NEW for Update No. 24, May 2017

There were no changes for Update No. 24, May 2017.

Fields created or revised for RDA

Leader/06  Type of record - already indicates content type in coded form.

007  Physical Description Fixed Field

-- recording carrier characteristics in coded form

-- additional codes in various positions  (Update 10, 2009)

007/00  Category of material - already indicates media type in coded form.

007/01  Specific material designation - already indicates carrier type in coded form.

008  Fixed-length Data Elements - additional code  (Update 20, 2015)

020  International Standard Book Number

-- added subfield $q  (Update 17, 2013)

024  Other Standard Identifier

-- added subfield $q  (Update 17, 2013)

027  Standard Technical Report Number

-- added subfield $q  (Update 17, 2013)

337  Media Type  (new field, Update 10, 2009)

-- For MARC field 007/00--RDA terms ($a) and MARC codes for RDA terms ($b) relationship tables for media type, see Term and Code List for RDA Media Types

-- added subfield $0  (Update 21, 2015)

338  Carrier Type  (new field, Update 10, 2009)

-- For MARC field 007/01--RDA terms ($a) and MARC codes for RDA terms ($b) relationship tables for carrier type, see Term and Code List for RDA Carrier Types

-- added subfield $0  (Update 21, 2015)

347  Digital File Characteristics  (new field, Update 23, 2016)

883  Machine-generated Metadata Provenance  (new field, Update 15, 2012)

884  Description Conversion Information  (new field, Update 20, 2015)

856  Electronic Location and Access - identifiers for resource to resource relationships that may exist between works, expressions, manifestations and items  (RDA Appendix J)

Appendix A - Control Subfields - added subfield $0 (Authority record control number or standard number)

Many subfields $o, $u, $x, $w, and $0 - identifiers for resource to resource relationships that may exist between works, expressions, manifestations and items  (RDA Appendix J)

Current with LC's web site changes through July 30, 2014.

RDA in MARC:

MARC 21 Updates 9-18 include all changes to MARC for use with RDA approved through June 2014.

CONTENT, MEDIA, and CARRIER TYPES and CHARACTERISTICS

RDA Content Types

MARC already indicates content type in LDR/06.

RDA contains a list of English language content types for which a new field 336 was provided in MARC Bibliographic and in MARC Authority.

Field 336 may contain the RDA term ($a) or a code ($b); codes were established in MARC Update 10.

For a table that relates the MARC LDR/06 to the corresponding RDA content terms and MARC codes for RDA content terms see:  Term and Code List for RDA Content Types.

RDA Media Types

MARC already indicates media type in field 007/00.

RDA contains a list of English language media types for which a new field 337 is provided in MARC Bibliographic and in MARC Holdings.

Field 337 may contain the RDA term ($a) or a code ($b); codes were established in MARC Update 10.

For a table that relates the MARC 007/00 to the corresponding RDA media terms and MARC codes for RDA media terms see:  Term and Code List for RDA Media Types.

RDA Carrier Types

MARC already indicates carrier type in field 007/01.

RDA contains a list of English language carrier types for which a new field 338 is provided in MARC Bibliographic and in MARC Holdings.

Field 338 may contain the RDA term ($a) or a code ($b); codes were established in MARC Update 10.

For a table that relates the MARC 007/01 to the corresponding RDA carrier terms and MARC codes for RDA carrier terms see:  Term and Code List for RDA Carrier Types.

RDA Carrier Characteristics

MARC provides for recording carrier characteristics in textual form in Bibliographic fields 300, 340, and 5XX and in coded form in Bibliographic and Holdings field 007.

RDA contains lists of English language terms that can be used to express carrier characteristics and also allows expression via notes.

