Hmm, that would mean that a change in the 'type of book' would be at the Work level, which would mean that the pop up version of a story would be a different work, and I'm not sure I would think of it at that level, e.g.: Horton Hears a Who
http://www.amazon.com/Horton-Hears-Who-Dr-Seuss/dp/0394800788 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375841946/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=15 35523722 <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375841946/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=1 535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0394800788&pf_rd_m=AT VPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1SAQA14BEM9500KM52VR> &pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0394800788&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0D ER&pf_rd_r=1SAQA14BEM9500KM52VR Or 'Tails', which appears to be available in hardcover and as a board book: http://www.amazon.com/Tails-Matthew-Van-Fleet/dp/0152167730/ref=sr_1_7?s=boo ks <http://www.amazon.com/Tails-Matthew-Van-Fleet/dp/0152167730/ref=sr_1_7?s=bo oks&ie=UTF8&qid=1368043414&sr=1-7&keywords=scented+books> &ie=UTF8&qid=1368043414&sr=1-7&keywords=scented+books But, you might have a point that some of these 'types' seem like different expressions (Content Type: tactile image + Content Type: text), rather than different manifestations (Base materials: Hardboard) or even both; so, perhaps for some of these, I need to be thinking 'Content' and, in that case, details would have to be in Nature of the Content, e.g., for Tails (above) Base materials: hardboard Content Type: tactile image Content Type: text Nature of Content: Pull tabs, lift-able flaps, tufts of fur, and even a scratch-and-sniff skunk tail Perhaps we may not be able to get these actual terms nicely placed in the RDA records, until more work is done on Vocabulary Mapping. I do feel that the more standardized we can be in using vocabulary terms instead of free-text, the better it will be. Hmm, now I'm wondering whether these terms might not turn out to be Objects (yet to be released) http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdachp14 Deborah - - - - - - - - Deborah Fritz TMQ, Inc. <mailto:debo...@marcofquality.com> debo...@marcofquality.com <http://www.marcofquality.com> www.marcofquality.com From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Lapka, Francis Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 2:55 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] What is the appropriate RDA element for a term like "Board book" or "Scented book" 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 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_Book Product_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 www.marcofquality.com
