>For instance |h [videorecording : video cassette] Prior to RDA, I suggested following the AACR2 pattern of [text (large print)] with, for example, [videorecording (VHS)], [videorecording (DVD)], if one wished a more exact GMD, as opposed to either substituting the SMD, or making something up locally. While rules may need bending to meet local needs, record sharing calls for remaining as true as possible to both the letter and spirit of standards. Much record sharing happens outsite bibliographic utilities, via Z30.50 for example. It also helps skill transfer among OPACs to have as much consistency as possible, while still meeting local demands.
With RDA, I advocate displaying [338 : 336] either at head of other date (as per ISBD Area 0), or at end of title propter (as per the MRI), e.g., [moving image : videocassette], [moving image : videodisc]. It is also possible to insert locally an AACR2 245$hgmd based on 338 carrier term. See below. The SMD aka unit name, I think, should be eact, in these cases VHS, DVD, or Blu-ray, as opposed to redundantly repeating a term from 338. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________ If 338 is: Insert as 245$h: audio ... sound recording computer ... electronic resource online resource electronic resource aperture card microform micro ... microform film <space> ... motion picture filmstrip ... filmstrip overhead transparency transparency slide slide card no GMD [equipment] equipment flipchart chart [kit] kit object realia roll no GMD sheet no GMD volume no GMD video ... videorecording