So what would we call these things that have many pieces to put together ... that do not fall in the RDA starter list? For example I am cataloging this magnetic time activity set right now, which consists of foam numbers that (with magnets) stick to a whiteboard, a minute hand and an hour hand. http://www.etacuisenaire.com/catalog/product?deptId=&prodId=77982&q=magnetic+time+activity+set
In AACR2, I'm going to use the GMD [model]. In RDA, I am not sure what I would do with it! Julie On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Brenndorfer, Thomas < tbrenndor...@library.guelph.on.ca> wrote: > There isn’t a blanket term like “kit” in RDA for such material, which also > means it’s a moot point about considering limitations around the number or > types of media that would make up a kit.**** > > ** ** > > In RDA, like in AACR2, all the units of extent can be identified > specifically, or the phrase “various pieces” can be used if no form is > predominant. The starter list in RDA is**** > > ** ** > > coin VM 008/33=r – GMD [realia]**** > > diorama VM 008/33=d – GMD [diorama]**** > > exhibit VM 008/33=r – GMD [realia]**** > > game VM 008/33=g – GMD [game]**** > > jigsaw puzzle VM 008/33=g – GMD [game]**** > > medal VM 008/33=r – GMD [realia]**** > > mock-up VM 008/33=q – GMD [model]**** > > model VM 008/33=q – GMD [model]**** > > sculpture VM 008/33=a – GMD [art original]**** > > specimen VM 008/33=r – GMD [realia]**** > > toy VM 008/33=w – GMD [toy]**** > > ** ** > > I’ve linked them to what the GMD value would likely have been (VM 008/33 > carries this). The GMDs like “realia” don’t appear at all in RDA—it’s either > the very specific unit of extent, or the more general carrier type.**** > > ** ** > > Other terms for the units of extent can be created, and RDA uses the > examples: feather headbands, pair beaded moccasins, quilts.**** > > ** ** > > Moving up a level, the carrier type would be “object” for all of these. In > fact, the guesswork about more specific general terms like “diorama” vs very > general general terms like “realia” vs in-between general terms like “toys” > is all gone in RDA. One can record all carrier types present, so with > various objects and a booklet, the values would be:**** > > ** ** > > Carrier type: object**** > > Carrier type: volume**** > > ** ** > > One could also record just the predominant carrier type. In MARC, there are > various choices for LDR, 006, and 007 fields (whether one picks LDR/06 r or > o), but in RDA one just lists the carrier types.**** > > ** ** > > Likewise, the content types would just be listed. Generally, objects are > “three-dimensional forms”. A booklet would have the “text” content type. You > could include them both, and there is no blanket term like “kit”. I think a > work-level element, like “Nature of the Content” would be a place to > indicate the type of usage expected of the resource. At the carrier level, > one counts and measures widgets; at the expression level one looks at the > human senses and language aspects involved; at the work level, one gets into > the nature of the resource and its audience.**** > > ** ** > > For the tin of buttons, I would say, if there was a guesstimate of 100 > buttons:**** > > ** ** > > Extent of Three-Dimensional Form: approximately 100 buttons**** > > Carrier type: object**** > > Content type: three-dimensional form**** > > and I would add something just for the container, like**** > > Dimensions: tin 10 cm x 5 cm**** > > ** ** > > I had just been reviewing this very area, so this is a first attempt at > using the RDA elements for these kinds of examples.**** > > ** ** > > Thomas Brenndorfer**** > > Guelph Public Library**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] *On Behalf Of *Julie Moore > *Sent:* September 8, 2011 5:40 PM > > *To:* RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > *Subject:* Re: [RDA-L] Kits**** > > ** ** > > Dear All, > > Mac and I have been batting this issue back and forth for awhile now on the > OLAC list. These are often "kits" (in layman's terms) with pieces that you > put together ... and the point is for the children to learn something with > most of them. (We buy tons of these "kits" for my Teacher Resource Center > that has lots of curriculum materials with educational manipulatives.) I > often find myself in a grey area, as I have tried to choose a GMD for these > materials, none of them fitting quite perfectly. > > I am hoping that RDA will somehow be make these "kits" better to discern > for both the cataloger and the user. > > The AACR2 1.1C1 terms that we have available for GMDs (from List 2) for > these materials include: > > *Kit* **** > > 1. An item containing *two or more categories of material, no one of which > is identifiable as the predominant constituent of the item* [emphasis > mine]; also designated “multimedia > item<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2MultimediaSPACEitemSLASHglossary&hash=MultimediaSPACEitemSLASHglossary>” > (q.v.). 