Workshop
on the Organization of
Library Materials
MYRNA P. MACAPIA, RL
Junior Librarian
Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation-Lucena City
CATALOGUE
Greek phrase “ kata” “logos”
Kata – “by” or “according to”
Logos – many meanings:
 Word
 Order
 Reason
 A work in which the contents are
arranged in a reasonable way, or,
according to a set plan, or,
word by word
CATALOGUE
In libraries, it is a list of library materials
contained in a collection, a library, or, a group
of libraries arranged according to some
definite plan. It may be arranged by alphabet,
by number, or by subject. It may be in the
form of card, book, microforms, online
catalog.
PRELIMINARY PROCESSING
Collating
Examining the book’s physical condition
PRELIMINARY PROCESSING
Stamping
Stamping books the mark of ownership at the
copyright page and “secret” pages, at the last
printed page and on the front and back verso of the
book.
PRELIMINARY PROCESSING
Stamping
Front verso
Title page
Secret
page
Verso of the
title page/
copyright page
PRELIMINARY PROCESSING
Stamping
Last
printed
page
Back
verso of
the book
Upper and
bottom edge of
the book
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
the process of preparing a bibliographic record by:
-describing a work
-assigning subject headings
-access points, and
-call number
the process of organizing library materials and
making them accessible to library users.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Levels of Description:
Bibliographic Record:
Title
On Call : Principles & Protocols
Author
Shane A. Marshall and John Ruedy
Edition
4th edition
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Publisher
Elsevier, Inc.
Copyright Date
2004
Extent / No. of pages
xxiii , 532p.
Dimension
15 centimeters high
Illustrations
some are colored illustrations
Accompanying material with Teacher’s Guide
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
0-7216-3902-4
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Levels of Description:
Level 1
could be used for all material in a primary school or small collection.
Title proper / first statement of responsibility, if different from the
main entry heading in form or number or if there is no main entry
heading. – Edition Statement.--Material or type of publication details. –
First publisher, etc., date of publication, etc.
Extent of item.
Note(s).
Standard number.
On call/Shane A. Marshall and John Ruedy. 4th ed.– Pennsylvania:
Elsevier, Inc., 2004.
xxiii, 532p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0-7216-3902-4
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Levels of Description:
Level 2
provides a fuller description and is used by most libraries.
Title proper [gmd] = parallel title : other title information / first statement of responsibility
; each subsequent statement of responsibility. – Edition statement / first statement of
responsibility relating to the edition. – Material (or type of publication) specific details. –
First place of publication: First publisher, date of publication.
Extent of item : other physical details ; dimension + accompanying material. – (Title
proper of series / statement of responsibility relating to series, ISSN or series ; numbering
within the series. Title of subseries, ISSN of subseries ; numbering within subseries)
Note(s).
Standard number.
On call: principles and protocol / Shane A. Marshall and John Ruedy.
4th ed.– Pennsylvania: Elsevier, Inc., 2004.
xxiii, 532p. : ill. (some col.) ; 15 cm. + teacher’s guide.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0-7216-3902-4
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Levels of Description:
Level 3
is the fullest level, that is used by national libraries or research
collections.
For the third level of description, include all elements set out in the
following rules that are applicable to the item being described.
On call: principles and protocol / Shane A. Marshall and John
Ruedy. 4th ed.– Pennsylvania: Elsevier, Inc., 2004.
xxiii, 532p. : ill. (some col.) ; 15 cm. + teacher’s guide.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0-7216-3902-4
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Areas of Description:
Area 1
Area 2
Area 3
Area 4
Area 5
Area 6
Area 7
Area 8
Title and Statement of Responsibility
Edition Statement
Material Specific Details
Publication, Distribution, etc.
Physical Description
Series
Notes
Standard Number and Terms of
Availability
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Title Proper
The chief name of an item, including any
alternative title but excluding parallel titles and
other title information
Transcribe exactly
as to wording
order
& spelling
but not necessarily to punctuation &
capitalization
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Title Proper
Examples: INCREASING MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
transcribed as:
Increasing multicultural understanding
14 MINUTES
is transcribed as:
14 minutes
Not:
14 MINUTES
FOURTEEN MINUTES
Fourteen minutes
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Title Proper
Examples:
The Road to Romance & Ruin
transcribed as
The road to romance & ruin
(if main access point is a person or a corporate body)
The Road to romance & ruin
(if the title is the main access point)
NOT:
The road to romance and ruin
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Statement of Responsibility
Transcribe as you see!
