Why not: RDA 6.3 Form of Work: board book
Francis _________________________________ Francis Lapka, Catalog Librarian Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts 1080 Chapel Street, PO Box 208280, New Haven, CT 06520 203.432.9672 francis.la...@yale.edu<mailto:francis.la...@yale.edu> From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Deborah Fritz Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 2:36 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] What is the appropriate RDA element for a term like "Board book" or "Scented book" Does anyone know, which, if any, of the RDA elements for Physical Carriers would be appropriate for this type of information: Board book Rag book Bath book Pop-up book Touch-and-feel book Scented book Sound story book Sticker book Die-cut book (e.g., shaped like a shark) Most of these terms are from ONIX, and there are others in the list below that show up in AACR records now and then: http://www.editeur.org/files/ONIX%20for%20books%20-%20code%20lists/ONIX_BookProduct_CodeLists_Issue_20.html Under AACR we would simply have added this kind of thing as a 1.7B10 Physical Description Note (500), but I cannot see where to enter this type of information as an RDA element (ignoring MARC for the time being) 3.6 Base Material is a possibility for: Board book: Base Material: hardboard (?) Rag book: Base Material: textile Bath book: Base Material: plastic But I don't think those terms convey the information as well as the ONIX terms. 3.6.1.4 Details of Base Material would allow us to make this more note-like, e.g., On board pages shaped in profile of a bear (LCCN: 2009934889) ; but I don't think 'Scented book' fits under Base material at all. The Extent of Text instructions (3.4.5) are quite restrictive, with no allowance for the kind of leeway allowed under other types of materials, e.g., under 3.4.4.2 (Extent of Still Images) "If none of the terms listed above is appropriate, use a term designating the type of unit as concisely as possible". So we cannot say "1 board book" we must say pagination, or "1 volume (unpaged)" In lieu of any other element, I'm leaning towards using 3.22.3 Note on Extent of Item: Extent of Text: 1 volume (unpaged) Note on Extent of Item: Board book MARC: 300$a 1 volume (unpaged) 500$aBoard book. Does this sound reasonable? If we do not have an appropriate RDA element for these terms, then they, technically, do not belong in an RDA record, do they? And yet it seems a pity to not add this kind of information, if we can just figure out how this data fits into the RDA attributes/elements. Deborah - - - - - - - - Deborah Fritz TMQ, Inc. debo...@marcofquality.com<mailto:debo...@marcofquality.com> www.marcofquality.com<http://www.marcofquality.com>
