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RDA Test “Train the Trainer”
Module 2: Structure
[Content as of Mar. 31, 2010]
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RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 2
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)
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 3
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)
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 4
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 5
Terminology
• FRBR and FRAD “attributes” are “elements” in RDA
• FRBR and FRAD Group 1 entities:– Work– Expression– Manifestation– Item
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 6
Group 1 entities
• “Book”– Door prop
(item)
– Publication at bookstore -- any copy(manifestation)
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 7
Group 1 entities
• “Book”– Who translated?
(expression)
– Who wrote?
(work)
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 8
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 9
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 10
AACR2 to RDA vocabulary
• GMD media type +
carrier type +content type
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 11
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”
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 12
Quiz on terminology
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 13
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 14
“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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 15
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 16
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 17
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 18
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 19
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 20
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
RDA Test Training: Content as of Mar. 31, 2010 -- Module 2 21
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