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. $erelator code 710 RDA change: For a treaty entered under title, change the first 710 (first jurisdiction mentioned ) to 110, and the 245 1st indicator to 1 if 0. Change any 130 to 730. RDA change: Spell out "Dept", if LC/LAC accept this change. 730 see 130 ========================================================================== PART II Several good and bad ideas in earlier RDA drafts have been abandoned: B.C.E. and C.E. substituted for B.C. and A.D. The faith neutral designations would have been a welcome change, and one which could be made retrospectively by global change. Compilers of works by more than one author may be main entry, as they were prior to AACR. ` This reversion to earlier practice would have been in keeping with academic bibliographic practice, and patron expectation. Alternate title not a part of title proper. As long as GMDs are placed after title proper, this is a vitally needed change. Even after carrier and content designations move elsewhere, alternate title has much in common with parallel title, and should be treated the same way; ", or" can be handled in the same way as ", and" for items without a collective title. Statement of responsibility not a core element. It is good that the JSC reversed this poor decision. If non cast motion picture credits were moved from 245$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. ======================================================================== http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5sec7rev.pdf