RDA carrier characteristic notes – MARC Bibliographic fields 500 and other 5XX

RDA carrier characteristic terms in MARC Bibliographic format

-- Field 300  Physical Description

-- Field 340  Physical Medium  (new subfields)

-- New Bibliographic format fields

344  Sound Characteristics (R)

345  Projection Characteristics of Moving Image (R)

346  Video Characteristics (R)

347  Digital File Characteristics (R)

ATTRIBUTES of NAMES and RESOURCES

Attributes of names and titles are typically information that has been recorded in name headings (e.g., date of birth) or in uniform title headings (e.g., key for music) -- or they may have been included in a note in an Authority record for the name or title.  With RDA they may be recorded separately from the heading or as part of the heading (or both).  New fields for these attributes have been established for names and for resources (works and expressions).

New MARC Authority fields for name attributes:

046  Special Coded Dates (R)

368  Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body (R)

371  Address (R)

372  Field of Activity (R)

373  Associated Group (R)

374  Occupation (R)

375  Gender (R)

376  Family Information (R)

378  Fuller Form of Personal Name (NR)

New MARC Authority and Bibliographic fields for work and expression attributes:

046  Special Coded Dates  (new subfields only)

370  Associated Place (R)

377  Associated Language (R)

380  Form of Work (R)

381  Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression (R)

382  Medium of Performance (R)

383  Numeric Designation of Musical Work (R)

384  Key (NR)

RELATIONSHIPS

Name to resource

RDA Appendix I lists possible relationships between a resource and persons, families and corporate bodies, e.g., author, artist, cartographer.

MARC already records these types of relationships using relator terms ($e) or codes ($4) in 1XX, 6XX, 7XX, and 8XX in MARC Bibliographic and 1XX, 4XX, and 5XX in MARC Authority.

MARC Code List for Relators is being augmented with RDA relationships that are not already in the list.

Resource to resource

RDA Appendix J lists over 400 relationships that may exist between works, expressions, manifestations and items, e.g., dramatized as (work), indexed in (work), sequel, digest of (expression), filmed with (manifestation), reproduction of (item).

RDA identifies several methods for specifying these relationships:

-- identifiers - e.g., many $o, $u, $x, $w, and $0 subfields, and field 856

-- notes - 5XX Bibliographic and 667-68X Authority

-- structured descriptions - 76X-78X Bibliographic

-- structured access points - 700-75X Bibliographic and 4XX and 5XX Authority

MARC addition:  subfield $i defined for the relationship term in Bibliographic 700-75X and 76X-78X and in Authority 4XX and 5XX.

Name to name

RDA Appendix K lists possible relationships between persons, families and corporate bodies, e.g., employee, sponsor, descendent family, employer, predecessor.

MARC subfield $i added to 4XX and 5XX Authority is also used to specify these types of relationships.

MISCELLANEOUS OTHER CHANGES to MARC for RDA

Additional subfield specificity in field 502 (Dissertation Note)

Additional subfield for qualifying information in 015 (National Bibliography Number), 020 (International Standard Book Number), 024 (Other Standard Identifier), 027 (Standard Technical Report Number), 028 (Publisher Number)

ISSN subfield made repeatable in field 490 (Series Statement)

Additional codes in various 007 and 008 character positions

Additional subfields in 033 (Date/Time and Place of an Event) and 518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note)

Field 040 $e made repeatable and code "rda" added to the MARC code list for Description Convention Source Codes to indicate the use of the RDA rules for description.  Leader/18 will be coded i with RDA.

Field 250 made repeatable in order to better accommodate edition statements for music and other resources cataloged according to RDA.

New Bibliographic format field:  264  Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)

Subfield $c (Location of meeting) made repeatable in X10 (Corporate Names) and X11 (Meeting Names) fields for recording multiple location names in relation to conferences.

Experimentation with a technique for including URIs for values (no MARC content designation change).  (See Discussion Paper 2010-DP02 for general description.)

SOURCE:  RDA in MARC - July 30, 2014

Related documents:

RDA in MARC Bibliographic Data

RDA in MARC Authority Data

Further Reading on RDA

See also:

MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data:  Contents