RDA and Serials Catalogers:
Will Our Work Really Change?
ALCTS webinar presented on
March 2, 2011
By
Steve Shadle
Serials Access Librarian
University of Washington Libraries
shadle@uw.edu
Acknowledgements and Thanks
Judy Kuhagen (LC) for outline review and expert
reviewing
Adam Schiff (UW) for the use of several of his
slides and examples from his ALCTS Webinar
Regina Reynolds (LC) for national test information
Jennifer Young (Northwestern) and Valerie Bross
(UCLA) for CRCC test operations/results
Renette Davis (formerly Chicago) for her original
RDA workflow
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Today’s Outline
• Let’s Catalog a Serial
• Still to be Resolved
• Useful Resources
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What’s Different
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But First, What are We Talking
About
Serial. A resource issued in successive parts,
usually bearing numbering, that has no
predetermined conclusion (e.g., a periodical, a
monographic series, a newspaper). Includes
resources that exhibit characteristics of serials,
such as successive issues, numbering, and
frequency, but whose duration is limited (e.g.,
newsletters of events) and reproductions of
serials.
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Successive Entry’s Here to Stay
RDA 1.6.2 - Changes Requiring a New Description/Serials
•1.6.2.1 - Change in Mode of Issuance of a Serial
Create a new description if a serial changes to a multipart monograph or an
integrating resource, or if a multipart monograph or integrating resource changes
to a serial (see 2.13)
•1.6.2.2 - Change in Media Type of a Serial
Create a new description if there is a change in the media type (see 3.2) of a
serial.
•1.6.2.3 - Major Change in the Title Proper of a Serial
Create a new description if there is a major change in the title proper of a serial
(see 2.3.2.12.2).
•1.6.2.4 - Change in Responsibility for a Serial
Create a new description if there is a change in responsibility that requires a
change in the identification of the serial as a work (see 6.1.3.2).
•1.6.2.5 - Change in Edition Statement
Create a new description when there is a change in an edition statement
indicating a significant change to the scope or coverage of a serial.
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Choose the Preferred Source
RDA 2.2.2.2 - Resources Consisting of One or More Pages, Leaves,
Sheets, or Cards (or Images of One or More Pages, Leaves,
Sheets, or Cards)
If the resource consists of: a) one or more pages, leaves, sheets, or
cards (e.g., a book, an issue of a periodical, a poster, a series of
sheet maps, a set of flashcards), or b) images of one or more
pages, leaves, sheets, or cards (e.g., a microform reproduction of
a musical score, a PDF file of a text, microform reproductions of a
set of sheet maps, a JPEG image of a photograph)
use the title page, title sheet, or title card (or image thereof) as the
preferred source of information.
Alternative - If the resource consists of microform or computer
images of one or more pages, leaves, sheets, or cards, use an
eye-readable label bearing a title that is permanently printed on
or affixed to the resource in preference to the image of the title
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page, title sheet, or title card.
Preferred Source of Information for Text Still the Same
RDA 2.2.2.2
If the resource lacks a title page, title sheet, or title card (or image
thereof), use as the preferred source of information the first of
the following sources that bears a title:
a) a cover (or an image of a cover)
b) a caption (or an image of a caption)
c) a masthead (or an image of a masthead)
d) a colophon (or an image of a colophon).
If none of the sources listed above bears a title, use as the
preferred source of information another source within the
resource that bears a title, giving preference to a source in
which the information is formally presented.
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Not Quite the Same...Preferred Source
However....
2.2.2.4 - Other Resources. For a resource other than one covered under 2.2.2.2 -2.2.2.3, use as the preferred source of information, as applicable:
Either
a) a label bearing a title that is permanently printed on or affixed to the resource,
excluding accompanying textual material or a container (e.g., a label on an
audio CD or a model)
or
b) embedded metadata in textual form that contains a title (e.g., metadata
embedded in an MP3 audio file).
If the resource does not contain a source of information falling into either
category a) or b) above, use as the preferred source of information another
source forming part of the resource itself, giving preference to sources in
which the information is formally presented.
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More on Sources
In AACR2, each ‘area’ of the record had sources defined.
In RDA, each element has a source defined and most are
expanded beyond AACR2.
RDA 2.3.3.2 - Sources of
Area - Title and Statement of Responsibility Information
AACR2 12.0B3
Prescribed Sources of Information - Title
page
245 00 $a Shi chao.