Transcribe those person(s) or corporate bodies
that are usually named in the chief source of
information as responsible not only for the
intellectual or artistic content of the item but
also those named as editor(s), writers of
foreword, introduction, illustrators, etc.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Statement of Responsibility
Television and its audience / Patrick Barwise and Andrew Ehrenberg.
Advertising media : strategy and tactics /
Donald W. Jugenheimer, Arnold M. Barban,
Peter B. Turk.
Postmodern currents / by Margot Lovejoy ;
edited by Geoff Andrew ; with a foreword by
Carter Ratcliff.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Statement of Responsibility
for more than 3 persons or corporate bodies performing the same
function omit all but the first of each group
indicate the omission by the mark of omission (…) and add
square brackets
et al. in
Example:
Emotion pictures : reflections on the cinema / Wim Wenders … [et al.]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Statement of Responsibility
When a name associated with responsibility is transcribed as part of the
title proper, do not make any further statement relating to that name.
Rizal’s Noli me tangere
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 1 : Title and Statement of Responsibility
Statement of Responsibility
Transcribe a statement of responsibility
even if no person or body is named in that
statement.
Korean phrases / by a group of students
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 2 : Edition Statement
Transcribe as found in the item using prescribed
abbreviations
First edition
Second edition
Third edition
Fourth, Revised and Enlarged Edition
1st ed.
2nd ed.
3rd ed.
4th, rev. and enl. ed.
For non-numeric/alphabetic edition statement, give statement
in words in the language/script of the title proper & enclose
them in brackets
*** ed.
[Three asterisks] ed.
+++++ Edition
[Five plus ed.]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 2 : Edition Statement
Presence of such words as edition, issue, version (or their
equivalents in other languages) are evidence that such is an edition
statement
Version 3.5 – Version 3.5
International student edition – International student ed.
Paperback edition – Pbk. ed.
Hardbound edition – Hbk. ed. or. Hbd. ed.
Shorter edition – Shorter ed.
Student edition – Student ed.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 2 : Edition Statement
Item lacking an edition statement but is known to contain significant
changes from the previous editions, optionally supply a brief statement
in the language of the title proper
[New ed.]
[Rev. ed.]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Place of publication
Transcribe in the form and grammatical case in
which it appears
If it appears in more than one language/script,
give the form in:
The language or script of the title proper
If this does not apply, give the form that
appears first
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Place of publication
Transcribe the name of the country, state, province, etc. if it is considered
necessary for identification
Santiago [Chile]
San Fernando [Pampanga]
San Fernando [La Union]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Place of publication
Supply another form of the name of a place if such is
considered desirable using the English form of the name
Lerpwl [Liverpool]
QC [Quezon City]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Place of publication
For abbreviated form, transcribe it as found, and add the full
form or complete the name
Mpls [Minneapolis]
Mnla [Manila]
If two or more places are named, give the first named place
New York
London Paris
transcribed as
New York
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Place of publication
If the place is uncertain supply the probable place in the English
form of the name followed by a question mark
[Manila?]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Place of publication
If no probable place can be given, give
[s.l.] (sine loco)
DO NOT record a place of publication … for unpublished
items. DO NOT give s.l. in either case.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Give the name of the publisher following the place to which it
relates in the shortest form in which it can be understood
internationally
Longmans Educational not
Penguin
W.H. Allen
not
Longmans
Penguin Books
not Allen
(avoids confusion with other publishers named Allen)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
If the publisher is unknown, give
s.n. (sine nominee)
DO NOT record the name of a publisher
for an unpublished item. DO NOT
record s.n. in such case
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Date
Give the date as found even if it is known to be incorrect
and add the correct date
1697 [1967]
If necessary explain any
discrepancy in the note area.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 4 : Publication, distribution, etc. area
Date
If no date of publication, copyright date, or manufacture
appears in an item supply an approximate date of
publication
[1971 or 1972]
[1969?]
