 ## $a video file $b Blu-Ray $2 rda
347 ## $a video file $b DVD video $e region 4
$2 rda
347 ## $a image file $b JPEG $d 3.1
megapixels $2 rda
347 ## $a audio file $b MP3 $f 32 kbps $2 rda
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Other Characteristics
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Cartographic resources
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Layout - 3.11
Digital file characteristics – 3.19
Longitude and latitude – 7.4.2
Horizontal scale – 7.25.3
Vertical scale – 7.25.4
Additional scale information – 7.25.5
Projection of cartographic content – 7.26
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Other Characteristics
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Music resources
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Form of musical notation (scores) - 7.13.3
Format of notated music (scores) - 7.20
Medium of performance of musical content
- 7.21
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Unit 4: Introduction to Works
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Where are the instructions?
Naming the work
LC decisions on …
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Bibliographic or authority?
Core elements to distinguish
Language and script
Terminology
Sources
Authorized access points for works
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Where are the Instructions?
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Generally, the instructions for
identifying works and expressions are
in chapter 6.
You will also need to consult the
related instructions in:
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Chapter 19, “Persons, Families, and
Corporate Bodies Associated with a
Work”
Chapter 20, “Persons, Families, and
Corporate Bodies Associated with an
Expression”
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“Naming the Work”
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Just like ‘naming’ persons and corporate
bodies (and now, families)
Similar to AACR2 concept of “main entry”
MARC has four possibilities for where this
information can be coded
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1XX + 240
1XX + 245
130
245
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LC Decisions on …
Bibliographic or Authority Data?
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RDA does not prescribe if attributes
about the work and the access points
are to be recorded as bibliographic
data or authority data
LC Policy:
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Always identify the work by giving the
access point in the bibliographic record
Sometimes identify the work by making a
title or name/title authority record -- no
changes from policy in DCM Z1
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LC Decisions on …
Core Elements to Distinguish
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If elements are being recorded to
distinguish one work from another or
from the name of a person, family, or
corporate body, RDA gives choices for
recording the elements (RDA 0.6.3):
LC policy
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always give as additions to the authorized
access point
cataloger judgment to also give as
separate elements in authority records
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LC Decisions on …
Language and Script
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Title for a work in the language
and script in which it appears in
the resource (RDA 5.4)
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U.S.: in authorized and variant access
points: apply the alternative to give a
romanized form
For some languages (see LC-PCC PS
5.4), can also give variant access
points (MARC 4XX) in original
language/script in authority records
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Terminology Related to “Works”
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Title of the work (RDA 6.2.1.1)
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Preferred title for the work (RDA 6.2.2.1)
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“word, character, or group of words and/or
characters by which a work is known”
the form of title used when constructing the
authorized access point
Variant title for the work (RDA 6.2.3.1)
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the form of title used when constructing a
variant access point
aka “see references”
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Sources of Information –
Sources for Preferred Titles (6.2.2.2)
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Commonly-known title
For a work created after 1500
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From resources embodying the work or from
reference sources
Sometimes: title proper of the first manifestation
received
For a work created before 1501
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From modern reference sources
If this evidence is inconclusive, use (in this order):
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a) modern editions
b) early editions
c) manuscript copies
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Sources of Information –
Sources for Other Elements (6.1.1)
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For all other identifying attributes of
works and expressions
Take the information from any
source
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Authorized Access Points for Works
(6.27.1.1 - 6.27.1.8)
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How to put together the elements to
construct an authorized access point
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Preferred title is the basis
Authorized access point for the creator
