> -----Original Message----- > From: J. McRee Elrod [mailto:m...@slc.bc.ca] > Sent: August 5, 2011 12:55 PM > To: Brenndorfer, Thomas > Cc: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA and collective title > > Thomas said: > > >Kits come up as an example again in 2.1.2.3, since kits would tend to > >be characterized as multipart resources not single unit resources. > > > You've put your finger on why we had such difficulty doing an > intelligible record for a kit using RDA. A kit is a single item, > often the only manifestation of the only expression of the work it > represents. Perhaps we need "kit" added as a carrier term (although > it would not fit under any of the carrier categories - possibly having > parts from any of them), and "mixed" as a content term. A kit needs > to be treated as a single whole (which is why I wanted "container" > added at 2.1.2.2 and not only at 2.2.2). >
In looking at examples in RDA, it's clear that the number of units for each type of carrier, not the presence or absence of a container, is what determines if the manifestation is a single unit or a multipart monograph (or a kit). >From RDA 1.5.2: a) a resource issued as a single unit (e.g., a single audio disc, a PDF document) b) a multipart monograph (e.g., three videocassettes issued as a set, a kit consisting of a digital videodisc, a model, and an instruction booklet) So it doesn't matter if a set of 3 DVDs come in separate jewel cases, a single jewel case, a box or sleeve of some sort-- we measure 3 separate UNITs for the carrier in the Extent, not the containers of "3 boxes" or "3 jewel cases" or "1 box" or "1 jewel case". If the container is important, there are options to include it as part of the Dimensions (example at 3.1.4.20), but generally the container is not a determining factor declaring something a single unit or a kit. The container, though, is important for determining a chief source of information for the title, especially if it's a kit. It seems that the special kinds of objects with all the different kinds of material pieces can be handled quite well by using subunits in RDA. There are numerous examples in RDA where objects, such as games, can have subunits, as in 3.4.6.3: Extent: 1 game (1 board, 50 cards, 5 role cards, 2 dice) That's a single unit as far as RDA goes (and one carrier: "object"), even with all these constituent subunits, but I think we're in multipart monograph territory again with this example: Extent: 2 games (various pieces) as well as in cases where there are multiple heterogeneous carriers (designated with the phrase "various pieces"), but only one predominant carrier type (RDA 3.1.4.3): Carrier: sheet Extent: 43 various pieces Dimensions: box 20 x 12 x 6 cm Even with one container, there are multiple units (most, but not all, of them of the carrier type "sheet"), and so this is a multipart monograph with the 43 units for the different carriers. The collective title may very well have been on the box in this case, as the container does have an impact in the choice for chief source of information but not on the factors relating to carrier and extent. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