246 14 $a Poetry waves
Take parallel titles proper from any
source within the resource.
245 00 $a Shi chao $b Poetry
waves.
246 31 $a Poetry waves
Note: Only Chinese title appears on title page; English title appears on cover.
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What’s Else is Different? Square Brackets
Each data element enclosed in its own set of square
brackets (Change in ISBD)
AACR2 1.0C1
260 $a [Beltsville, Md.? : $b
Agricultural Research
Service]
RDA D.1.2.1
260 $a [Beltsville, Maryland?]
: $b [Agricultural Research
Service]
RDA 2.2.4 - Other Sources of Information
If information taken from a source outside the resource itself is supplied in any of
the elements listed below, indicate that fact either by means of a note or by some
other means (e.g., through coding or the use of square brackets).
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What Else is Different? Abbreviations
RDA B.4 - Transcribed Elements
For transcribed elements, use only those
abbreviations found in the sources of
information for the element.
If supplying all or part of a transcribed element,
generally do not abbreviate words.
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Source of information reads: Department of Geography
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Volume 32
Number 1
January 2011
AACR2
260 $a Victoria, B.C. : $b Dept. of Geography, University of
Victoria
588 $a Description based on: Vol. 32, no. 1 (Jan. 2011).
RDA
260 $a Victoria, British Columbia, Canada : $b Department
of Geography, University of Victoria
588 $a Identification of the resource based on: volume 32,
number 1, January 2011.
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What’s Different - Elements Ending
with Abbreviations
When an element ends with an abbreviation followed by a full
stop or ends with the mark of omission and the punctuation
following that element either is or begins with a full stop, include
the full stop that constitutes or begins the prescribed
punctuation (again, change in ISBD)
AACR2 1.0C1
250 $a Northwest ed.
RDA D.1.2.1
250 $a Northwest ed..
Note: This example assumes that the edition statement appeared on the prescribed
source as “Northwest ed.”
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Transcribe the Title Proper
RDA 2.3.1.4 Date, name, number, etc., that varies from issue to issue. If a title
of a serial includes a date, name, number, etc., that varies from issue to issue,
omit this date, name, number, etc. Use a mark of omission (…) to indicate such an
omission.
AACR2 12.1B7
RDA 2.3.1.4
245 10 $a Annual report /
Pacific Salmon Commission.
245 10 $a ... Annual report /
Pacific Salmon Commission.
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What Happened to the GMD?
Three New MARC Fields Replace the GMD (245 $h)
336 - Content Type (RDA 6.9)
The form of communication through which a work is
expressed. Examples: text; computer data set,
cartographic image
337 - Media Type (RDA 3.2)NOT RDA CORE
The general type of intermediation device required to
view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource. Examples:
unmediated; computer, microform
338 - Carrier Type (RDA 3.3)
The format of the storage medium and housing of a
carrier. Examples: volume; online resource; computer
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disc, microfilm reel; microfiche
General Material Designation
AACR2 1.1C
245 04 $a The handbook of
private schools.
RDA 3.2, 3.3, 6.9
245 04 $a The handbook of
private schools.
336 $a text $2 rdacontent
337 $a unmediated $2 rdamedia
338 $a volume $2 rdacarrier
245 00 $a Discourse & society
$h [electronic resource].
245 00 $a Discourse & society.
336 $a text $b txt $2
rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2
rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr
$2 rdacarrier
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Transcribe Parallel Titles
AACR2 1.1D
245 10 $a International
meteorological vocabulary $b
Vocabulaire météorologique
international.
246 31 $a Vocabulaire
météorologique international
546
$a Text in English, French,
Russian, and Spanish.
Note: Second-level description. Title
page has title in English, French,
Russian, and Spanish.
Note: Different source of information
RDA 2.3.3
245 10 $a International
meteorological vocabulary $b
Vocabulaire météorologique
international Mezhdunarodnyĭ
meteorologicheskiĭ slovar’
Vocabulario meteorológico
internacional.
246 31 $a Vocabulaire
météorologique international
246 31 $a Mezhdunarodnyĭ
meteorologicheskiĭ slovar’
246 31 $a Vocabulario
meteorológico internacional
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Transcribe Other Title Information
AACR2 12.1E1
Transcribe other title information
as instructed in 1.1E if
considered to be important.
