You could incorporate expression level information about content into a 520 note (Summarization of the Content), but you should not mention carrier information there, e.g., board book, cloth book, since that is manifestation level information and needs to go into a note that is appropriate at that level. It is important to get used to not adding anything that is carrier specific in what is an Expression element.
It might not seem to matter so much with our mixed-up MARC bib records, especially in the 500 general note fields, but it will matter a great deal in the future that we use the correct element for the data that we provide. Which is why I'm trying to pin down the correct elements for this data. Deborah - - - - - - - - Deborah Fritz TMQ, Inc. debo...@marcofquality.com www.marcofquality.com -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 4:52 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Recording alternate content and physical forms" Julie suggested: >500 Board book. >or >500 Pop-up book with sound effects. >or >500 Board book in the shape of a shark. Why not incorporate this information into the 520 summary? An where appropriate 300$a and/or $b? I like: 300 $a1 board book (12 unnumbered pages) ;$bcoloured illustrations, sounds ;$c24 x 30 cm Deborah suggested: 300 12 unnumbered pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 x 30 cm While we might propose that something like "alternate physical forms such as board books" be added to the list of times terms other than "pages" might be used, I don't think we have to wait for that to happen. Just use atlases and scores as an analogy. 336 ## $atext $2rdacontent 336 ## $astill image $2rdacontent 336 ## $athree-dimensional form $2rdacontent 336 ## $asounds $2rdacontent Whether all of these 336 terms would be used would depends on which RDA option one adopts: single major content term, predominant terms, or all. I'm still not aware of any guideline concerning what proportion of illustrations warrants the use of "still image". It is unusal to see "sounds" as content in an unmediated carrier, but such is the reality here. 500 ## $aResource is a children's pop-up book with sound effects. I would incorporate this in 520. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________