2. A single-medium package of textual material (e.g., a “press > kit,” a set of printed test materials, an assemblage of printed materials > published under the name “Jackdaw”). *See also *Activity > card<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ActivitySPACEcardSLASHglossary&hash=ActivitySPACEcardSLASHglossary>, > Game<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2GameSLASHglossary&hash=GameSLASHglossary> > . > > *Game* **** > > An item or set of materials designed for play according to prescribed or > implicit rules and intended for recreation or instruction. *See also* Activity > card<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ActivitySPACEcardSLASHglossary&hash=ActivitySPACEcardSLASHglossary>, > Kit<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2KitSLASHglossary&hash=KitSLASHglossary>, > Toy<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ToySLASHglossary&hash=ToySLASHglossary> > . > > *Toy* **** > > An object designed for imaginative play or one from which to derive > amusement. *See also* > Game<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2GameSLASHglossary&hash=GameSLASHglossary>, > Model<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ModelSLASHglossary&hash=ModelSLASHglossary>, > Realia<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2RealiaSLASHglossary&hash=RealiaSLASHglossary> > . **** > > ** ** > > *Model* **** > > A three-dimensional representation of a real thing. *See also* > Toy<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ToySLASHglossary&hash=ToySLASHglossary> > . > > *Realia* **** > > An artefact or a naturally occurring entity, as opposed to a replica. *See > also* > Object<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ObjectSLASHglossary&hash=ObjectSLASHglossary>, > Toy<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ToySLASHglossary&hash=ToySLASHglossary> > .**** > > ** ** > > > It might help to illustrate my challenges with some of the actual materials > that I have cataloged over the months ... most of these materials require > assembly. With some of them, it is in the assembling that the learning takes > place. > > 1. Title: Basic electricity & electronics educational program : model > SC-100R, Snap Circuits. > (I ended up using [realia].) > > http://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Circuits-Model-SC-100R-experiments/dp/B0017Y7IDA/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1315515644&sr=1-1 > > 2. Title: K'Nex education.Middle school math. > (I ended up using [realia].) > > http://www.amazon.com/KNEX-Education-Middle-School-Math/dp/B003MGJTJW/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1315515770&sr=1-1 > > 3. Title: Static electricity supply set. > (I ended up using [realia].) > > http://www.delta-education.com/productdetail.aspx?Collection=N&prodID=1803&menuID= > > 4. Title: Motorized solar system and planetarium. > (I ended up using [model] on this one.) > > http://www.educationalinsights.com/product/teachers/theme/space+--38-+weather/solar+system/geosafari-reg-+motorized+solar+system.do?search=basic&keyword=motorized+solar+system&sortby=bestSellers&page=1&; > > 5. Title: Planet walk > (I ended up using [model] for this as well. Can be set up on a football > field.) > > http://www.etacuisenaire.com/catalog/product?deptId=&prodId=77662&q=planet+walk > > 6. Title: Giant magnetic solar system > (I ended up cataloging this as a [picture] -- rather hesitantly because the > magnets do have a 3rd dimension to them.) > > http://www.gwschoolcatalog.com/giant_magnetic_solar_system_set_of_12-p-1539575.html > > 7. Title: Inertia crash dummies > (I ended up cataloging this just today as [realia].) > I have on my desk a box of wooden boards, stoppers, bottle caps, ping-pong > balls, blocks of wood (for the cars), wheel axels, wheels. Somehow, the user > is supposed to assemble these things, in order to have cars (with dummies -- > the ping pong balls) and barriers. The kit is supposed to teach students > about the law of inertia. Students are to gather data and graph it, as well > -- with other the additional materials needed: knife, markers, glue, > stopwatches, meter sticks, masking tape. > > http://sciencekit.com/inertia-crash-dummies-teacher-developed,-classroom-tested/p/IG0046731/ > > 8. A rather notorious theoretical OLAC-L question that I posed on a Friday > afternoon awhile back was: If I had a tin of buttons (I am thinking of my > grandma's old tin of a variety of buttons), would this be considered > [realia] since there is only one *category* of material? Or would it be > considered a [kit] since there is more than one type of button in the box? > ... or if you added other sewing supplies such as a tape measure, pin > cushion, pins, and needles, then does it become a kit? > > At any rate, you get the picture. These types of materials have been > difficult at best to nail down with the terms from List 2 in AACR2 1.1C1. > > Will there be more clarity in RDA? > > Best wishes, > Julie**** > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 12:54 PM, J. McRee Elrod <m...@slc.bc.ca> wrote:**** > > I've just been told that the expansion of the meaning of "score" was > approved by JSC for AACR2, but never distributed. > > Has anything been done about expanding the AACR2 meaning of "kit"? > > Increasingly in education there are kits with bits and pieces to put > together or manipulted to demonstrate this or that. Cataloguers have > been using the GMD "realia", but IMNSHO "reallia" would a full size > crash dummy, or the solar system itself, not a kit for teaching about > them. > > The bits and pieces are often made of less than three materials, which > excludes them for being "kits", some cataloguers say, and the manual > is not counted as another genre. > > > __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) > {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ > ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________**** > > > > > -- > Julie Renee Moore > Catalog Librarian > California State University, Fresno > julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com > 559-278-5813 > > "In the end only kindness matters." -- Jewel > > **** > -- Julie Renee Moore Catalog Librarian California State University, Fresno julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com 559-278-5813 "In the end only kindness matters." -- Jewel
