Hello
I need to prepare simple inhouse documentation for non-BK materials and am wondering whether or how we should use fields 344-347 for sound recordings, videos, CD-ROMs and suchlike, to cover the details which used to go in 300 $b. In the Toolkit the RDA>MARC mapping still points to 300 $b for many of these elements, but the JSC example records use the new 34X. The new fields include elements which were not normally included in 300 $b and duplicate a lot of the information in 007. These elements would be needed in a post-MARC environment, but presumably could be generated from 007s when the time comes. I would be very interested to discover: - whether other agencies expect to use 34X straight away or will continue to use 300 $b at least until LC-PCC and specialist bodies produce best practice guidelines - whether other agencies intend to record all available elements in 34X, or just the ones which typically were recorded in 300 $b, or just the ones which are not implied by the carrier type. For instance: for audio CDs, do you expect to record playing speed in 344 $c or "audio file" in 347 $a? Does a standard audio CD really need a 347 at all? Best wishes, Bernadette ******************* Bernadette O'Reilly Catalogue Support Librarian 01865 2-77134 Bodleian Libraries, Osney One Building Osney Mead Oxford OX2 0EW. *******************
