HIT THE GROUND RUNNING!RDA Training for Music CatalogersFebruary 27, 2013

PART 1: PROVIDING ACCESSDamian Iseminger, Nancy Lorimer, Raymond Schmidt, Hermine Vermeij

Recording Attributes vs Constructing Access Points

RDA Attributes

RDA Structure

Attributes Attributes are elements that identify

and/or describe a person, corporate body, or work, expression, etc.

Within the MARC21 environment, attributes (especially for works) may appear in either/both authority records and bibliographic records

Attributes vs Authorized access points

An authorized access point is made up: The preferred form of name (whether

person, work, expression, etc.) Attribute(s), but only if core or if necessary

to differentiate the name from a similar name

Some (but not all) attributes MAY be used in a authorized access point, but not necessarily

Recording Attributes in NARs Need to be able to record attributes

independently of the 1XX Several new MARC fields have been

created to record these attributes Data may or may not be used in the

construction of preferred access points, and may not be in the same form as that in the preferred access point

SEARCHABLE in OCLC (en:)

Attributes in Bib Records attributes for works and expressions will

often be recorded in the bib record as well as the authority record

The same data may be recorded differently in bib vs authority records—one may use a controlled vocabulary, one may not

Attributes of Persons (RDA 9.3-9.18)

Name of person (9.2) Date associated with

person (9.3)* Title of person (9.4)* Fuller form of name

(9.5)* Other designation (9.6)* Gender (9.7) Place of Birth (9.8) Place of Death (9.9) Country associated with

person (9.10)

Place of residence (9.11) Address of person (9.12) Affiliation (9.13) Language of person

(9.14) Field of activity (9.15) Profession or occupation

(9.16) Biographical information

(9.17) Identifier (9.18)

Attributes of Corporate bodies (RDA 11.2-11.12) Name of corporate

body (11.2) Place associated with

corporate body (11.3) Date associated with

corporate body (11.4) Associated institution

(11.5) Number of

conference, etc. (11.6)

Other Designation associated with a corporate body (11.7)

Language of corporate body (11.8)

Address of Corporate Body (11.9)

Field of activity of corporate body (11.10)

Corporate history (11.10)

Identifier (11.12)

Attributes of Works/Expressions (RDA 6.2-6.13) Title of work (6.2) Form of work (6.3) Date of work (6.4) Place of origin of work

(6.5) Other distinguishing

characteristic of work (6.6)

History of work (6.7) Identifier of work

(6.8)

Content type (6.9) Date of expression

(6.10) Language of

expression(6.11) Other distinguishing

characteristic of expression (6.12)

Identifier of expression (6.13)

Attributes of Musical works/expressions (6.14-1.18)

Title of musical work (6.14) Medium of performance (6.15) Numeric designation of a musical work

(6.16) Key (6.17) Other distinguishing characteristics of a

musical work or expression (6.18)

MARC21 fields for attributes For all records

046 370 371 372 373 377

Personal Names Only 374 375 378

Family Names Only 376

Corporate Bodies Only 368

Works, Expressions, Only 336 380 381

Music Only 382 383 384

Field of Activity (372)Profession/Occupation (374)

MARC21 fields for attributes

372: Field of Activity For persons: a field of endeavour, area of

expertise, etc. in which a person is engaged” (RDA 9.15)

for corporate bodies “the area of business” (RDA 11.10)

LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary when possible LCSH

372: Field of Activity

374: Profession/Occupation “Class of persons engaged in a

profession or occupation (RDA 9.16.1.3)

LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary when possible; if using non-controlled vocabulary, give in singular LCSH is at the moment the most used

controlled vocabulary

374: Examples

Associated Group (373)

MARC21 fields for attributes

373: Associated Group Corporate body to which a person is

somehow related (member, teacher, graduate, etc.)

LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary whenever possible (NAF)

Attributes for Works and Expressions

MARC21 fields for attributes

336: Content Type (RDA 6.9) Expression-level term Controlled RDA vocabulary:

Notated music Performed music

Core in all bibliographic records Currently NOT used in authority records

380: Form of Work (RDA 6.3) Form of work, whether or not it is the

preferred title of the work; for music, generally a musical form

LC/PCC: Use controlled vocabulary when possible (LCSH); if not using controlled vocabulary, put term in the singular

380 Sonatas $2 lcsh380 Concertos $2 lcsh380 Fugue

380: Examples

Fields specifically for musical works and expressions

MARC21 for attributes

Attributes of Musical Works/Expressions

Musical works have attributes specific to themselves Medium of performance (6.15) Numeric designation of a musical work

(6.16) Key (6.17) Other distinguishing characteristic of the

expression of a musical work (6.18)

382: Medium of performance Multiple subfields are available to

demarcate soloists, numbers of performers, etc.

LC/PCC instructions: Use the vocabulary from RDA 6.15 Use only $a at this time

Each instrument goes in its own $a

382: Examples

382: Examples

382: Examples; double instrumentation

383: Numeric designation (RDA 6.16)

$a – serial number$b – opus number$c – thematic index number$d – thematic index code$e – publisher associated with opus number

383: Subfields a & b examples

383: Subfield c & d examples

383 $c & d: Thematic index no. & code

Thematic index codes were developed by task force of the Authorities Subcommittee of MLA-BCC

Available as:Thematic Indexes Used in the Library of Congress/NACO authority File)(http://bcc.musiclibraryassoc.org/BCC-Historical/BCC2011/Thematic_Indexes.htm)

Also links from MARC21 $2 code is mlati