The RDA Workbook: Learning the Basics of Resource Description and Access

211 Pages·2014·4.01 MB·English

by  Margaret Mering

The RDA Workbook
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The RDA Workbook
Learning the Basics of Resource
Description and Access
Margaret Mering, Editor
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Contents
List of Figures xi
CD Contents xv
Introduction xvii
Acronyms xix
1 FRBR, the Framework behind RDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Melissa Moll
User Focus, User Convenience, and User Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
...
Mini-Exercise 1.1: A patron enters your library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Three Cs: Concept, Content, and Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
FRBR at the Grocery Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
FRBR Group 1 Entities: Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item (WEMI) . .7
Mini-Exercise 1.2: w, e, m, or i? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Attributes of Works, Expressions, Manifestations, and Items . . . . . . . . . .11
Works, Expressions, Manifestations, and Items in Practice . . . . . . . . . . . .13
FRBR Group 2 and Group 3 Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
FRBR Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
The FRBR-ized Structure of RDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Mini-Exercise 1.3: Where in RDA will I find X? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Making the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Exercise 1.1: Work, Expression, Manifestation, or Item? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Exercise 1.2: Entities, Attributes, and Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
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Exercise 1.3: Navigating the RDATable of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Quick Guide 1.1: Quick Guide to FRBR/FRAD Attributes and RDA
Elements of Group 1 Entities: Selected attributes and elements of works,
expressions, manifestations, and items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Quick Guide 1.2: Quick Guide to RDA: Which RDA chapter do I need? . . .35
Quick Guide 1.3: Quick Guide to WEMI Attributes: Where can I find the
RDA guidelines for a particular WEMI attribute? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Quick Guide 1.4: Quick Guide to the RDAToolkit: Utilizing the Toolkit,
an online resource for the RDA standard and more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
2 RDA in the Real World: Preparing Bibliographic Records . . . . . . . . . . 39
Corinne Jacox, Margaret Mering, Melissa Moll, Emily Dust Nimsakont, and
Deirdre Routt
RDA Highlights: Ten Points You Should Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Highlight 1: How to Spot an RDA Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Highlight 2: Elements—Core, Core-if, and Core-for-you . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Highlight 3: Take What You See: The Principle of Representation . . . 42
Highlight 4: Transcribe versus Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Highlight 5: Abbreviations (or lack thereof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Highlight 6: Terminology—AACR2 versus RDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Highlight 7: Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture,
and Copyright Date—MARC Field 264 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Highlight 8: Expanding Access within Bibliographic Records . . . . . . 45
Highlight 9: Content Type, Media Type, and Carrier Type—
The 33x Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Highlight 10: RDA for Content but not Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to Create an RDA Bibliographic Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
What Are You Cataloging? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mode of Issuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Content Type, Media Type, and Carrier Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Preferred Source of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Contents vii
Mini-Exercise 2.1: What Are You Cataloging? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
What Do You See? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Title Proper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Other Title Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Statement of Responsibility Relating to Title Proper . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Creators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Relationship Designators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Publication Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Edition Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Title Proper of Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Identifier for the Manifestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mini-Exercise 2.2: What Do You See? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
What Do You Record? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Illustrative Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Note Information: Dissertation or Thesis Information, Summary,
Supplementary Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Language of the Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Subject Headings, Classification, and RDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Mini-Exercise 2.3: What Do You Record? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Pulling It All Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Beyond the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Sample MARC Records Following RDA Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Exercise 2.1: Cataloging with RDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Quick Guide 2.1: Quick Guide to RDA Elements in Bibliographic
Records: Selected RDA elements, their core status, related Group 1
entity, RDA instruction number, and correlated MARC fields . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
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3 Creating Access Points and Understanding Authority Records . . . . . . 97
Margaret Mering
Part 1: Identifying and Constructing Access Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Mini-Exercise 3.1: Persons and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Corporate Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Conferences, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Mini-Exercise 3.2: Corporate Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Mini-Exercise 3.3: Works and Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Part 2: Authority Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Works and Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Exercise 3.1: Understanding Authority Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Quick Guide 3.1: Quick Guide to RDA Authority Records:
Selected MARC terms, tags, and subfields in authority records for
persons, families, corporate bodies, conferences, works, and expressions . . . . .124
4 Implementing RDA into Your Library and Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Casey Kralik
Phase 1a: Introduce RDA to Library Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Phase 1b: Map Your Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Phase 1c: Assess Staff, ILS, and Cataloging Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Phase 1d: Plan Your Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Phase 2a: Communicate with Your Vendors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Phase 2b: Decide Your Local Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Phase 2c: Train Technical Services Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Phase 3a: Train Public Services Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Contents ix
Phase 3b: Prepare for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Exercise 4.1: Identifying DVDs in a Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Worksheet 4.1: Factoring Staff Time and Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Answers to Mini-Exercises 153
Answers to Exercises 157
Glossary 173
Ruth Carlock
Manifestations Cited 177
Useful Resources 179
Index 183
About the Editor and Contributors 189