FRBR and RDA training sessions at the University Libraries, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 2 & 4, 2014. RDA Elements Part 2 covers basic description for print books. The Practice Book is available here: https://unl.box.com/s/frcdby5z7rp1vly7qxtm

1. RDA ELEMENTS
Part 2 (Description)
September 4, 2014
Harriet Wintermute
UNL LIbraries

2. Identifier for Manifestation
•CORE (2.15) – character string associated with a
manifestation that serves to differentiate it from
other M
• Prefer registered identifiers from internationally recognized
schemes
9780439023528 ISBN-13
M705015058 ISMN
093228062929 UPC
• Other character strings assigned by publishers, etc.
UE 19541
DP05305 Sony
020 ‡a (ISBN) 024 2_ ‡a (ISMN) 024 1_ ‡a (UPC)
O28 4_ ‡a ‡b (Publisher no.)
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3. Identifier…
•Include incorrect/invalid identifiers
0439023522 (incorrect)
•Multiple identifiers available for M
0435916602 (cased)
0435916610 (pbk)
0379005506 (set)
0901212040 (v. 1)
020 ‡z
020 ‡a
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4. Title / Title Proper
•CORE (2.3) – word, character, or group of
words/characters naming a resource
• Title proper CORE (2.3.2)
• Chief name of resource (what is used when citing it)
4.50 from Paddington
• Omit introductory words when not intended to be part of title
proper
Sleeping Beauty
NOT Disney presents Sleeping Beauty
245 ‡a
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5. Other Title Information
•Other title information (2.3.4) – information that
appears in conjunction with, and is subordinate
to, the title proper of a resource.
•Subtitles, other phrases appearing with title proper
indicative of contents, motives, occasion of, etc. of
resource
•Not spine titles, sleeve titles, parts, supplements
A collection in the making: works from the Phillips Collection
Kerouac: the definitive biography
245 ‡a ‡b
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6. Variant Titles
•Variant title (2.3.6) – other associated title that
differs from previous title possibilities
• Caption titles, sleeve titles, cover or jacket, accompanying
material…
• Corrected titles
•Used in reference sources
• Assigned by another agency, creator, previous owners…
• Part of title
•Variations from earlier or later instances of a multi volume
set
The wolrd of television (Title proper)
The world of television (Corrected title)
The world of TV (Spine title)
245 ‡a
246 ‡a
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7. Statement of Responsibility
•CORE (2.4) – statement relating to the identification
and/or function of PFCb responsible for the creation
of, or contributing to the realization of, the
intellectual or artistic content of a resource
by Walter de la Mare
Fats Waller
by Sir Richard
par Charles M. Schultz
directed and produced by the Beatles
John Smith [and 2 others]
John Smith, Jane Smith, and John Doe
245 ‡c
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8. Practice Book…
•Identifiers?
•Title information?
•Statement of responsibility?
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)
Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) SUBJECT (AP)
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
SUBJECT (AP)
Twayne's masterwork studies SERIES (AP)
Twayne Publishers PUBLISHER (AP) (optional)
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9. Practice Book…
•Identifiers?
• Title information?
•Statement of responsibility?
0805779639 (alk. paper) IDENTIFIER
9780805779639 (alk. paper) IDENTIFIER
0805780165 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
9780805780161 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic vision / David
E. E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)
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10. Edition Statement
•CORE (2.5) – word, character, or group of words
and/or characters, identifying the edition
Blu-ray
Rev. ed.
Revised and corrected
First European edition
VI EDITION
4th edition
250 ‡a
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11. Publication Statement
•CORE (2.8) for published resources
•Place of publication CORE (2.8.2) – include local
place name (city…) and larger jurisdiction (state,
country…) if present
Mpls
Minneapolis, MN
Tolworth, England
[Place of publication not identified]
[Nebraska?]
[Lincoln, Nebraska]
264 _1 ‡a
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12. Publication Statement…
•Name of publisher CORE (2.8.4)
Oxford University Press
Penguin Books
McGraw-Hill
World Health Organization
[Publisher not identified]
[University of Nebraska-Lincoln?]
264 _1 ‡b
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13. Publication Statement
•Date of publication CORE (2.8.6) – date related
to the publication, release, or issuing of the
resource
2014
[2014]
[2014?]
2013-
2011-2013
[Date of publication not identified]
264 _1 ‡c
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14. Distribution Statement
•CORE IF (2.9) no publication information can be
ascertained
•Follow same guidelines as for publication
statement…
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified],
[date of publication not identified]
Buena Vista, California: Disney, 2013
264 _1 ‡a ‡b ‡c
264 _2 ‡a ‡b ‡c
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15. Copyright Date
•CORE IF (2.10) neither publication nor distribution
information can be ascertained
•Includes phonograms ℗
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], [date
of publication not identified]
[Place of distribution not identified]: [distributor not identified],
[date of distribution not identified]
©2011 OR copyright 2011
℗2014 OR copyright 2014
264 _1 ‡a ‡b ‡c
264 _2 ‡a ‡b ‡c
264 _4 ‡c
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16. Manufacture Statement (2.10)
• Place of manufacture is CORE IF neither place of publication
nor place of distribution can be ascertained
• Manufacturer is CORE IF neither publisher nor distributor can
be ascertained
•Date of manufacture is CORE IF neither date of publication,
date of distribution nor copyright date can be ascertained
• Follow same guidelines as for publication statement…
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], [date of publication
not identified]
[Place of distribution not identified]: [distributor not identified], [date of
distribution not identified]
New York: ABC Printers, 2011 (copyright date also not identified)
264 _1 ‡a ‡b ‡c
264 _2 ‡a ‡b ‡c
264 _3 ‡a ‡b ‡c
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17. Production Statement (2.7)
•Indicates place of production, producer, and date of
production for unpublished resources
•Date is CORE IF the resource is unpublished
2014
[2014]
[2014?]
