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MAJOR RDA CHANGES FROM AACR2 BY MARC FIELD 22 April 2010
These changes will not be adopted by SLC unless and until they begin
appearing in derived national cataloguing agency (LAC/LC) records.
PART I.
040$beng or $bfre
040$erda
100 RDA change: Entry under first author, regardless of number. Cf.
245$c.
In older records, the title is the main entry if more than three
authors, i.e., no 100.
100$e relator term
110 RDA change: Treaties are entered under the first country mentioned,
regardless of number or alphabetical order, or in the case of a
treaty between one country and a group of countries, enter under the
one country.
130 RDA change: "$pO.T." and "$pN.T." removed from between "Bible"
and $p name of the individual books. For the whole Old and New
Testaments, spelled out.
2XX RDA change: Use square brackets only for information not found in
the item, regardless of source within the item. Leave brackets
in older records.
RDA change: "[sic]" or bracketed additional letters no longer
used after typos. Create 246 with corrected title spellings.
245 RDA change: For compilations, use the RDA option of supplying a title
in brackets, rather than using the title of the first work as title
proper. This allows SLC to continue creating only one bibliographic
record per physical item, a requirement for many of our clients.
245$h [gmd] SEE 336-338 below. SLC will export [338 : 336] as 245$h
for those clients requiring that subfield.
245$c RDA change: Transcribe all authors, regardless of number. in
the case of a compilation with supplied title, transcribe statements
of responsibilities after titles in 505.
Abandonment of the Rules Of Three removes the need for "[et al.]" or
"[and others]".
250 RDA change: Transcribe rather than abbreviate, e.g., 250 $aSecond
edition.
260 RDA requires transcription in full and allows omitting
[bracketed] jurisdiction if absent. SLC will transcribe jurisdiction
(or supply using AACR2 abbreviations). SLC will not transcribe
postal codes as jurisdictions, but substitute AACR2 abbreviations
in square brackets. Supplying missing information in a note does not
support clients' brief OPAC displays
SLC will continue to use ISBD Latin abbreviations rather than
English phrases, because of our international customer base.
SlC will apply RDA's bracketing of adjacent element in the same
field, e.g., 260 $a[S.l. :$b[s.n.],$c[2010?].
300 Abbreviations such as "p.", "v.", "ill.", spelled out; cm without
period considered a symbol, not an abbreviation; "in." still
allowed.
336 Content type
For systems requiring 245$h, field 336 is exported as second half of
compound GMD, e.g., 245$h[online resource : text]
Follow each term with $2marccontent
cartographic dataset }
cartographic image } [SLC exports "cartographic";
cartographic moving image } SMD is specific term.]
cartographic tactile image }
cartographic tactile three-dimensional form }
cartographic three-dimensional form }
computer dataset
computer program
notated movement
notated music
performed music
sounds
spoken word
still image [SMD is more specific term, e.g., "engraving", "painting".]
tactile image }
tactile music } [SLC exports "tactile";
tactile notated movement } SMD is specific term.]
tactile text }
tactile three-dimensional form }
text [Do not create 245$h if 338 is "volume" and 336 is "text".]
three-dimensional form [SLC exports "form".]
three-dimensional moving image [SLC exports "3-D moving image".]
two-dimensional moving image [SLC exports "moving image".]
337 Media type
Not exported unless requested.
Follow each term with $2marcmedia, except electronic$2isbdarea0media.
Not exported as part of 245$h.
audio
[electronic] [SLC uses ISBD Area 0 term. rather than RDA's "computer".]
microform
microscopic
projected
stereographic
unmediated [SLC suppresses if 337 displayed.]
video
338 Carrier type
For systems requiring 245$h, field 338 is exported as first half of
compound GMD, e.g., 245$h[online resource : text].
Notice two additions at Unmediated.
Follow each term with $2marccarrier, except equipment$2slccarrier,
object$2slccarrier.
1) Audio carriers
audio cartridge
audio cylinder
audio disc
sound-track reel
audio roll
audiocassette
audiotape reel
2) Electronic carriers
computer card
computer chip cartridge
computer disc
computer disc cartridge
computer tape cartridge
computer tape cassette
computer tape reel
online resource
3) Microform carriers
aperture card
microfiche
microfiche cassette
microfilm cartridge
microfilm cassette
microfilm reel
microfilm slip
microopaque
4) Microscopic carriers
microscope slide
5) Projected image carriers
film cartridge
film cassette
film reel
filmslip
filmstrip
filmstrip cartridge
overhead transparency
slide [Use for photographic slides only]
5) Stereographic carriers
stereograph card
stereograph disc
6) Unmediated carriers
card
[equipment]
flipchart
[object]
roll
sheet
volume [Do not export; do not create 245$h if 338 is "volume" and 336
is "text".]
7) Video carriers
video cartridge
videocassette
videodisc
videotape reel
502 Thesis note
$aThesis or Dissertation
$bDewgree
$cInstitution
$dyear
588 Source of description
630 see 130
700 RDA change: Tracing all authors as opposed to only 2nd and 3rd.
$erelator code
710 RDA change: For a treaty entered under title, change the first
710 (first jurisdiction mentioned ) to 110, and the 245 1st indicator
to 1 if 0. Change any 130 to 730.
RDA change: Spell out "Dept", if LC/LAC accept this change.
730 see 130
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PART II
Several good and bad ideas in earlier RDA drafts have been abandoned:
B.C.E. and C.E. substituted for B.C. and A.D.
The faith neutral designations would have been a welcome change, and one which could be
made retrospectively by global change.
Compilers of works by more than one author may be main entry, as they
were prior to AACR. ` This reversion to earlier practice would have
been in keeping with academic bibliographic practice, and patron
expectation.
Alternate title not a part of title proper. As long as GMDs are placed
after title proper, this is a vitally needed change. Even after
carrier and content designations move elsewhere, alternate title has
much in common with parallel title, and should be treated the same
way; ", or" can be handled in the same way as ", and" for items
without a collective title.
Statement of responsibility not a core element. It is good that the
JSC reversed this poor decision. If non cast motion picture credits
were moved from 245$c to other such credits in 508, much of the
objection to statement of responsibly as a core element would vanish.
Place of publication not a core element. It is good that the JSC
reversed this poor call. The absence of place of publication from
some items such as websites, does not mean it is not needed where
known.
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