In my opinion a Playaway is unmediated. You don't need anything other than the object itself (and a source of electricity) to get the information, in contrast to, say, a CD, which you need to put in a machine in order to use. Media type is "a categorization reflecting the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource." No intermediation device is needed to hear/play the content of a Playaway.
I find it analogous to a music box, which would also be unmediated. There is not a good unmediated carrier type (yet) for a Playaway. But as noted below, there isn't a good carrier type under the other categories either. Bob Robert L. Maxwell Head, Special Collections and Formats Catalog Dept. 6728 Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801)422-5568 "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842. From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of M. E. Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:16 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] eBooks & Playaways Pam Withrow <withr...@perma-bound.com<mailto:withr...@perma-bound.com>> wrote: Playaway Audio 336 - spoken word 337 - audio 338 - audio cartridge In my opinion: 336 -- spoken word 337 -- audio 338 -- other A Playaway Audio doesn't quite fit under the definition of an audio cartridge ("a cartridge containing audio tape"). -- Mark K. Ehlert Minitex <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/>
