Post on 24-Dec-2015
Credits
Many slides are from the following presentations:
– Preparing Copy Catalogers for RDA / Irina Kandarasheva & Mark Wilson (Columbia University)
– Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 2 / Adam Schiff (University of Washington)
– RDA, MARC 21, and Access Points / George A. Prager (New York University)
Catalog Records
• Description – A transcription– Describes the resource
• Access points– Indexed, searchable fields– Controlled data, meaning there is an authorized version
to use• Coded information– Fixed fields and coded data– Used for search limits and reporting functions
Access PointsChanges in TerminologyAACR2
• Heading• Uniform Title• Author, Composer, etc.• Main Entry
RDA
• Authorized Access Point• Preferred title• Creator• Preferred Title + (when
appropriate) authorized access point for the creator
Relationship Designators
AACR2• Possible to record under
MARC21• Used mainly in archival and
rare book cataloging
RDA• Relationship between
– Resource and person/ corporate body/family associated with the resource
– Works, expressions, manifestations, and items
– Persons, families and corporate bodies
RDA Record
Description:The immigrant war : a global movement against discrimination and exploitation / by Vittorio Longhi ; translated from original Italian by Janet Eastwood.
Access Points:Longhi, Vittorio, 1974- author.Eastwood, Janet, translator.
Personal Name Headings – Fictitious Persons
AACR2Title: Before you leap: a frog’s-eye view of life’s greatest lessons / by Kermit the Frog.
RDAAuthor:Kermit, the Frog, author.
Title:Before you leap: a frog’s-eye view of life’s greatest lessons / by Kermit the Frog.
RDA Personal Names
AACR2
Williams, Hank, 1923-1953.Williams, Hank, 1949-
RDA
Williams, Hank, Jr., 1949-Arthur, William E., III
Words, etc. indicating relationships are always included as part of the name heading
RDA Additions to Personal Names
These additions are always made:• Title of royalty or nobility• The term Saint• Title of religious rank• The term Spirit• The profession or occupation for a person whose
names consists of a phrase or term not conveying the idea of a person
Examples: RDA Additions
-Title of royalty/nobility
-The term Saint-Title of religious rank-The term Spirit-Profession/occupation for names not conveying the idea of a person
• Anne, Queen of Great Britain
• Teresa, of Avila, Saint• Pius XII, Pope• Garland, Judy (Spirit)• Big Hand (Musician)
Additions to Distinguish Identical Personal Names
AACR2• Birth/death dates• Fuller form of the name• Certain qualifiers (term of
honor or address, title of position of office, initials of academic degree or denoting membership in an organization)
RDA• Birth/death dates• Fuller form of the name• Period of activity• Term indicating profession
or occupation
Additions to Personal Names
AACR2Smith, John, b. 1825
Smith, John, ca. 1837-1896
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
RDASmith, John, born 1825LC practice: Smith, John, 1825-
Smith, John, approximately 1837-1896
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Additions to Distinguish Identical Personal Names
AACR2Brown, George, SirBrown, George, CaptainBrown, George, Rev.Brown, George, F.I.P.S.Brown, George, Ph. D.
RDABrown, George, flourished 1893-1940LC practice: Brown, George, active 1893-1940
Hancock, Mary (Architect)
Corporate Names (Dept. or Department?)
AACR2• Always abbreviated (LCRI)
Name: Department of Botany
Access Point:Bangalore University. Dept. of Botany
RDA• Literary warrant (follow the
usage of the body)
Name: Department of Botany
Access Point:Bangalore University. Department of Botany.
Preferred Titles for Works
• Preferred title is – The title chosen to identify the work– The basis for the authorized access point representing that
work
• Preferred Title for Works Created after 1500-Use the title in the original language by which the work has become known, either through use in resources embodying the work or in reference sources
Preferred Titles for Works
There are special instructions for preferred title for works
-created before 1500-musical works-legal works-religious works-parts-compilations
Preferred Titles for Works
Martin Chuzzlewit-Preferred title for work by Dickens published under various titles
Hamlet-Preferred title for work by Shakespeare first published under the title: The tragicall historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke
Whitaker’s almanack-Preferred title for work first published under the title: An almanack for the year of Our Lord…
Authorized Access Points for Works
• Authorized Access Point for a Work– Authorized access point for the person, family or corporate
body responsible for the work (when applicable) PLUS– Preferred title for the work
“Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet”“Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926. Children playing on the beach”“Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Tale of a tub”
Originally published anonymously but known to be by Jonathan Swift
Additions to Distinguish Authorized Access Points for a Work
• Form of work– Nutcracker (Choreographic work)– NuTCRACKER (Computer file)
• Date of the work– Ocean’s eleven (Motion picture : 1960)– Ocean’s eleven (Motion picture : 2001)
Additions to Access Points for Works
• Place of origin of the work– Advocate (Boise, Idaho)– Advocate (Nairobi, Kenya)
• Another distinguishing characteristic of the work– Othello (Television program : 1963 : Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation)– Othello (Television program : 1963 : WOR-TV (Television
station : New York, N.Y.))
Works of the Bible
AACR2Bible. O.T.
Bible. O.T. Ezra
Bible. N.T. Gospels
RDABible. Old Testament
Bible. Ezra
Bible. Gospels
Collective Titles
AACR2Author:Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
Preferred title:Selections. 2004
RDAAuthor:Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
Preferred title:Works. Selections. 2004
Multilingual Works
AACR2Title:
Bear in a square = L'ours dans le carré
Access point:Blackstone, Stella. Bear in a square. French & English
RDATitle:
Bear in a square = L'ours dans le carré
Access points:Blackstone, Stella. Bear in a square. English.
Blackstone, Stella. Bear in a square. French.
Multilingual Works
AACR2Title:
Euripidis “Bacchae” : graecus textus, latina et italica e graeco translatio, criticae animadversiones
Access Point:Euripidis. Bacchae. Polyglot
RDATitle:
Euripidis “Bacchae” : graecus textus, latina et italica e graeco translatio, criticae animadversiones
Access Points:Euripidis. Bacchae. GreekEuripidis. Bacchae. LatinEuripidis. Bacchae. Italian
Libretti
AACR2Author:
Adams, John, 1947-
Preferred title:Nixon in China. Libretto
Additional author:Goodman, Alice
John Adams is the composer of the opera; Alice Goodman wrote the libretto
RDAAuthor:
Goodman, Alice.
Preferred title:Nixon in China. Libretto
Additional author:Adams, John, 1947-
Identifying RDA Authority Records
• 040 field with subfield e coded rda• 008/10 (Descriptive Cataloging Rules) coded z for
Other
Some New Authority Record Fields
• 046 = coded date information• 370 = associated place• 371 = address• 372 = field of activity• 374 = occupation• 375 = gender• 376 = family information• 377 = associated language • 378 = fuller form of the name
Some New Authority Record Fields
• 336 = content type (for Works)• 380 = form of work• 381 = other distinguishing characteristic of
work/expression
RDA Authority Records Timeline
• March 31, 2013 is “Day One” for RDA authority records– Only RDA authority records will be added to the
LC/NACO Authority File– All access points in bibliographic records (LC and
PCC libraries) must be created under RDA rules– Bibliographic description can still follow AACR2
Conversion of the Authority File
• Phase 1 – – Identify records that are likely to be incompatible
with RDA– Programmatic addition to the records: THIS 1XX
FIELD CANNOT BE USED UNDER RDA UNTIL THIS RECORD HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND/OR UPDATED
– These headings will be upgraded over time by LC and NACO participants