Always transcribe other title
information if it falls within
these two categories:
a) acronym or initialism of the
title appears in the chief
source of information with the
full form of the title
b) statement of responsibility
or the name of a publisher,
distributor, etc., is an integral
part of the other title
information
RDA 2.3.4.3
Record other title information
appearing on the same
source of information as the
title proper applying the
basic instructions on
recording titles given under
2.3.1.
Note: Other Title Information
is not a core element in
RDA. For the RDA test, it
was made a core element
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for LC.
Supplied Other Title Information
AACR2 1.1E6
245 10 $a Workshop on
Rebuilding Abalone Stocks
in British Columbia : $b
[proceedings].
RDA 2.3.4
245 10 $a Workshop on
Rebuilding Abalone Stocks
in British Columbia / $c
edited by Alan Campbell.
245 10 $a Seattle Lesbian &
Gay Film Festival : $b
[program].
245 10 $a Seattle Lesbian &
Gay Film Festival.
245 10 $a K.S. Kulkarni : $b
[newsletter].
245 10 $a K.S. Kulkarni.
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Statement of Responsibility Relating to the
Title Proper
AACR2 1.1A2/CONSER
245 00 $a Annual North Atlantic
data for the year ...
Statement of responsibility
appears on t.p. verso, however
CCM 6.5.5:
“Give a personal name in a statement
of responsibility only when it is clear
that the person is the author of the
text, there is no corporate body that is
responsible for issuing the serial, and
the author is recorded as the main
entry.”
RDA 2.2.4, 2.4.2.2
245 10 $a Annual North Atlantic
data for the year ... / $c by
Edward J. Gregr and Ryan
Coatta.
Sources that can be used for
statement of responsibility
are expanded in RDA. Only
statements taken from
outside the resource itself are
enclosed in square brackets.
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Transcribe a Statement of Responsibility
Relating to the Title Proper
AACR2 12.1F3
Do not record as statements of responsibility statements relating to
persons who are editors. If a statement relating to an editor is
considered necessary by the cataloguing agency, give it in a note .
Source of Information: Chief source or Chief source substitute
RDA 2.4.1
Record a statement of responsibility identifying an editor of a serial
only if the name of the editor is considered to be an important
means of identifying the serial (e.g., if a particular person edited the
serial for all or most of its existence; if the person's name is likely to
be better known than the title of the serial).
Source of Information: Varies by type of Statement of Responsibility
but typically more sources than in AACR2
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Is There a Creator?
Corporate Body (MARC 110/111) as Creator? RDA/LCPS 19.2.1.1.1
Very similar rules to AACR2 (Emanation/Categories)
Person or Family (MARC 100) as Creator? RDA 18.4 & 19.2
“...responsible for the creation of a work.”
“If there is more than one creator responsible for the work, only the creator having
principal responsibility named first in resources embodying the work or in reference
sources is required. If principal responsibility is not indicated, only the first-named
creator is required.”
100 1 $a Gregr, Edward J.
245 10 $a Annual North Atlantic data for the year ... / $c by Edward
J. Gregr and Ryan Coatta.
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No RDA Equivalent to LCRI 21.1A2
Consider the entire run of a serial before entering it under the heading for a
person. If different issues of the serial are known to have been or are likely to be
created by different persons, do not enter the work under the heading for a
person.
Enter a serial under the heading for a person only in instances in which one person
is so closely connected to or involved with the serial that the publication seems
unlikely to continue without that person. Some types of serials that might
sometimes be considered to be unlikely to continue without the person named as
author are
1) serials for which the same person is named as both author and publisher;
2) serials that carry the whole name or part of the name of a person in the title;
3) serials that do not emanate from a corporate body that might assure that the
serial is continued.
Always lean toward not entering a serial under the heading for a person.
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Record Additional Relationships to
Person/Family or Corporate Body
If there are multiple creators, you may also
record MARC 700/711/711 for any that are
not principal (RDA 18.3)
You may also record MARC 7XX for other
persons, families or corporate bodies if
important for access (RDA 18.4, 19.3)
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A Few Words About Relationship Designators
“A designator that indicates the nature of the relationship
between entities represented by authorized access points,
descriptions, and/or identifiers.”
