Many thanks to Benjamin, John and Daniel for the explanation. I've never
come across something like this in Germany, and will have to find out
whether there is a special German term for it (as the word "Flipchart"
in German is really only used for the easel and whiteboard).
It still bothers me a bit to have an unmediated carrier type for
something as specialized as this (especially if you compare it with the
huge range of "object").
By the way, this got me wondering about wall calendars (the typical ones
with one image per month). They often have a spiral binding, which makes
them very similar in form to those classroom flipcharts. Only they are
not "designed for use on an easel", as the RDA glossary says, but for
hanging on a wall. So I assume "flipchart" wouldn't be suitable, and
you'd have to use "volume" instead (RDA glossary: "One or more sheets
bound or fastened together to form a single unit").
It's really amazing how complicated assigning carrier types can get...
One should think that at least the unmediated carrier types would be
straightforward.
Heidrun
On 30.01.2013 22:06, Benjamin A Abrahamse wrote
I think it refers to a type of childrens' (or educational) resource that is
published and intended to be used in the classroom.
E.g.:
http://www.staples.com/Calendar-Time-Sing-Along-Flip-Chart-and-CD/product_753900?cid=PS:GooglePLAs:753900&KPID=753900
Benjamin Abrahamse
Cataloging Coordinator
Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems
MIT Libraries
617-253-7137
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Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:45 PM
To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca
Subject: [RDA-L] Carrier type "Flipchart"
In our regional cataloging experts group, we were dicussing RDA carrier types
yesterday.
We were completely mystified why flip charts warrant a carrier type of their own ("flipchart"). We
found it very hard to imagine any library or other institution collecting flip charts, in the first place.
Stretching our imagination, we could picture a collection of paper sheets which had before been used on a
flip chart - but these should then simply get the data carrier "sheet", shouldn't they? And if a
library really wanted to collect the flip charts themselves (for us, that would mean whiteboards on an easel)
- wouldn't that fall under "object"?
I assume that there is a simple solution to this puzzle. Probably it's just some sort of
misunderstanding, either due to language or cultural differences. So I wonder: What
exactly is meant by "flipchart" in this respect, and how are flip charts used
in Angloamerican countries?
The flip charts we were thinking of look like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_chart
We use the term for the whole device, i.e. the easel and the whiteboard with its
mechanism for holding paper sheets. The RDA glossary defines flipchart as "hinging
device holding two or more sheets designed for use on an easel", which is perhaps
not exactly the same.
Thanks for your help.
Heidrun
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Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A.
Stuttgart Media University
Faculty of Information and Communication Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart,
Germany www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi
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Prof. Heidrun Wiesenmueller M.A.
Stuttgart Media University
Faculty of Information and Communication
Wolframstr. 32, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
www.hdm-stuttgart.de/bi
