RDA TERMINOLOGY ANDKEY DIFFERENCES FROM

AACR2Facilitated by Peter Kativhu

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AACR2 RDA Notes

heading authorized access point “heading” reflects outmoded ‘catalog-card-speak’

author, composer, artist, etc. creator

main entry preferred title and, if appropriate, the authorized access point for the creator

“main entry” reflects outmoded ‘catalog-card-speak’, related to cards in a file cabinet

uniform title

Two RDA counterparts:1. the preferred title and any differentiating

information;2. a conventional collective title such as “Works”

see reference variant access point

see also reference authorized access point for related entity

physical description carrier description

GMD

three elements:1. content type2. media type3. carrier type

GMD was an inconsistent presentation of different categories of information

chief source preferred sources This is not only a change in terminology; ‘sources’ have been expanded from a single source to multiple sources

Outline of the RDA terminology that changed from AACR2

RDA as a Content Standard

It provides instructions on recording the content of records

It does not provide instruction on how a given library system should display the bibliographic information

Nor does it provide instruction on encoding the information.

RDA is schema-neutral.

RDA – International Standard

RDA is less Anglo-centric than AACR2 It focuses on user needs In addition, the library policy can make discretion

regarding the:language of additions to access pointslanguage of supplied data script and transliterationcalendarnumeric system

RDA – scope of resources

RDA also covers the wider scope of resources being acquired in libraries today.

It provides for more elements for:non-printed text resourcesnon-text resourcesunpublished resources

RDA – Controlled vocabularies

Has many controlled vocabularies Only a few of the vocabularies are closed (e.g.,

content type; media type; carrier type) Most of the vocabularies are open; you can

either supply your own term as needed, or suggest a term be added to the vocabulary (or do both).

RDA – Controlled vocabularies

Libraries may decide to include some of these controlled vocabulary terms in templates

ILS vendors could provide them in drop-down lists.

The RDA vocabularies are now registered on the Web. The existence of those machine-readable controlled vocabularies will allow more machine manipulation

RDA – The structure

Demonstration of RDA toolkit

Refer to work book

Live demonstrations

RDA vs. AACR2

The instructions that were in AACR2 formed the basis of the text for RDA, so you will find that MANY of them haven’t changed much.

They may have been reworded to make them easier to understand, but they’re still there

RDA vs. AACR2

•Still includes options and alternatives, like AACR2 does, and many of these are

the same, though there’s more now.

• Some AACR2 options have become part of the main instructions of RDA.

RDA vs. AACR2

1. Title and statement of responsibility2. Edition3. Material or type of publication specification4. Publication5. Physical description6. Series7. Notes8. Standard number

RDA vs. AACR2

•Still uses MARC records that we are used to •There are some changes to MARC

RDA vs. AACR2

RDA vs. AACR2

RULE OF THREE – NO MORE RDA allows the cataloguer to list all of the author’s listed

AACR2 245 00 $a Principles of marketing / $c Philip Kotler... [et al.]. 700 1# $a Kotler, Philip.

RDA 100 1# $a Kotler, Philip.------------ (core creator) 245 10 $a Principles of marketing / $c Philip Kotler, Northwestern University, Gary

Armstrong, University of North Carolina, Peggy H. Cunningham, Dalhousie University, Valerie Trifts, Dalhousie University.

700 1# $a Armstrong, Gary. 700 1# $a Cunningham, Peggy H. 700 1# $a Trifts, Valerie.

RDA vs. AACR2No abbreviations

Edition terms to be transcribed as they are on the resource

If abbreviated on the resource then they are abbreviated in the catalogue data

If spelled out on the resource, they will not be abbreviated as they would have been in AACR2

RDA vs. AACR2

AACR2 RDA

250 $a 2nd ed. 250 $a Second edition

Source of information reads: Source of information reads: Second edition Second edition

250 $a Version 4 250 $a Version IV Source of information reads: Source of information reads: Version IV Version IV

RDA vs. AACR2

Inaccuracies

Inaccuracies transcribed as they are: do not correct

In Field 246 – record the correct statement

RDA vs. AACR2

Publication statement: when more than one place

In AACR2 record the first named place

In RDA record all the places as they appear

RDA vs. AACR2

AACR RDA

Source: Toronto -Buffalo -London

260 ## $a Toronto 260 ## $a Toronto ; $a Buffalo ; $a London

Source: Kassel -Basel -London -New York -Prag

260 ## $a Kassel 260 ##$a Kassel ; $a Basel ; $a London ; $a New York ; $a Prag

RDA vs. AACR2

Publication statement: more than one publisher

AACR2

260 ##$a Montréal : $b Infopresse, $c 2007.

RDA

260 ##$a Montréal : $b ÉditionsInfopresse; $aParis : $b Pyramyd, $c 2007.

RDA vs. AACR2

Publication statement: elements not identified

“S.l.” becomes “place of publication not identified” “s.n.” becomes “publisher not identified” 

AACR2 260 ##$a [S.l. : $b s.n.], $c 2009. 

RDA 260 ##$a [Place of publication not identified]: $b [Publisher not identified], $c

2009.

RDA vs. AACR2

GMD content is split into 3 new elements, at different levels: New tags

› 336 Content type (expression level) › 337 Media type › 338 Carrier type

245 15 One Night in Venice ‡h [sound recording] (Omit in RDA)

Some changes to SMDs (Specific Material Designators)› 300 1 sound disc (AACR2)› 300 1 audio disc (RDA)

RDA vs. AACR2

AACR2

260 ##$a Québec : $b University of Laval Press, $c c2009.

RDA

260 ##$a Québec : $b University of Laval Press, $c [date of publication not identified], ©2009.

RDA vs. AACR2

EXTENT – TEXT

Essentially the same as in AACR2Main 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)

RDA vs. AACR2

AACR2 RDA

xvii, 323 p. xvii, 323 pages

[93] p. 93 unnumbered pages ca. 600 p. approximately 600 pages

329 [i.e. 392] p. 329, that is, 392 pages

246 p., 32 p. of plates 246 pages, 32 pages of plates

RDA vs. AACR2

336 - Content Type (‡2 rdacontent) “What is it?”

› cartographic dataset› notated music› performed music› text› two-dimensional moving image

RDA vs. AACR2

Media carrier and format type

AACR2› 300 1 sound disc (78 min., 51 sec.) : ‡b

digital ; ‡c 4 3/4 in.› 500 Compact disc.

RDA› 300 1 audio disc (78 min., 51 sec.) : ‡b digital,

1.4 m/s, CD audio ; ‡c 12 cm.› 336 performed music ‡2 rdacontent› 337 audio ‡2 rdamedia› 338 audio disc ‡2 rdacarrier

RDA vs. AACR2

Features of RDA

How to tell when you have an RDA recordLook for “‡e rda” in the 040 field

336, 337 and 338 fields

Other more MARC fields added

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