RDA Test “Train the Trainer”

Module 2: Structure

[Content as of Mar. 31, 2010]

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RDA structure• Not by class of materials: no separate

chapters for books, printed music, etc.– Overarching principles applicable to all

• Basic goals: identify and relate (from FRBR/FRAD user tasks and ICP)

• Chapters: separate elements for goals– Assemble those elements when need access

points (instructions at end of chapters)

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Not to be read linearly

• Using an online tool:– “Jumping in” via keyword searches– Going directly to elements from Table of

Contents (ToC) pane– Following links

– Seeing some duplication of content (needed for context)

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What is where in RDA?

• Supplemental training documents:

#2 = Context: from today to RDA

#3 = Listing of elements by chapter for a

general overview of RDA

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Terminology

• FRBR and FRAD “attributes” are “elements” in RDA

• FRBR and FRAD Group 1 entities:– Work– Expression– Manifestation– Item

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Group 1 entities

• “Book”– Door prop

(item)

– Publication at bookstore -- any copy(manifestation)

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Group 1 entities

• “Book”– Who translated?

(expression)

– Who wrote?

(work)

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AACR2 to RDA vocabulary

• heading • author, composer, etc.

• main entry

• uniform title

authorized access pointcreator

preferred title + authorized access point for creator if appropriate

(1) preferred title (+ other information to differentiate);

(2) conventional collective title

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AACR2 to RDA vocabulary

• see reference

• see also reference

• physical description

• chief source

variant access point

authorized access point for related entity

carrier description

preferred sources

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AACR2 to RDA vocabulary

• GMD media type +

carrier type +content type

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Examples of addressing user tasks

• Variant title “if considered to be important for identification or access”

• Length of the film “if considered important for identification or selection”

• Other persons associated with the work “if considered important for access”

• Cataloger’s note “to justify the … form of the access point”

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Quiz on terminology

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Core elements

• Based on attributes mandatory for a national level record in FRBR and FRAD

• Core elements (RDA 0.6):– Some: always if applicable and available– Others: depends upon situation = Core if …

• Training document #4: listing

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“Core-ness” identified at element

• If always a core element (if applicable and available), label “CORE ELEMENT” appears below element name

• If use as a core element depends upon the situation, the label “CORE ELEMENT” is followed by an explanation of the situation

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Choices in RDA

• Elements• Alternatives and options• “or” instructions• “agency preparing …” instructions

• Decision on choices for RDA Test: – agency policy for all; agency policy for some,

cataloger’s judgment, etc.– LC will share its decisions

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Choices: more elements

• Elements beyond the “RDA Core” and “RDA Core if” list – agency decision to meet user tasks of your users

• Impact on authority work of number of authorized access points for persons, families, corporate bodies, and related resources

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Choices: alternatives

• Instructions saying to do something different from what the previous instructions said, e.g.,

– Giving a general note about numerous minor changes in title proper of a serial

– Using the label on a direct access electronic resource as source for title proper instead of viewing the resource

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Choices: optional omissions

• Instructions saying to do less than what the previous instructions said, e.g.,

– Omitting corporate hierarchy in the publisher’s name– Omitting words in a long title proper

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Choices: optional additions

• Instructions saying to do more than what the previous instructions said, e.g.,

– Adding birth/death dates even if that information isn’t needed to differentiate

– Adding serial chronological designation in another calendar

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Choices: “or” instructions

• Not labeled as alternatives but do offer different approaches – agency policy decision– An example: when giving the extent of a resource

consisting entirely of unnumbered pages, give• the exact number• an estimated number with “approximately”, or• “1 volume (unpaged)”

• Not all instructions with “or” wording are choices: some apply only to specific situations

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Choices: “agency preparing …”

• Result of internationalization: no longer assuming an Anglo-American context

• Choices relate to– Language of additions to access points– Language of supplied data– Script and transliteration– Calendar– Numeric system