RDA for Print Materials5 June 2013Vicki Sipe

Resource Description and Access

TimelineTested and analyzed during 2010-2011Implemented March 31, 2013 by Library of Congress

OverviewBuilt on foundations of AACR2Instructions largely modified from AACR2 precedentsOrganized around the FRBR entities—Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item

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RDA is not AACR2

views the world thru…

emphasis on machine actionable data

as a result…

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RDA is not AACR2

increases granularity of data

adds new elements

compared to AACR2

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Attempts to deal with some known issues

RDA is not AACR2

content vs. carrier

olive oil glass cruet

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AACR2 to RDA changes in terminology

• heading authorized access point• author, composer, etc. creator• main entry preferred title + authorized

access point for creator if appropriate• physical description carrier description

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Identifying RDA records

• Fixed Field Descriptive Cataloging Form • 040 $e rda• New 264 field• New 3xx fields• Lack of familiar abbreviations

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Descriptive Cataloging Form field

Display in OCLC

Leader/18 Descriptive Cataloging

Display in Aleph bibliographic record

RDA record—set to “i” or blank

AACR2 record—set to “a”

Display in Aleph open form view

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040 Cataloging Source field $ e rda

040 codes for Cataloging Source

$e is Descriptive Conventions “rda” = Cataloged using RDA

Display in OCLC

Display in Aleph9

New 264 field—repeated field example

264—Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice

Display in Aleph

Display in OCLC

Second indicator values: 0 = production 1 = publication 2 = distribution 3 = manufacture 4 = copyright

1st 264 is about publication 2nd 264 is about copyright

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Fixed field dates—with repeated 264 example

008/06 Type of Date/Publication Status “t” = publication and copyright dates

008/7-10 Date 1 production, publication, distribution, manufacture

008/11-14 Date 2 copyright

Display in OCLC

Display in Aleph bibliographic record

Display in Aleph open form view

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New 264 field—single field examples

One 264 with 2 dates holdover from testing period

Display in OCLC

Fixed fields coded for publication and copyright dates

One 264 with one date holdover from testing period

Fixed fields “s” = single known date/probable date Date 2 [blank]

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New 264 field—with 260 field

260 field remains valid new records with only 260 will continue to be produced

New 264 field with 260 field holdover of testing period

264 coded for copyright date

New 33x Physical Description fields

336—Content type337—Media type338—Carrier type

Display in OCLC

Display in Aleph

Each field is repeatableEach field has the same subfields Among the subfields are: $a for term from a controlled list $b for code from a controlled list $2 for source of list

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Lack of familiar abbreviations

RDA prefers spelling out words

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Capitalization

Title page

RDA allows “take what you see” – title all in caps

Or Use capitalization rules established in AACR2 – title in sentence case

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Capitalization

It is valid, if that is what you see on the title page

“Take what you see” allows many variations on how a title can look in a record

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Relationship designators, $e in 100 and 700

RDA emphasizes relationships these are expressed as $e Relator Term terms come from lists in RDA

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Errors in the title

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S.l. s.n. are gone

AACR2 use S.l. if place of publication unknown use s.n. if name of publisher unknown

RDA use “place of publication not identified” use “publisher not identified”

Additional information on printing and

copyright date... becomes additional 264 fields.

Both records are a match for the same piece

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Multiple places of publication not required to be listed

AACR2 include the first place of publication and the first place in the US

RDA only first place of publication is required

Both records are a match for the same piece

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“Rule of Three” is no longer the rule, but an option

Title page

RDA all editors, authors, etc. may be listed in statement of responsibility

AACR2 cuts it off at 3 and substitutes [et al.]

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Parallel titles

AACR2—parallel titles must appear on the chief source of information

RDA—parallel titles can come from any source within the resource title page, spine, cover, etc.

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Questions?