[between 1906 & 1912]
- one year or the other
- probable date
- for dates fewer than 20
years apart
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Physical Description Area
Extent of item
Give number of physical units in Arabic numerals
x, 235 p.
[10], 358 p. (unnumbered page sequence is given if
such constitute the whole or substantial part of the
publication or such unnumbered sequence are referred to in a
note.
Otherwise, such are not recorded
[10], 700, [85] p.
xii, 345, 45, 57 p.
xli, 289 p., [16] p. of plates (some folded).
37 p., 267 leaves.
A-Z p.
Four hundred thirty two pages is recorded as:
432 p.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Physical Description Area
Extent of item
Colored illustrations
col. ill.
ill., (col. maps), ports (some col.)
ill. (some col.), maps, plans.
ill. (some col.)
ill. (chiefly col.)
35 ill.
ill., 10 maps
ill., 2 forms, 2 ports.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Physical Description Area
Dimensions
Give height of the item in centimeters (cm.), to the next whole
centimeters (item measures 23.1 or 23.2 … record it as 24 cm.).
Measure the height of the binding if the item is bound.
Otherwise measure the height of the item itself.
If the item measures less than 10 cm., give the height in
milimeters.
9 mm.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Physical Description Area
Accompanying material
May be recorded in 4 ways
- At the end of the physical description area
400 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + teacher’s guide by Josefina
Cortes (65 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- In the note area
Teacher’s guide (65 p.) by Josefina Cortes
User’s manual and addendum
Study guide by Victoria Holt.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Physical Description Area
Accompanying material
- Accompanying material
In a separate entry
Cortes, Josefina
Teacher’s guide to Readings for children. -3rd ed. -- Quezon City : University of the
Philippines, 1973.
65 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
ISBN 9789715507645 (pbk.)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Physical Description Area
Accompanying material
- Accompanying material
In a multilevel description
Balmores, Nestor R.
Readings for children. -- 3rd ed. -- Quezon
City : University of the Philippines, College of
Education, 1973.
188 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Teacher’s guide to Readings for children /
by Josefina Cortes. -- 3rd ed. -- 65 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
20 cm.
ISBN 9789715507645 (pbk.)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 6 : Series area
Series refers to a group of separate items related to one
another by the fact that each item bears, in addition to its
own title proper, a collective title applying to the group as a
whole. Individual items belonging to the group may or may
not be numbered. Sometimes a title may belong to one or
more series.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 6 : Series area
Transcription
45 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. – (Research studies
series / School of Economics, University
of the Philippines, ISSN 0305-3741 ; 75-2).
120 p. ; 23 cm. – (Public affairs reports /
National College of Public Administration
and Governance, ISSN 03053837 ; v. 3.
Local autonomy series, ISSN 0305-3838 ;
no. 65)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 7 : Note area
Reserved for recording catalog information that can not
be incorporated in the other areas
Notes are listed in a specific order. One type of note may
not be recorded ahead or after the other types.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 7 : Note area
Nature, scope, or artistic form of the item
Documentary.
Play in three acts.
Language of the item and/or translation or adaptation
Translation of: Noli me tangere.
English, Spanish, and French.
Source of title proper
Title from cover. or Cover title.
Title from spine. or Spine title.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 7 : Note area
Statement of responsibility
Attributed to Edgar Allan Poe.
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.
At head of title: Unesco.
Edition and history
Rev. ed. of: Social psychology. 2nd ed. 1982.
Continues: Philippines yearbook.
Material specific detail
Volume numbering irregular.
File size vary.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 8 : Standard number and terms of availability
Standard number:
Give ISBN or ISSN, or any other internationally agreed standard number
for the item being described. Give such numbers with the agreed
abbreviation and with the standard spacing or hyphenation
ISBN 0-552-67587-3.