[place of production not identified]: [producer not identified], [date
of production not identified]
[Nebraska?]: [University of Nebraska-Lincoln?], [2014?]
Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2014
264 _0 ‡c
264 _0 ‡a ‡b ‡c
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18. Practice Book…
•Edition?
•Production/publication/distribution/manufacture/
copyright?
0805779639 (alk. paper) IDENTIFIER
9780805779639 (alk. paper) IDENTIFIER
0805780165 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
9780805780161 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic vision / David E.
E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)
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19. Practice Book…
•Edition?
•Production/publication/distribution/manufacture/
copyright?
9780805780161 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic vision /
David E. E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
(EDITION)
Boston: Twayne Publishers, [1988] PUB INFO
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)…
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20. Extent
•CORE IF (3.4) resource is complete (total extent
is known)
•Number and type of units and/or subunits
making up a resource
5 film reels
1 video disc OR 1 DVD
2 audio discs
3 volumes
Exceptions apply for cartographic materials,
notated music, still images, text and 3D objects
300 ‡a
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21. Extent…
•For extent of text in printed or manuscript
resources, record the number of pages (leaves,
columns)…
327 pages
321 leaves
381 columns
xvii, 323 pages
1 volume (unpaged)
93 unnumbered pages
approximately 700 leaves
300 ‡a
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22. Illustrative, Color, Sound Content
•Content designed to illustrate the primary content
of a resource (7.15)
•Presence of color, tone, etc., in the content of a
resource (7.17)
•Presence of sound in a resource that is not a sound
recording (7.18)
illustrations
map
sound
black and white
color
300 ‡b
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23. Dimensions
•Measurements of the carrier/container of a
resource (3.5)
23 cm
35 mm
1/2 in.
3 cubic ft.
33 min.
300 ‡c
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24. Content Type
•CORE (6.9) – how the content is communicated,
how the information is passed on to the user
•Table 6.1
computer program
notated music
performed music
spoken word
still image
text
two-dimensional moving image
336 ‡a
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25. Media Type
•Type of device needed to run content (3.2)
•Table 3.1
audio
computer
microform
unmediated
video
337 ‡a
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26. Carrier Type
•CORE (3.3) – storage medium format, housing of
carrier
•No table; listed in 3.3.1.3
audio disc
computer disc
online resource
microfilm reel
sheet
videodisc
volume
338 ‡a
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27. Practice Book…
•Extent, illustrative content, dimensions?
•Content, media, and carrier types?
9780805780161 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic
vision / David E. E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
Boston: Twayne Publishers, [1988] PUB INFO
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)…
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28. Practice Book…
•Extent, illustrative content, dimensions?
•Content, media, and carrier types?
9780805780161 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic vision /
David E. E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
Boston: Twayne Publishers, [1988] PUB INFO
xiv, 170 pages: illustration; 23 cm EXTENT/ILL/DIM
text CONTENT
unmediated MEDIA
volume CARRIER
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)…
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29. Series Statement
•CORE (2.12) – a (sub)series to which a resource
belongs and the numbering of the resource
within the (sub)series
• Title proper of (sub)series is basis
•Include the designation of the sequencing on the
resource (e.g. numbering)
Listening, looking, and feeling; no. 8
PCMI collection; book 7
Trains; volume 1, part 2
490 ‡a ‡v
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30. Notes (1.10, 2.17, etc.)
•Note on Manifestation (2.17) about…
• Title
•Statement of responsibility
•Edition
•Production/publication/distribution/manufacture/
copyright
•Series
Title from container
Dictated to Claire Wheeler
Actually published in Dublin
500 ‡a
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31. Notes…
•Note on Carrier (3.21)
•Extent
•Dimensions
•Changes
• Item-specific
Leaves are joined end to end and folded accordion style
Library has copy number 38 of 50; signed by the artist
500/590 ‡a
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32. Notes…
•Dissertation & Thesis information (7.9)
Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2009
•Supplementary content (7.16)
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-910) and index
502 ‡b ‡c ‡d
500/504 ‡a
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33. Notes…
•Nature of the content (7.2)
•Summarization of the content (7.10)
Roy and Moss toil in the squalid basement of a huge company,
fielding IT help desk calls.
•Language of E (6.11)
•Language of the content (7.12)
Latin text; parallel English translation
French dialogue; English subtitles
Contributions in German, French, English, Spanish, and Italian
520 ‡a
546 ‡a
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34. URL (4.6)
•Include all resource identifiers intended to
provide online access to a resource using a
standard Internet browser
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/of2007-1047
856 ‡u
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35. Practice Book…
•Series?
•Notes?
9780805780161 (pbk.) IDENTIFIER
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic vision /
David E. E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
Boston: Twayne Publishers, [1988] PUB INFO
xiv, 170 pages: illustration; 23 cm EXTENT/ILL/DIM
text CONTENT
unmediated MEDIA
volume CARRIER
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)…
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36. Practice Book…
•Series?
•Notes?
Sloane, David E. E., 1943- author CREATOR (AP)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: American comic vision /
David E. E. Sloane TITLE / SoR
American comic vision VARIANT TITLE
Boston: Twayne Publishers, [1988] PUB INFO
xiv, 170 pages: illustration; 23 cm EXTENT/ILL/DIM
text CONTENT
unmediated MEDIA
volume CARRIER
Twayne’s masterwork studies; no. 18 SERIES
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and
index NOTE
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 SUBJECT (AP)…
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37. I ♥ Works
I ♥ Expressions
I ♥ Manifestations
I ♥ Items
I ♥ Books
Original t-shirt design by Paul Butler at GSLIS, UIUC, 2008.
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