precedes the preferred title, as applicable
Additions to the preferred title as instructed
under 6.27.1.9
Links back to the instructions on
recording each of the specific elements
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Unit 5: Elements for Works
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Entities Responsible for a Work
Preferred Title for the Work
Compilations vs. Collaborations
Additions to Access Points for Works
Variant Access Points for Works
MARC Authority Fields for Works
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Entities Responsible for a Work
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RDA 0.6.3
“when creating the authorized access
point for the work, precede the
preferred title for the work, if
appropriate, by the authorized access
point representing the person,
family, or corporate body responsible
for the intellectual or artistic content
of the work”
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Entities Responsible for a Work –
Where are the Instructions?
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Creator is a
relationship to a
work; it isn’t an
attribute of the
work.
So we will find the
instructions about
creators in Chapter
19, not Chapter 6.
“contributors” are responsible for an expression
• discussed in Chapter 20 (and covered in Module 3)
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Entities Responsible for a Work –
Sources
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Preferred sources of information
Other statements appearing
prominently in the resource
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Use cataloger judgment
Information appearing only in the
content
Other sources
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Creator (19.2)
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CORE ELEMENT
“person, family, or corporate body
responsible for the creation of a work”
If more than one entity is responsible for the
work as a whole:
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The creator having principal responsibility
named first in the resource is required
If principal responsibility is not indicated, only
the first-named creator is required
LC-PCC PS 19.2 says to use cataloger judgment
in deciding whether to provide authorized
access points for additional creators, beyond the
core
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What About Contributors?
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“ … contributing to the realization of a
work through an expression”
Editors, translators, illustrators,
arrangers of music, performers,
writers of commentary, and others
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Covered in next module on Expressions
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Creator – Changes from AACR2
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No “rule of three” to identify the
work only by its preferred title when
there are more than three creators
Performer of works by different
composers presented in a sound
recording is not automatically
considered a creator
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Compilers and Modifiers as Creators
(19.2.1.1)
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An entity responsible for compiling an
aggregate work may be considered a
creator of the compilation if the selection,
arrangement, editing, etc., of content for
the compilation effectively results in the
creation of a new work;
An entity responsible for modifying a
previously existing work in a way that
substantially changes the nature or content
of the original is considered a creator of the
new work.
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Corporate Bodies as Creators
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Categories of works (RDA 19.2.1.1.1)
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Similar to AACR2 21.1B2
Corporate body takes precedence over
a first-named person or family as
creator
LC-PCC PS, similar to LCRI for 21.21B2
RDA 19.2.1.1.2 on government and
religious officials as creators
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Preferred Title for the Work
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CORE ELEMENT
General instructions
Specific instructions
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General Instructions on
Recording Titles (6.2.1)
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Scope: “… by which a work is known”
Sources: “… from any source”
Capitalization
Numbers
Diacritics
Articles
Spacing
Abbreviations
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Instructions on Recording
Preferred Titles (6.2.2)
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Scope and sources
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Choosing preferred titles
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6.2.2.1 – 6.2.2.2
6.2.2.3 – 6.2.2.7
Recording preferred titles
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6.2.2.8 – 6.2.2.10
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Preferred Title for the Work –
Specific Categories
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some musical works (6.14.2)
some legal works (6.19.2)
some religious works (6.23.2)
some official communications
(6.26.2)
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Preferred Title –
Parts of a Work (6.2.2.9)
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Other than musical or religious works
RDA makes a distinction depending
on the number of parts
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
one (6.2.2.9.1)
two or more (6.2.2.9.2)
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Parts of a Work –
One Part (6.2.2.9.1)