ISSN 0002-9769.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUING
Area 5 : Standard number and terms of availability
If an item bears two or more such numbers, give the one that applies to
the item being described. However, there is also an option to record
other such numbers but with appropriate qualification
ISBN 0-379-00550-6 (set) – ISBN 0-379-00551-4 (v. 1)
ISBN 9-715-50793-7 (pbk.) – ISBN 9-715-5079-8 (hbd.)
We may now go to
Subject Cataloging
SUBJECT CATALOGUING
Process of providing subject access point
to bibliographic records.
Jordan, Janice.
Of fiber and textile technology / Janice Jordan. –
2nd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
364 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
1. Textiles. 2. Fabrics. 3. Textile and fabrics.
I. Nelson, Michael. II. Title.
SUBJECT CATALOGUING
PURPOSE OF SUBJECT
CATALOGING
• To provide access by subject to all
relevant materials
• To bring together all references to
material on the same subject.
• To show affiliations to all subject fields
• To provide a formal description of the
subject content
SUBJECT CATALOGUING
A conceptual introduction to chemistry
Subject : Chemistry.
Readings in world literature
Subject : World literature.
Asian history: module-based learning
Subject : Asia– history.
Complete course in oil painting
Subject : Painting.
SUBJECT CATALOGUING
Educational psychology for learning and teaching
Subject : Educational psychology.
News reporting and writing
Subject /s: 1. Reporters and reporting. 2. Journalism.
Algebra and trigonometry: theory and application.
Subject/s : 1. Algebra. 2. Trigonometry.
Physical education, health, and music
Subject/s : 1. Physical education. 2. Health. 3. Music
After subject
cataloging, we can
now classify..
CLASSIFICATION
An act of organizing the universe knowledge into some systematic
order.
It would also mean grouping things or objects that have the property or
characteristics in common into a class.
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Jordan, Janice.
Of fiber and textile technology / Janice Jordan. –
2nd ed. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
364 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
1. Textiles. 2. Fabrics. 3. Textile and fabrics.
I. Nelson, Michael. II. Title.
CLASSIFICATION
PURPOSE OF A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
1. To arrange items in a logical order on library shelves
2. To provide a systematic display of bibliographic entries
in printed catalogs, bibliographies and indexes
(performs a collocation system)
3. In some online catalogs, classification serves a direct
retrieval function
CLASSIFICATION
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CLASSIFICATION SCHEME
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Dewey Decimal Classification System
A classification system for materials conceived by Melvil Dewey in 1873
and first published in 1896.
It has ten (10) main classes
000 – 099
100 – 199
200 – 299
300 – 399
400 – 499
500 – 599
600 – 699
700 – 799
800 – 899
900 – 999
Generalities
Philosophy & psychology
Religion
Social sciences
Languages
Pure Science
Applied Science /Technology
Arts & recreation
Literature
History & geography
CLASSIFICATION
Dewey Decimal Classification
DDC consists of four (4) volumes
- Volume 1 – contains the Introduction and Tables
-Volume 2 and 3 – contains the Schedule
-Volume 4 – contains the Index and Manual
CLASSIFICATION
CLASSIFICATION SCHEME
Library of Congress Classification System
a classification system that was first developed in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to organize and arrange the
book collections of the Library of Congress.
The system divides all knowledge into twenty-one basic classes,
each identified by a single letter of the alphabet.
The main classes are expressed as alphabetic. The letters I, O, W,
X, Y have not been assigned subject areas, but could be used for
future expansion.
CLASSIFICATION
CLASSIFICATION SCHEME
Library of Congress Classification System
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
General Works
Philosophy, Psychology, and
Religion
Auxiliary Sciences of History
General and Old World History
History of America
History of the United States and
British, Dutch, French, and Latin
America
Geography, Anthropology, and
Recreation
Social Sciences
Political Science
K
L
M
N
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
Z
Law
Education
Music
Fine Arts
Language and Literature
Science
Medicine
Agriculture
Technology
Military Science
Naval Science
Bibliography, Library
Science, and General
Information
Resources
CLASSIFICATION
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BOOK NUMBER / AUTHOR’S NUMBER
CUTTER NUMBERS (DDC)
C.A. Cutter’s Three- Figure Alfabetic- Order Table
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Devised used to assign an alphanumeric code for author’s last name
Allows all books within a particular Dewey Decimal number to be
arranged alphabetically on the shelf
Derived by combining the initial letter or letters of the author’s last name
with numbers from a numerical table.