Appendix I: Relationships between a Resource and Persons, Families, and Corporate
Bodies Associated with the Resource
Appendix J: Relationships between Works, Expressions, Manifestations, and Items
Appendix K: Relationships between Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies
Examples:
710 2 $a Wuhan Institute of Technology, $e issuing body.
730 0 $i Supplement to: $a Weinwirtschaft. $pTechnik.
Note: LCPS policy for LC testers did not require relationship designators. However,
many testers (LC and elsewhere) applied cataloger’s judgment to give appendix I
relationship designators in 1XX and 7XX.
BFF is not yet an RDA relationship designator
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Choose the Authorized Access Point for the Work
RDA 5.5 - Authorized Access Points for Works/Expressions
When constructing an authorized access point to represent a work or expression,
use the preferred title for the work as the basis for the access point
If applicable, construct the authorized access point representing the work by
combining (in this order):
a) the authorized access point for the person, family, or corporate body
responsible for the work (see 6.27.1.2–6.27.1.8)
b) the preferred title for the work (see 6.2.2).
If two or more works are represented by the same or similar access points, add
to the access point representing the work an element or elements such as form
of work, date, place of origin, or other distinguishing term. For specific
instructions on additions to access points representing works, see 6.27.1.9 .
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Authorized Access
Points for Works &
Expressions
Examples:
Ebert, Roger. Roger Ebert’s movie yearbook
Barner (Family). Barner family newsletter
Western Cape Housing Development Board.
Annual report
Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and
Conservation. Proceedings of the … Annual
Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation
Bulletin (New York State Museum)
Uniform Title
Gu ti li xue xue bao. English
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Transcribe Other Manifestation Titles
RDA 2.3.6 - Variant Title
RDA 2.3.9 - Key Title
RDA 2.3.10 - Abbreviated Title
See LCPS 2.3.6.3 for LC best practices for
recording variant titles
Record the ISSN
RDA 2.15 - Identifier for the Manifestation
No changes here
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Transcribe an Edition Statement
AACR2 1.2B1, B.5A, C.2B1, C.3B1
RDA 2.5.1.4, B.4, 1.8.1
250 $a Eastern ed.
Source of information reads:
Eastern edition
250 $a Eastern edition.
Source of information reads:
Eastern edition
250 $a U.S. ed.
Source of information reads:
United States edition
250 $a United States edition.
Source of information reads:
United States edition
250 $a Student ed.
Source of information reads:
Student ed.
250 $a Student ed..
Source of information reads:
Student ed.
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Record the Publication Statement
Place of publication, publisher's name, and date of
publication are core elements for published resources.
Copyright date is a separate element in RDA. It does not
substitute for a publication date. Copyright date is a
core element if neither the date of publication nor the
date of distribution is identified.
If more than one place of publication or publisher’s
name appears on the source of information, only the
first recorded is required.
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What if publication information is
lacking?
If any publication information (place, publisher, date) is
lacking, then distribution/manufacture elements
become core elements
Catalogers will likely want to supply probable
information for the publication elements whenever
possible to avoid having to supply distribution and/or
manufacture information.
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Unknown place and/or publisher
Distribution/Manufacture
260 $a [Place of publication not
identified] : $b Sherman &
Brothers, Inc. ; $a Australia, $c
2010On source: Sherman & Brothers,
Inc., 2010. Distributed in
Australia by Goodman Ltd.
260 $a [Place of publication not
identified] : $b [publisher not
identified] ; $a Boston :
$b KL, Inc. [distributor], $c
2010On jewel box: Published in 2010
and distributed by KL, Inc. in
Boston and Ottawa.
Cataloger Supplied
260 $a [Australia?] : $b
Sherman & Brothers, $c
2010-
260 $a [Boston?] : $b [American
Statistical Association, Boston
Chapter?], $c 2010-
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What’s the Same - Publication Date
RDA 2.8.6.5 - Multipart Monographs, Serials, and Integrating
Resources
If the first issue, part, or iteration of a multipart monograph, serial, or
integrating resource is available, record the date of publication of that issue,
part, or iteration, followed by a hyphen.
If publication of the resource has ceased or is complete and the first and last
issues, parts, or iterations are available, record the dates of publication of
those issues, parts, or iterations, separated by a hyphen.
