1. RDA for Print Materials 5 June 2013 Vicki Sipe

2. Resource Description and Access Timeline Tested and analyzed during 2010-2011 Implemented March 31, 2013 by Library of Congress Overview Built on foundations of AACR2 Instructions largely modified from AACR2 precedents Organized around the FRBR entities—Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item 2

3. RDA is not AACR2 views the world thru… emphasis on machine actionable data as a result… 3

4. RDA is not AACR2 increases granularity of data adds new elements compared to AACR2 4

5. Attempts to deal with some known issues RDA is not AACR2 content vs. carrier olive oilglass cruet 5

6. 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 6

7. Identifying RDA records Fixed Field Descriptive Cataloging Form 040 $e rda New 264 field New 3xx fields Lack of familiar abbreviations 7

8. 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 8

9. 040 Cataloging Source field $ e rda 040 codes for Cataloging Source $e is Descriptive Conventions “rda” = Cataloged using RDA Display in OCLC Display in Aleph 9

10. 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 1 st 264 is about publication 2 nd 264 is about copyright 10

11. 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 11

12. 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] 12

13. 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 13

14. New 33x Physical Description fields 336—Content type 337—Media type 338—Carrier type Display in OCLC Display in Aleph Each field is repeatable Each 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 14

15. Lack of familiar abbreviations RDA prefers spelling out words 15

16. Capitalization Title page RDA allows “take what you see” – title all in caps Or Use capitalization rules established in AACR2 – title in sentence case 16

17. 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 17

18. Relationship designators, $e in 100 and 700 RDA emphasizes relationships these are expressed as $e Relator Term terms come from lists in RDA 18

19. Errors in the title 19

20. 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 20

21. 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 21

22. “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.] 22

23. 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. 23

24. Questions?