CLASSIFICATION
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BOOK NUMBER / AUTHOR’S NUMBER
CUTTER NUMBERS (DDC)
C.A. Cutter’s Three- Figure Alfabetic- Order Table
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M118
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CLASSIFICATION
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LCC Cutter Table
(1) After initial vowels
for the second letter:
use number:
b
2
d
3
l–m
4
n
5
p
6
r
7
s-t
8
u–y
9
(2) After initial letter S
for the second letter:
use number:
a
2
ch
3
e
4
h–i
5
m-p
6
t
7
u
8
w-z
9
a
3
e
4
i
5
o
6
r
7
t
8
y
9
a
3
e
4
i
5
o
6
r
7
u
8
y
9
a-d
3
e-h
4
i-l
5
m-o
6
p-s
7
t-v
8
w-z
9
(3) After initial letters Qu
for the second letter:
use number:
For initial letters Qa- Qt,
use 2-29
(4) After initial consonants
for the second letter :
use number:
(5) For expansion
for the letter:
use number:
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BOOK NUMBER / AUTHOR’S NUMBER
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Macapia
The cutter number is based on the first three
letters of the name, Macapia.
Mac
The first letter points you to the paragraph in the
cutter table which determines the first digit:
The letter M points you to paragraph (4)
(consonants)
M becomes
The second letter is used to finds the value of the
first digit:
The value for the letter a in paragraph (4)
paragraph (4)
The third letter is used to find the value of the
second digit:
The value for the letter c in paragraph (5)
Paragraph (5)
3
.M
.M3
3
.M33
CLASSIFICATION
Number Building in DDC
Educational psychology for learning and teaching
Subject : Educational psychology.
Education is under
Psychology is under
370
150
Base number + Added number
370 + 150 = 370.150
Remove 0 at the 3rd digit
Resulting number : 370.15
CLASSIFICATION
Number Building in DDC
Educational psychology for learning and teaching
Subject : Educational psychology.
370.15
ACCESSIONING
ACCESSIONING
Number
- Accession Number
0001
0002
0003
0004
0005
Date Received - Date the book was received
Class – Call Number
AUTHOR - Name of the author
09/14/2012
512
M118
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Macapia, Myrna P.
If there are two (2) or three (3) authors, write the first named author
If there are more than three (3) authors or editors are written, don’t
write any under the author’s column.
ACCESSIONING
TITLE OF BOOK
- Title of the book
Algebra and trigonometry: theory and application
Edition - Edition of the Book
3rd ed.
Volume – Volume Number
vol. 5
Pages - Extent of the item
394p.
Source of Fund
Donation
Cost Price
1,999.50
PUBLISHER
Quezon City: National Book
Store, Inc.
2012
Year
REMARKS
Discarded
Lost and Paid
Etc.
PROCESS SLIP (P-Slip)
025.376
M845
1999
Mortimer, Mary
Learn descriptive cataloguing / Mary Mortimer .– 2nd ed..–
Canberra, DocMatrix Pty Ltd., 1999.
239p.
Includes index and bibliography.
0001
ISBN 974-8279-70-7
1. Anglo- American cataloguing rules – Problems, exercises,
etc. 2. Cataloguing -- Problems, exercises, etc. 3. MARC formats -Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title.
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
RDA is a content standard, not a display standard
and not a metadata scheme.
RDA is a set of guidelines that indicates how to
describe a resource, focusing on the pieces of
information (or attributes) that a user is most likely
need to know.
(Oliver, 2007, Changing RDA)
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Statement of Responsibility
AACR2
Principles of marketing / Philip Kotler …[et.al].
RDA
Principles of marketing / Philip Kotler,
Northwestern University, Gary Armstrong,
University of North Carolina, Peggy H.
Cunningham, Dalhousie University, Valerie
Trifts, Dalhousie University.
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Learn
DESCRIPTIVE
CATALOGUING
……………………..