“Record the preferred title for the
part, applying the basic instructions
on recording titles of works given
under 6.2.1.”


Preferred title for a part of J.R.R.
Tolkien’s The lord of the rings:
 Two towers
Preferred title for a part of the
television program The Simpsons:
 Streetcar named Marge
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Parts of a Work –
Two or More Parts (6.2.2.9.2)

Consecutively numbered, with only a general
designation


“Record the designation of the parts … followed by
the inclusive numbers of the parts”
 e.g., preferred title for the first six books of
Homer’s Iliad: Book 1–6
Two or more unnumbered or non-consecutively
numbered parts


“Record the preferred title for each of the parts”
 e.g., preferred title for a part of Divina
commedia in a compilation also comprising the
part Paradiso: Purgatorio
But see next slide……….
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Two or More Parts
LC Policy for the Alternative

LC practice (LC-PCC PS 6.2.2.9.2)


“Instead of recording the preferred title for
each of the parts, record the conventional
collective title Selections as the preferred
title for the parts.”
e.g., preferred title for the parts of the
work in a compilation comprising books 1
and 6 of Homer’s Iliad
 Selections
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Authorized Access Point for
Part(s) of a Work (6.27.2)

Generally:
preferred title for part(s)
 preceded by authorized access point
for the creator, if appropriate

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Authorized Access Point for
Part(s) of a Work -- Exceptions

Applies to
non-distinctive titles
 serials and integrating resources
 television/radio programs
 consecutively-numbered parts


Instruction
preferred title for part(s)
 preceded by authorized access point
for the work

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Compilations and Collaborations



Important distinction
Determines how each is ‘identified’
Compilations


RDA 6.27.1.4
Collaborations

RDA 6.27.1.3
We will first discuss compilations
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How to Decide?

Clues that you have a compilation:



Indication of who created what
From the preferred source, table of
contents, preface, program notes, home
page, other components in the resource
Assume it is a collaboration if:


you have no indication who created what
you are in doubt
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Multiple Works by One Creator

Must be treated as a compilation


i.e., there are no collaborators
Identified by



Creator
+
Preferred title
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Preferred Title – Compilations of
One P - F - CB (6.2.2.10)

Has compilation become known by a title?



Not usually
But, e.g., Leaves of grass is an example of a
compilation known by a title
If not, use a conventional collective title
(doesn’t matter if title proper is distinctive):



Complete works = use “Works”
Complete works in a single form = use term
chosen by cataloger
Other compilations of two or more (but not all)
works in same form or different forms = add
“Selections” to the conventional collective title
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Preferred Title – Compilations of
One P - F - CB (cont.)


Major changes from AACR2!
Under RDA, LC catalogers will no
longer need to:


Determine if the creator created works
only in a single form
Determine if the title proper of the
compilation is “distinctive”
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Example: Compilation of 2
Works by the Same Creator
AACR2: use the 1st work as the preferred title
(but this misidentifies the compilation)
100
240
245
505
1#
10
10
0#
$a Miller, Arthur, $d 1915-2005
$a Archbishop’s ceiling
$a Two plays / $c Arthur Miller.
$a The Archbishop’s ceiling -- The
American clock.
700 12 $a Miller, Arthur, $d 1915-2005.
$t American clock.
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Example (cont.)
2 Works by the Same Creator
RDA:
100
240
245
505
apply the alternative to use a
conventional collective title
1#
10
10
0#
$a Miller, Arthur, $d 1915-2005, $e author.
$a Plays. $k Selections
$a Two plays / $c Arthur Miller.
$a The Archbishop’s ceiling -- The
American clock.
700 12 $i Contains (work): $a Miller,
Arthur, $d 1915-2005. $t Archbishop’s
ceiling.
*700 12 $i Contains (work):$a Miller, Arthur, $d
1915-2005. $t American clock.
* 2nd 700 not a core requirement but helpful to the user
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Multiple Works by Multiple Creators -Compilations vs. Collaborations

Compilation



Preferred title
Without a creator, because there is no
single creator of the individual works
Collaboration



Creator (principal or first-named)
+
Preferred title
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Preferred Title – Compilations
of Works by Different Creators



Compilation of separate works
Identify the compilation by its
preferred title (6.27.1.4)
Either …


Title by which the compilation has
become known (uncommon), or
The title proper of the manifestation


e.g., Best of Broadway (for a set of five CDs
with selections from original cast recordings of
various musicals by various composers)
But see next slide ………
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What if Such a Compilation
Lacks a Collective Title?

RDA and LC-PCC PS 25.1

How to treat:
1.
2.

For the preferred title, use the title proper of
the first work in the compilation, and
Provide an analytical authorized access point
for the predominant or first work in the
compilation, when it represents a substantial
part of the resource.
Generally, do not devise a title to use as a
preferred title.

