Agreed, and thank you for the suggestion. But, back to the original question - why do the extra work?
Our current gmds are very clear and succinct: dvd, compact disc, comic book; book on cd, etc. Why make people try to figure out a combination of 3 terms when one simple clear statement is already in place and tells them what they need? "People" in this case being staff who are trying to get items to patrons. Kathleen F. Lamantia, MLIS Technical Services Librarian Stark County District Library 715 Market Avenue North Canton, OH 44702 330-458-2723 klaman...@starklibrary.org Inspiring Ideas ∙ Enriching Lives ∙ Creating Community -----Original Message----- From: Arakawa, Steven [mailto:steven.arak...@yale.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 2:31 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Additional work required by RDA Kevin, you're right--thanks for pointing this out. The example would have been helped with an additional 3xx for the primary content/media/carrier type. However, I still think the fields themselves could be translated into more comprehensible terms in the OPAC, especially if labels were assigned. Steven Arakawa Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 (203)432-8286 steven.arak...@yale.edu -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kevin M Randall Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:39 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Additional work required by RDA Steven Arakawa wrote: > Although the $a terms may be incomprehensible to the public, locally > you could selectively add $3 to 338 with more appropriate carrier > terms and include the more specific terms in the display; you would > have more control over the terminology that best suits your user > community. The 338 > $3 carrier term could be keyword indexed and could be set to display > with the brief title and/or as part of a labeled, full record display > with the $3 terms for content and media type. 33X subfield $3 is for "Materials specified", meaning the portion of the resource to which the field applies. The example: 338 ## $a sheet $2 rdacarrier $3 liner notes means that for the resource being described, the carrier type term "sheet" applies to the liner notes, not to the audiodisc or videodisc that it accompanies. Subfield $3 is not for an alternative term to the one given in $a. The definition of subfield $3 for the 33X fields parallels the definition in other fields such as 490. Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Northwestern University Library k...@northwestern.edu (847) 491-2939 Proudly wearing the sensible shoes since 1978!
