RDA Flashcards

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RDA

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Research Description and Access

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Definition

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  • The new standard for descriptive cataloguing, designed primarily for the digital environment.
  • Consists of a set of practical instructions and guidelines.
  • Shaped by the theoretical framework of FRBR and FRAD (which makes it fundamentally different to AACR2).
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Origin

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  • First published in 2010.
  • Brought into being in an attempt to create AACR3.
  • RDA replaced AACR2.
  • In 2015 RDA was aligned with FRSAD (some changes made to the text and some content added).
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Objectives

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  • Responsiveness to used needs
  • Cost efficiency
  • Flexibility
  • Continuity
  • Internationalisation
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Principles

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  • Differentiation
  • Sufficiency
  • Relationships
  • Representation
  • Accuracy
  • Common usage or practice
  • Uniformity
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5 User Tasks

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  1. Find
  2. Identify
  3. Select
  4. Obtain
  5. Explore
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  1. Find
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Bringing together information about one or more RDA entities of interest by searching on any relevant criteria.

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  1. Identify
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Clearly understanding the nature of RDA entities found by searching and to distinguish similar entities.

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  1. Select
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Determining the suitability of RDA entities found by searching, and to be enabled to either accept or reject specific entities.

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  1. Obtain
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Accessing the content of an RDA manifestation

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  1. Explore
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Discovering RDA entities using the relationships between them and thus placing the entities in context.

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12
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020

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ISBN

Subfields
$a ISBN
	

e.g. $a 9781435110304
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13
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040

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Cataloguing Sources

Subfields
$e - Description conventions (R)

e.g. $e rda
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14
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100

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Personal Name

Subfields
$a Personal name (NR)
$b Numeration (NR)
$c Titles and other words  
     associated with a name (R)
$d Dates associated with a name 
     (generally, year of birth) (NR)
$e Relator term
$q Fuller form of name (NR)
$t Title of a work (in name/title 
     headings) (NR) (unlikely to be 
     used)

e.g.

$a Van de Kamp, Peter, $d 1901-1995, $e author

$a John Paul ǂb II, $c Pope, $d 1920-2005, $e author

$a Henry $b VIII, $c King of England, $d 1491-1547, $e author

$a Esmeralda, $c Princess, daughter of Léopold III, King of the Belgians, $d 1956- $e author

$a Poppaea Sabina, $c Empress, consort of Nero, Emperor of Rome, $d -65 $c (Spirit), $e author

$a Green, Katie $c (Illustrator), $e artist, $e author

$a Chapin, Howard M. $q (Howard Millar), $d 1887-1940, $e compiler

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245

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Title Statement

Subfields
$a Title 
$b Remainder of title
$c Statement of responsibility

e.g.

$a The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : $b a novel / $c Taylor Jenkins Reid

$a Mermaids in paradise : $b a novel / $c Lydia Millet

$a The structure of scientific revolutions / $c Thomas S. Kuhn

$a H.G. Wells and the world state / $c W. Warren Wagar

$a The most of S.J. Perelman / $c foreword by Dorothy Parker ; afterword by Philip Hamburger

$a He who hunted birds in his father’s village : $b the dimensions of a Haida myth / $c Gary Snyder ; preface by Nathaniel Tarn ; edited by Donald Allen

$a Under the hill, or, The story of Venus and Tannhäuser : $b in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, goddess & meretrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhäuser in that place, his journeying to Rome, and return to the loving mountain / $c by Aubrey Beardsley, now completed by John Glassco

$a How to play chess / $c Kevin Wicker ; with a foreword by David Pritchard ; illustrated by Karel Feuerstein

$a Encoding across frontiers : $b proceedings of the European Conference on Encoded Archival Description and Context (EAD and EAC), Paris, France 7-8 October 2004 / $c edited by Bill Srockting, Fabienne Queyroux.

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16
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250

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Edition Statement

Subfields
$a Reprint Edition

e.g.  $a Reprint edition
17
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264

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Publication Details

Subfields
$a Place of publication
$b Publisher
   $c Date of publication

e.g.

$a New York : $b Atria Books, $c 2017

$a Chicago : $b University of Chicago Press, $c 1996

$a New York ; $a London ; $a Victoria (AU) : $B The Haworth Information Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc., $c [date of publication not identified].

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300

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Extent of the Item

Subfields
$a Number of volumes and/or  
    number of pages
$b Other physical details: 
     Illustrations, portraits, maps
$c Dimensions: cm

e.g.

$a xix, 293 pages : $b portraits ; $c 21 cm

$a 121 pages : $b portraits ; $c 24 cm

$a xiv, 253 pages ; $c 23 cm

$a xii, 210 pages ; $c 21 cm

$a 391 pages ; $c 24 cm

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336

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Content Type

Subfields
$a Content type: text, performed 
    music, two-dimensional moving 
     image, tactile text etc.
$b Content type code: txt, prm, 
     tdi, tct, etc.
$0 Authority record control 
     number or standard number
$1 Real World Object URI 
    $2 Source: rdacontent
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337

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Media Type

Subfields
$a Media type: audio, video,       
    computer, unmediated, etc.
$b Media type code: s, v, c, n, etc.
$0 Authority record control 
    number or standard number
$1 Real World Object URI 
$2 Source: rdamedia
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338

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Carrier Type

Subfields
$a Content type: volume, audio 
    disc, video disc, computer disc
$b Carrier type code: nc, sd, vd, 
    cd
$0 Authority record control 
    number or standard number
$1 Real World Object URI 
$2 Source: rdacarrier
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490

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Series Statement

Subfields
$a Series statement

e.g.

$a Religion in America

$a Mass violence in America

$a Historical issues in mental health

$a Library and information science text series

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500

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General Note

Subfields
   $a Originally published, etc.

e.g.

$a Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran, 1938.

$a Originally published: Cincinnati : Ark Pub Co., 1915.

$a Originally published: 2nd ed. Chicago : L. E. Parsons, 1910. With editorial note.

$a Speeches by August Spies, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Albert R. Parsons.

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504

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Bibliography, etc. Note

Subfields
    $a Bibliography note

e.g.

$a Includes bibliograpical references (page 227-293)

$a Includes bibliographical references (page 277-293).

$a Includes bibliography and index.

$a Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-325) and index.

25
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700

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Added Entry: Personal Name

Same as 100, used for contributors other than the main author.

Use this field to record the name of a person with some relationship of responsibility for the material cataloged. This includes letter recipients, signers of documents, previous owners, and other instances of associated names. This field is not to record subject access; if the material gives information concerning the individual, the name should be entered in a 600.

bookseller
writer of added commentary
printer
editor
translator
curator
speaker
composer
former owner
artist
illustrator
correspondent
engraver
donor