LC does not apply the alternative to 6.27.1.4
A work that is part of a larger work is
considered a whole-part “related work”
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Example: Compilation of Works by
Different Creators (No Collective Title)
AACR2: use the 1st work as the preferred title
(but this misidentifies the compilation)
100 1# $a Polk, Sharon.
240 10 $a Community band concerts
245 10 $a Community band concerts / $c
Sharon Polk. Fall harvest
festivals / Terri Swanson.
700 12 $a Swanson, Terri. $t Fall harvest
festivals.
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Example (cont.): Compilation of Works by
Different Creators (No Collective Title)
RDA:
use the title proper of the first work as
the preferred title (do not devise a title)
245 00 $a Community band concerts / $c Sharon
Polk. Fall harvest festivals / Terri
Swanson.
700 12 $a Polk, Sharon. $t Community band
concerts.
*700 12 $a Swanson, Terri. $t Fall harvest
festivals.
* 2nd 700 not a core requirement but helpful to the user
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Collaborative Works –
Single Work, Multiple Creators


Principally-responsible, or first-named
creator
Exceptions listed in 6.27.1.3





moving image resources
some resources involving both corporate
bodies and persons
some musical collaborations
treaties
most serials (per LC-PCC PS; proposal to
revise RDA)
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Example: Multiple Creators -Principal Responsibility
No change from AACR2, except for ‘added entries’
100
245
*700
*700
*700
$a Sweet, Martha.
$a Georgia history / $c by Martha
Sweet and Linda Bruce with
contributions by Gus Peterson and
Marilee James.
$a Bruce, Linda.
$a Peterson, Gus.
$a James, Marilee.
* number of access points for other creators:
LC-PCC PS 19.3 = cataloger judgment
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Example: Multiple Creators -No Principal Responsibility
AACR2:
‘enter’ under title, with no 1XX field
24500 $a Architecture / $c by Susan Brown
245
… [et al.].
* 700 1_ $a Susan Brown
Other authors (Melanie Carlson, Stephen Lindell,
Kevin Ott, and Janet Wilson) listed on source,
but not recorded in 245.
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Example: Multiple Creators -No Principal Responsibility
RDA: precede preferred title by first-named creator
100 1_ $a Brown, Susan, $e author.
245 10 $a Architecture / $c by Susan
Brown, Melanie Carlson, Stephen Lindell,
Kevin Ott, and Janet Wilson.
*700 1_ $a Carlson, Melanie, $e author.
*700 1_ $a Lindell, Stephen, $e author.
*700 1_ $a Ott, Kevin, $e author.
*700 1_ $a Wilson, Janet, $e author.
access points for other creators:
cataloger judgment (LC-PCC PS 19.3)
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Commentary, etc., Added to a
Previously Existing Work (6.27.1.6)

If presented as the work of the entity
responsible for the commentary, etc.

construct the authorized access point by
combining



the authorized access point representing the
entity responsible for the commentary, and
the preferred title for the commentary.
Example:

Akram, Malik M. Comprehensive and exhaustive
commentary on the Transfer of Property Act,
1882
(Resource described: A commentary by Akram
that includes the text of the law and its
amendments)
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Commentary, etc., Added to a
Previously Existing Work (6.27.1.6)

If presented as an edition, treat it as an
expression


use the authorized access point representing
the previously existing work
Example:

Joyce, James, 1882–1941. Dubliners
(Resource described: James Joyce’s Dubliners :
an illustrated edition with annotations / [edited
by] John Wyse Jackson & Bernard McGinley)
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Additions to Access Points
Representing Works

Formulating the Authorized Access
Point




Start with preferred title
Precede by creator, if appropriate
Addition(s) to make it distinct
RDA 6.27.1.9

Each possible addition discussed in detail
in earlier provisions of chapter 6
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Additions to Access Points
Representing Works




Form of work (6.3)
Date of the work (6.4)
Place of origin of the work (6.5)
Another distinguishing characteristic
of the work (6.6)
• no priority order
• can give more than one if needed
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LC Policy on Differentiating Works -LC-PCC PS 6.27.1.9

