RDA, FRBR & MARC

RDA Cataloguing Seminars

September 2012

Outline

• Definitions

• MARC and AACR2

• MARC and FRBR

• MARC and RDA

What are they?

• FRBR is a conceptual model– How information is described and organized

• RDA & AACR2 are content standards– Which information to record and how to

record it

• MARC is a communication format– a ‘package’ for recording the information

More on MARC

• Created to be a carrier for data

• Tags, indicators and subfield codes are for machine use

• Developed alongside AACR (and AACR2)

MARC ≠ AACR2

MARC and AACR2

• AACR2 covers creation of content for bibliographic records

• MARC bibliographic format provides the container for bibliographic records

FRBR and MARCTitle of Work

(attribute) Title of Manifestation

(attribute)

Statement of responsibility ofManifestation

(attribute)

Illustrative content of Expression(attribute)

Creator of Work

(attribute)

continued Place of publication, publisher, date of publication of Manifestation

(attributes)

Extent and dimensions of Manifestation

(attributes)

Subjects of Work

(relationship) Illustrator of Expression

(relationship)

MARC bibliographic record fields & FRBR entities: summary

1XX Person, Family, Corporate body, Work, Expression

130/240 Work, Expression

245-260,490 Manifestation

300 Expression, Manifestation,

Other 3XX Work, Expression, Manifestation

5XX Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item

700-730 Person, Family, Corporate Body, Work, Expression,

760-787 Related Work, Expression, Manifestation

8XX Work, Expression, ManifestationSlide based on a presentation by Judy Kuhagen

Talking in MARC?

• “245 a” OR

“title proper of the manifestation”?

• Using the new vocabulary helps

• Thinking AACR2 means doing AACR2

• Thinking RDA means doing RDA

Is this what we want?

AACR2 cake

RDA Icing

MARC and RDA

• RDA covers the recording of data elements that can be assembled to describe resources

• MARC bibliographic and authority formats provide one way of assembling many (but not all) RDA data elements at the moment.

MARC updates

• Summarised here: http://www.loc.gov/marc/RDAinMARC-7-12.html

• Details of updates here:http://www.loc.gov/marc/status.html

RDA and MARC

• New fields for new data

• New fields for existing data

• New subfields & Codes within subfields

• Different use of existing fields

New fields in bibliographic records

• 264 = production, publication, distribution, copyright date

• 336/337/338 = content media carrier• 340 = physical medium• 344 = sound characteristics• 345 = projection characteristics• 346 = video characteristics• 347 = digital file characteristics

New fields for new data

• 336 = Content type– 336 __ $a performed music $2 rdacontent

• 337 = Media type– 337 __ $a audio $2 rdamedia

• 338 = Carrier type– 338 __ $a audio disc $2 rdacarrier

New fields for existing data

• 264 = Production, publication, distribution, manufacture, date of copyright

• 264 – 1 $a Wellington, New Zealand :$b Gecko Press, $c 2012.

• 344-347 = physical characteristics of specific formats

• 346 -- $a VHS $b PAL $2rda

Extended use of subfields

• Relationship indicators– $e $e author – $4 $4prf$4cnd

– $i $i parody of (work)$a Carroll, Lewis,$d1832-1898.$t Alice's adventures in Wonderland.

• RDA code in 040 (Cataloguing source)– 040 -- $a NZNB $c NZNB $e rda

Change in use of existing fields

• Greater use of 7XX fields– 700 1_ $i Translation of: $a Beurmann, Andreas. $t

Historische Tasteninstrumente

• Maybe more linking entry fields (76X-78X) to show more specific relationships

Where did that Mammoth go?

New fields

New subfield

New subfield

New field

Questions?