CATALOGING FOR THE NEW AND NON-CATALOGER
PRESENTED BY YAEL MANDELSTAM & JONI CASSIDY
AT THE NEW YORK LAW INSTITUTE NOVEMBER 29, 2016 NOON
--RDA replaces AACR2
--RDA can be used with MARC but is structured to work with new data formats
--“Take what you see”in transcribed fields
--No more “rule of three” in the statement of responsibility
--Abbreviations are spelled out
--Terms such as “Jr.” are now part of a name: Williams, Hank, Jr., 1949-
-- [s.l.] : [s.n.] has been replaced by
[Place of publication not identified] :
[publisher not identified]
--The imprint has moved from field 260 to field 264
--While publication date appears in 264$c, Copyright date can appear in a separate 264$c.
264 _1 [United States] : $bHarvest House, $c2010.
264 _4 $c©2010
--The general material designator is replaced by:
•Field 336 Content Type
•Field 337 Media Type
•Field 338 Carrier Type
--Example for Electronic Resource
•336 $atext $2rdacontent
•337 $acomputer $2rdamedia
•338 $aonline resource $2rdacarrier
Two coded fields:
•040 $erda
•008 Desc= I (for ISBD)
The addition of Relationship Designators -
author
compiler
illustrator
plaintiff
corporate body
editor
issuing body
sponsor
Added to 1xx and 7xx fields
Different kinds of dates:
approximate date [1960?]
decade certain [between 1970-1979]
century certain [between 1800-1899]
Fewer than 20 years apart [between 1920-1936]
[not after April 12, 1966]
[date of publication not identified]
[date of distribution not identified]
[date of production not identified]
[date of manufacture not identified]
What is it?
•Monograph with one or multiple volumes
•Serial
•Integrating resource