Generally:





“catalog” = the file against which cataloging is
being done; may also take into account any
resource which is known
use the AAP whenever the resource is referred to
in other AP’s (including subjects) or in notes citing
relationships between resources
resolve the conflict by making an addition to the
AAP in the bibliographic record being created; do
not also modify the existing record
do not predict a conflict
when a resource is republished or reproduced, the
AAP for the original is used for any republication
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LC Policy on Differentiating Works -LC-PCC PS 6.27.1.9


“… with a parenthetical qualifier …”
Choice of qualifying term: Use judgment.
 corporate body
 date of publication
 descriptive data elements, e.g., edition
statement
 place of publication
 any word(s) that will serve to distinguish
the works
 more than one qualifier if needed
list not prescriptive, not in priority order
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LC Policy on Differentiating Works -LC-PCC PS 6.27.1.9

Form of qualifying term:



Corporate body: use the authorized
access point
Place of publication: use the authorized
access point without any cataloger’s
addition
Multiple qualifiers: separate the
qualifiers with a space-colon-space
within one set of parentheses
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Additions to Access Points -Examples
Advocate (Boise, Idaho)
Advocate (Nairobi, Kenya)
distinguish
with place
Dublin magazine (1762)
Dublin magazine (1965)
distinguish
with date
Bulletin (New York State Museum : 1945)
Bulletin (New York State Museum : 1976)
use of two qualifiers
(corporate body and date)
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Additions to Access Points -Form of Work (6.3)





CORE ELEMENT when needed to
differentiate
“class or genre to which a work
belongs”
Take from any source
No controlled vocabulary
Added after preferred title in
parentheses
130 0# $a Chanson de Roland (Poem)
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Additions to Access Points -Date of Work (6.4)





CORE ELEMENT when needed to
differentiate
“earliest date associated with a work”
 created, first published, or released
Take from any source
Year(s) alone
Added after preferred title in
parentheses
110 2# $a Connecticut Commission on Children.
240 10 $a Annual report (2005)
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Additions to Access Points -Place of Origin of Work (6.5)





CORE ELEMENT when needed to
differentiate
“the country or other territorial
jurisdiction from which a work originated”
Take from any source
In form prescribed in Chapter 16
Added after preferred title in
parentheses
130 0# $a Renaissance history (Boston, Mass.)
245 10 $a Renaissance history : $b a reexamination.
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Additions to Access Points -Other Distinguishing Characteristic (6.6)





CORE ELEMENT when needed to
differentiate
“a characteristic other than form of work,
date of work, or place of origin of the work
that serves to differentiate a work from
another work or from the name of a person,
family, or corporate body”
Take from any source
In established form
Added after preferred title in parentheses
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Variant Access Points for Works
6.27.4.1 - 6.27.4.4


General principle: “use a variant title for
the work as the basis for a variant
access point.”
Example:


Authorized access point for the work
 Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870. Pickwick
papers
Variant access point for the work
 Dickens, Charles, 1812–1870.
Posthumous papers of the Pickwick
Club
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Variant Access Points for Works
(cont.)


RDA also allows a variant access point, using
just the preferred title, and formulated using
other creators (e.g., collaborators not chosen
as the principal creator).
Example:


Authorized access point for the work:
 100 0_ Christo, 1935– $t Wrapped Reichstag
Variant access point for the work:
 400 0_ Jeanne-Claude, 1935– $t Wrapped
Reichstag
(A work of art created jointly by Christo and JeanneClaude; variant access point considered important for
subject access)
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Variant Access Points for Works
(cont.)

LC Policy: Apply cataloger judgment


Consider user needs
LC does not create or maintain SARs

LC-PCC PS 6.27.4
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MARC Authority Fields for Works
LC policy:

046
370
380
381
382
383

384





cataloger judgment whether to include
these fields in authority records
Date of work
Place of origin of work
Form of work
Other distinguishing characteristics
Medium of performance
Numeric designation of a musical
work
Key
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