SECOND EDITION
Mary Mortimer
Edition Statement
AACR2
Learn descriptive cataloguing / Mary Mortimer .–
2nd ed.
RDA
Learn descriptive cataloguing / Mary Mortimer .–
Second edition.
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Publication
Core elements in RDA
First recorded place of publication
First recorded publisher’s name
Date of publication
When these elements are not identified, other elements may
be added (e.g., distributor’s name, copyright date) if present;
These elements are added but do not replace the core
elements
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Publication
AACR2
RDA
Peterborough, Ont.
Peterborough, Ontario
New York
New York, NY (USA)
London [Ont.]
London ; Published in London, Ontario.
Penguin
Penguin Books
Da Capo
Da Capo Press, Inc., a subsidiary of Plenum
Publishing Corporation
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Publication with more than one place
AACR2
RDA
Source: Toronto –Buffalo - London
Toronto
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
Source: Montreal - Toronto
(Toronto given prominence by typography)
Montreal
Toronto ; Montreal
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Publication with more than one publisher
AACR2
Montreal : Infopresse, 2007.
RDA
Montreal : Editions Infopresse ; Paris :
Pyramyd, 2007.
Publication: Elements not identified
AACR2
[s.l. : s.n.] , 2009.
RDA
[Place of publication not identified :
publisher not identified ], 2009.
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Approximate dates of publication, distribution, etc.
AACR2
RDA
[ca. 1960]
[1960?]
[197-]
[between 1970 and 1979]
[197-?]
[between 1970 and 1979?]
[18--]
[between 11800 and 1899]
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Copyright date and date of manufacture
AACR2
Quebec : Presses de l’ Universite
Laval, 2009
RDA
Quebec : Presses de l’ Universite Laval,
[date of publication not identified], ©2009.
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Extent
Essentially the same as in AACR2
Main differences:
Description in terms of pages or leaves depending on whether the resource is
paginated or foliated
No abbreviations (use pages, volumes)
No bracketing for unnumbered pages (use unnumbered pages)
No ca. (use approximately)
No i.e. (use that is)
Bibliographic volumes are not recorded, only physical volumes
(5 volumes, not 8 volumes in 5)
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
Examples of Extent
AACR2
RDA
xvii, 323 p.
xvii, 323 pages
[93] p.
93 unnumbered pages
ca. 600 p.
approximately 600 pages
3 v. (xx, 800 p.)
3 volumes (xx, 800 pages)
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
AACR2 vs. RDA
NEW TERMINOLOGY
AACR2 TERMS
NEW TERMS
Author
Collection
Reference
Uniform title
Creator
Compilation
Variant access point
Preferred title (+ other distinguishing
elements) ; conventional collective title)
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
Example:
RDA Element
Data Recorded
Title proper
The organization of information
Statement of responsibility relating to titles
Arlene G. Taylor
Designation of edition
Second edition
Place of publication
Westport, Connecticut
Place of Publication
London
Publisher’s name
Libraries Unlimited, a member of the Greenwood
Publishing Group
Copyright date
©2004
Title proper series
Library and information science text series
Mode of issuance
Single unit
Identifier for the Manifestation
ISBN 1-56308-976-9
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
Example:
RDA Element
Data Recorded
Identifier for the Manifestation
ISBN 1-56308-976-9
Identifier for the Manifestation
ISBN 1-56308-969-6 (paperback)
Media type
Unmediated
Carrier type
Volume
Extent of text
xxvii, 417 pages
Dimensions
26 cm
Contact information
http://www.lu.com
Content type
text
Language of the content
In English
Supplementary content
Includes bibliography and index
Creator
Taylor, Arlene G., 1941 -
Resource Description & Access (RDA)
Example:
RDA Element
Data Recorded
Related work
Library and information science text series
Relationship designator
In series (work)
References:
Anglo American cataloguing rules/ prepared under the direction of the Joint
Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, a committee of the American Library
Association…[et.al].– 2nd ed., 2002 revision, 2004.
Tarlit, Rodolfo Y. Basic descriptive cataloguing (presentation).
Fresnido, Ana Maria. Basic manual cataloguing (presentation).