If publication of the resource has ceased or is complete and the last issue, part,
or iteration is available, but not the first, record the publication date of the
last issue, part, or iteration, preceded by a hyphen.
If the date of publication is the same for all issues, parts, or iterations, record
only that date as the single date.
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What’s Different - Publication Date
RDA 2.8.6.5 - Multipart Monographs, Serials, and Integrating
Resources (continued)
If the first and/or last issue, part, or iteration is not available,
supply an approximate date or dates applying the instructions
given under 2.8.6.6*
EXAMPLES
[1998]–
1997–[2000]
[1988–1991]
Earliest issue available: v. 1, no. 3, July 1998
Last part not available but information about ending date known
First and last issues not available but information about
beginning and ending dates known
If the date or dates cannot be approximated, do not record a date
of publication. LCPS 2.8.6.6
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Record Extent
AACR2 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, etc.
Record the extent of the item
by giving the number of
physical units in arabic
numerals and the specific
material designation as
instructed in subrule .5B in
the chapter dealing with the
type of material to which
the item belongs.
RDA 3.4
Record the extent of the resource
by giving the number of units
and an appropriate term for the
type of carrier as listed under
3.3.1.3. Record the term in the
singular or plural, as applicable.
(For instructions on using other
terms to designate the type of
unit see 3.4.1.5.) If the resource
consists of more than one type
of carrier, record the number of
each applicable type. Specify the
number of subunits, if
applicable, as instructed under
3.4.1.7-3.4.1.9.
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3.3.1.3 Recording Carrier Type
Audio carriers
audio cartridge
audio cylinder
audio disc
audio roll
audiocassette
audiotape reel
sound-track reel
Projected image carriers
film cartridge
film cassette
film reel
film roll
filmslip
filmstrip
filmstrip cartridge
overhead transparency
slide
Computer carriers
computer card
computer chip cartridge
computer disc
computer disc cartridge
computer tape cartridge
computer tape cassette
computer tape reel
online resource
Unmediated carriers
card
flipchart
object
roll
sheet
volume
Microform carriers
aperture card
microfiche
microfiche cassette
microfilm cartridge
microfilm cassette
microfilm reel
microfilm roll
microfilm slip
microopaque
Video carriers
video cartridge
videocassette
videodisc
videotape reel
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3.4.1.5 Other Terms to Designate the
Type of Unit
Use a term in common usage (including a trade name, if
applicable) to designate the type of unit:
a) if the carrier is in a newly developed format that is not
yet covered in the list under 3.3.1.3
b) if none of the terms listed under 3.3.1.3 is appropriate
or
c) as an alternative to a term listed under 3.3.1.3, if
preferred by the agency preparing the description.
audio disc or
CD
computer disc or CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; Photo CD
videodisc
or
DVD
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3.4.5 Extent of Text
3.4.5.16 More Than One Volume
If the resource consists of more than one volume,
record the extent by giving the number of volumes
and the term volumes.
3 volumes
Exceptions
Completed serials. For serials, record the extent by
giving the number of bibliographic volumes as
reflected in the numbering of the serial (see 2.6)
rather than the number of physical volumes.
Incomplete resources. If the resource is not yet
complete (or if the total number of volumes to be
issued is unknown), apply the instructions given under
3.4.1.10.
volumes
volumes (loose-leaf)
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Record Dimensions
3.5.1.3 Recording Dimensions
Unless instructed otherwise, record dimensions in
centimetres to the next whole centimetre up, using the
metric symbol cm (e.g., if the height measures 17.2
centimetres, record 18 cm).
Alternative
Record dimensions in the system of measure preferred
by the agency preparing the description. Abbreviate
terms for units of measurement as instructed in appendix
B (B.5.1), as applicable.
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Comparison of Extent/Illustrative
Content/Dimensions
AACR2
RDA
300 $a v. : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c
24 cm.
300 $a volumes : $b
illustrations (some color) ; $c
24 cm
300 $a 26 v. ; $c 24 cm.
300 $a 26 volumes ; $c 24 cm
300 $a v. : $b ill., digital, PDF
file.
300 $a 1 online resource
(volumes) : $b illustrations,
text file, PDF
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Record Frequency
RDA 2.14 - Record the frequency of release of
issues or parts of a serial or the frequency of
updates to an integrating resource, if known,
using an appropriate term from the list
below.
