Carrier Description

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Descriptive Cataloging with RDA

• Carrier Description
• Illustrative Content

Part 2
Illustrative Content (continued)
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RDA 7.17.1.3, LC-PCC PS for 7.17.1.3
Recording Colour Content If the content of the
resource is in colours other than black and white
or shades of grey, record the presence of colour
using an appropriate term. (LC-PCC PS for
7.17.1.3 Use the spelling color when recording
that term.)

• 020 0307102602
• 020 0307682609 (lib. bdg.)
• 245 _ _ The secret life of Walter Kitty / c
  story
• and pictures by Joan Elizabeth Goodman.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Golden Book, c 1986.
• 24 unnumbered pages b color illustrations
• c 21 cm.
• 336 text b txt 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated b n 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume b nc 2 rdacarrier
• 490 1 A big little golden book
• 520 When unlawful badgers take over a city
  park, a young
• cat dons a mask and cape and becomes the super
  hero,
• Wonder Cat.
• 830 2 A big little golden book

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RDA 7.17.1.3
Example some color

• 245 _ _ Greek art / c John Boardman.
• 250 Revised edition.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Praeger Publishers, c
  1973.
• 252 pages b illustrations (some color) c
  21 cm.
• 336 text b txt 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated b n 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume b nc 2 rdacarrier
• 490 1 Praeger world of art series
• 490 1 Books that matter
• Includes bibliographical references
• (pages 238-241) and index.
• 830 0 Praeger world of art series
• 830 0 Books that matter

There are 219 illustrations in bw and 30 in
color.
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Where to find examples in RDA (1)
1. Select Tools
3. Click on bibliographic records
2. Under Examples click on MARC Encoding
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Where to find examples in RDA (2)

b illustrations (chiefly colour)
For our book
b illustrations (some color)
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RDA 7.15, 7.2
RDA does not give explicit advice on how to
record this. Currently there is disagreement on
where to record this information in a MARC
record.

• _ _ Gods man b a novel in woodcuts /
• c by Lynd Ward.
• 260 New York b Jonathan Cape and Harrison
  Smith, c 1929.
• 117 unnumbered pages b all illustrations
  
• c 22 cm
• 336 still image b txt 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated b n 2 rdamedia
• volume b nc 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Story told entirely through images.

The work has no pages of text.
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Dimensions
RDA Chapter 3 Describing Carriers
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Title page verso
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Cover
24.3 cm
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RDA 3.5.1.3, 3.5.1.4.14
3.5.1.3 Recording Dimensions - Unless instructed
otherwise, record dimensions in centimetres to
the next whole centimetre up and use the metric
symbol cm (e.g., if the height measures 17.2
centimetres, record 18 cm). 3.5.1.4.14 Volumes -
Record the height of the volume. D.1.2.6 -
Precede dimensions by a semicolon.

• 020 068804333X
• _ _ Sacred cowsand other edibles / c Nikki
  Giovanni.
• 260 New York b William Morrow and Company,
  Inc. c 1988.
• 167 pages c 25 cm
• 336 text b txt 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated b n 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume b nc 2 rdacarrier
• Some of these articles have appeared in
  The Boston
• globe, Essence magazine, Black women
  writers,
• 1950-1980 ... The crusader (Cincinnati), USA
  today,
• and Touchstone magazine.Title page verso.

The book measures 24.3 cm.
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Cover
21.7 cm
27.8 cm
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RDA 3.5.1.4.14
Exceptions - If the width of the volume is either
less than half the height or greater than the
height, record the height width.

• 020 0895770105
• _ _ Readers Digest complete do-it-yourself
• manual.
• Pleasantville, N.Y. b The Readers Digest
  
• Association, Inc., c 1973.
• 300 600 pages b illustrations (some color)
  
• c 22 x 28 cm
• 336 text b txt 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated b n 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume b nc 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Includes index.

The book measures 21.7 cm high by 27.8 cm. wide.
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Cover of text
Cover of instructors manual
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Title page -- Instructors manual
Title page verso -- Instructors manual
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RDA 3.1.4, 3.1.4.2, D.1.2.6
3.1.4 Resources Consisting of More Than One
Carrier Type Option b) record carrier type,
extent, and other characteristics of each
carrier 3.1.4.2 Recording Carrier Type, Extent,
and Other Characteristics of Each Carrier If a
detailed description of the characteristics of
each carrier is considered important for
identification or selection, record a) the
applicable carrier type (see 3.3) and b) the
extent of each carrier (see 3.4) and c) other
characteristics of each carrier D.1.2.6 Precede
each statement of accompanying material by a plus
sign.

• 020 0835966062
• 020 0835966070 (instructors manual)
• 245 _ _ Records management b controlling
  business information /
• c Irene Place, David J. Hyslop.
• 260 Reston, Virginia b Reston Publishing
  Company, Inc., c 1982.
• xi, 371 pages b illustrations c 24 cm
  e 1
• instructors manual (84 pages
  illustrations 23 cm)
• 336 text b txt 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated b n 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume b nc 2 rdacarrier
• Includes bibliographical references (pages
  348-353) and index.

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Three New MARC Fields for RDA
336 Content Type
The form of communication through which a work is
expressed. Examples performed music, text,
two-dimensional moving image...
337 Media Type
The general type of intermediation device
required to view, play, run, etc., the content of
a resource. Examples audio, computer, projected,
unmediated...
338 Carrier Type
The format of the storage medium and housing of a
carrier Examples audio disc, film cartridge,
volume, videodisc...
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Record for a book with Three New MARC Fields for
RDA
245 _ _ a The geology of Denton County 260
a Austin, Texas b University of Texas, c
1925. 300 a 86 pages, 21 unnumbered pages
b illustrations, 1 folded map c 24 cm 336
a text b txt 2 rdacontent 337 a
unmediated b n 2 rdamedia 338 a volume
b nc 2 rdacarrier
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Record for a book with Three New MARC Fields for
RDA
245 _ _ a The geology of Denton County 260
a Austin, Texas b University of Texas, c
1925. 300 a 86 pages, 21 unnumbered pages
b illustrations, 1 folded map c 24 cm 336
a text 2 rdacontent 337 a unmediated 2
rdamedia 338 a volume 2 rdacarrier