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Record Numbering
RDA 2.6 - Numbering of Serials
RDA 2.20.5 - Note on Numbering of Serials
362 0 $a April 2010362 0 $a -volume XII, number I (January 1966).
362 0 $a Volume 5, number 58 (November 18, 1843)-volume 6
(February 16, 1854).
362 0 $a Volume 1, number 1 (April 15, 1905)-vol. 28 (March
1912) ; new series volume 1 (May 1912)-new series v. 14
(December 1919).
362 1 $a Ceased with volume 24, issue 6 (December 2007).
362 1 $a Began in 2001.
Unchanged from AACR2 (although ISBD syntax is now in Appendix D.1.2.4.3
and no abbreviations/changing of numerals in RDA)
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Record a Series Statement
AACR2 1.6G
490 $a Dictionary of literary
biography ; $v v. 68
Numbering on source of
information: Volume Sixtyeight
RDA 2.12.9
490 $a Dictionary of literary
biography ; $v volume 68
490 $a B.C. geographical
series ; $v no. 51
Numbering on source of
information: NUMBER 51
490 $a B.C. geographical
series ; $v number 51
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Record Language/Script of the Content
RDA 7.12 & 7.13.2 - No changes from current practice
Lang: spa
041 0 $a spa $b eng
546 $a Articles in Spanish; summaries in English and Spanish.
Lang: srp
546 $a Serbian $b Cyrillic
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Record Issue Used as the Basis for Identification
of the Resource
2.20.13.3 - Issue or Part Used as the Basis for the Identification
of a Multipart Monograph or Serial
For multipart monographs and serials, if the identification is not
based on the first released issue or part (see 2.1.2.3 ), make a
note identifying the issue or part used as the basis of the
identification.
2.20.13.3.1 - Numbered Serials
If more than one issue or part has been consulted, make a
separate note identifying the latest issue or part consulted in
preparing the description. Do not make a note of earliest
and/or latest issues or parts recorded in the numbering of
serials element .
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2.20.13 - Note on Issue, Part, or Iteration Used
as the Basis for Identification of the Resource
588 $a Identification of the resource based on: Vol. 1, no. 3
(Aug. 1999).
588 $a Latest issue consulted: 1999/10.
362 0 $a Number 8 (Jan./June 1997)588 $a Latest issue consulted: no. 12 (Jan./June 1999).
588 $a Description based on: The wood demon / by Anton
Pavlovich Chekhov; translated by Nicholas Saunders and Frank
Dwyer, 1993
588 $a Latest issue consulted: Ibsen : four major plays /
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translated by Rick Davis and Brian Johnson, 1995
Record Source of Title
RDA 2.20.2.3 - Title Source
Make a note on the source from which the title proper is taken if it is
a source other than:
a) the title page, title sheet, or title card (or image thereof) of a
resource consisting of multiple pages, leaves, sheets, or cards (or
images thereof) (see 2.2.2.2 )...
LCPS 2.20.2.3
When a volume title page is used as the preferred source of
information for the description of a serial, give the source of title in a
note.
500 $a Title from disc label.
500 $a Title from cover.
588 $a Description based on: Volume 5 (1902); title from volume title page.
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Record Related Works/Expressions
The most common work/expression relationships listed
in Appendix J (Relationship Designators: Relationships
Between Works, Expressions, Manifestations, And Items)
seen between serials include:
• J.2.6/J.3.6 - Sequential Work/Expression Relationships
(MARC 780/785)
• J.2.5/J.3.5 - Accompanying Work/Expression
Relationships (MARC 770/772 for supplements, MARC
787 for general)
• J.3.2 - Derivative Expression (MARC 765/767 for
translations, MARC 787 for others)
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Record Related Manifestations
The most common manifestation relationships listed in
Appendix J (Relationship Designators: Relationships
Between Works, Expressions, Manifestations, And Items)
seen between serials include:
• J.4.2 - Equivalent Manifestation Relationships (MARC
775 for reprints; MARC 776 for other formats)
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Record Authorized Access Point for
Series
• RDA 6.27.1 or 6.27.3 instructs on creation of
authorized form for series access point and
recording of series authority data
• Record series numbering according to RDA
24.6.1.3, 1.8, A.3 and B.5.5
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Sample RDA Serial Record
006
007
022
100
245
260
300
310
321
336
337
338
538
500
500
530
588
588
856
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$a 1531-7137
3 $a Utley (Family : Utley, John Allen)
10$a Utley family update.
$a Jackson, TN : $b [Jackie Utley], $ c[1998]$a 1 online resource :$ billustrations (some color), PDF
$a Quarterly, $ b2010$a Bimonthly, $b <2004>-2009
$a text $2 rdacontent
$a computer $2 rdamedia
$a online resource $2 rdacarrier
$a System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
$a Viewed on January 14, 2011.
$a "A publication dedicated to continued communication between the descendants
of John Allen and Lilla Maude Jacobs Utley"--Page [1].
$a Also issued in print.
$a Identification of the resource based on: Volume 7, issue 5 (September/October
2004); title from page [1].
$a Latest issue consulted: Volume 13, issue 2, Spring 2010.
40$u http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/utley/
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CRCC Test
• Records & surveys are available from ALA
Direct: http://connect.ala.org/node/112885
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Still To Be Resolved
Communities of Practice
Aggregator-Neutral Approach
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Aggregator-Neutral Approach
1. What is an Aggregator-Neutral Record?
An aggregator-neutral record is one that is separate from the print that covers
all versions of the same online serial on one record. (There may be cases
however, where a cataloger determines that because of substantial
differences (e.g. in content or subject), another online "version" really
represents a separate work, therefore a separate record is needed.)
3. Why do we need it?
The same serial titles are made available by multiple aggregators. CONSER's
earlier policy of creating a separate record for each aggregation became
confusing and hard to maintain. While the appearance and coverage might
differ among these aggregators, there is still one basic e-serial that is
being distributed. Recent trends have been for one aggregator to buy up
another, or for publishers to pull their titles from an aggregation. Thus,
maintaining separate records became very difficult and undesirable. By
creating one record that can be used for all aggregations, records will not
need to be updated or deleted to reflect such changes and far less
maintenance will be required.
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Aggregator-Neutral Approach
6. How will records differ from other serial records?
The primary difference is that multiple manifestations will be covered by a
single record with only the presence of a URL and possibly a variant title in
field 246 indicating manifestations other than that that the description
was based on.
The publisher and dates will be that of the original serial, as found on the
copy being described, as opposed to the digitizer and dates of
digitization. This information is considered much more useful and is more
readily available. ...
588
Description based on print version record.
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006 m d
007 cr un|
022 0/ 2158-5806|y 0091-8083|2 1
050 14 PS370|b.S87
082 10 813|214
222 /0 Studies in American fiction |b (Online)
245 10 Studies in American fiction |h [electronic resource].
246 1/ |i Issues for <autumn 1998- > also called:|a SAF
260 // |31973-2009:|a [Boston] :|b Dept. of English, Northeastern University
260 3/ |32010- :|a Baltimore, MD :|b John Hopkins University Press, Project MUSE
310 // 2 no. a year
362 1/ Began with v. 1 in spring 1973.
500 // Description based on print version record.
650 /0 American fiction |x History and criticism |v Periodicals.
710 2/ Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.).| b Dept. of English.
776 08 |I Also issued in print:|t Studies in American fiction |x 0091-8083|w (DLC) 73645206 |w
(OCoLC)1787903
856 4/ |z Link no longer valid as of Sept. 23, 2009:|u http://www.dac.neu.edu/english.saf/saf.htm
856 40 |z Some vols. available in Northeastern University's Institutional Repository: |u
http://iris.lib.neu.edu/saf/
856 40 |u http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_verZ39.88-2003&xri:pqil:res_ver0.2&res_idxri:lionus&rft_idxri:lion:contents:abl_toc/StudiesinAmericanFictionDeptofE/issues.jsp
856 40 |z Periodicals Index Online: |u
http://pao.chadwyck.com/journals/displayItemFromId.do?QueryTypejournals&ItemIDd304
856 40 |u http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/saf/
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Additional Resources
• Email: LChelp4rda@loc.gov
• CONSER CSR document and webinar:
http://www.loc.gov/acq/conser/
• Renette Davis. Changes from AACR2 to RDA for Cataloging
Serials: www.renettedavis.com/RDASerialsCataloging.pptx
• LC RDA test documentation:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html
• University of Chicago test documentation:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/staffweb/depts/cat/rda.html
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