Carrier Description

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Descriptive Cataloging with RDA

• Carrier Description
• Illustrative Content

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Extent
Extent of Text
Core Element if resource is complete
RDA Chapter 3 Describing Carriers
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RDA Glossary Carrier A physical medium in which
data, sounds, images, etc., are stored.
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RDA 3.4.5.2

• Single Volume with Numbered Pages, Leaves, or
  Columns
• For a resource consisting of a single volume,
  record the extent in terms of pages, leaves, or
  columns according to the type of sequence used in
  the resource.
• Apply the following general guidelines
• If the volume is numbered in terms of pages,
  record the number of pages.
• If the volume consists of sequences of leaves and
  pages, or pages and numbered columns, or leaves
  and numbered columns, record each sequence.
• Record the number of pages, leaves, or columns in
  terms of the numbered or lettered sequences in
  the resource. Record the last numbered page,
  leaf, or column in each sequence and follow it
  with the appropriate term.

• 020 0446514241
• 245 _ _ Whose broad stripes and bright stars?
  b
• the trivial pursuit of the Presidency, 1988 /
• c Jack W. Germond Jules Witcover.
• 264 ? 1 New York, N.Y. b Warner Books, c
  c1989.
• xvi, 478 pages c 24 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Includes index.

The pages are numbered ix-xvi and 3-478.
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RDA 3.4.5.2
3.4.5.2 b) If the volume is numbered in terms of
leaves, record the number of leaves.

• 245 _ _ Technical services b a syllabus for
• training leading to certification of library
• assistants / c Bureau of Library
• Development, Pennsylvania State Library,
• Department of Education, Commonwealth
• of Pennsylvania.
• 264 ? 1 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania? b
  Pennsylvania
• State Library, c 197-
• 96 leaves c 27 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 504 Includes bibliographical references.

The leaves are numbered 2-96.
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RDA 3.4.5.3
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages, Leaves, or
Columns a) Record the exact number of pages,
leaves, or columns, if readily ascertainable.

• 020 067940676X
• _ _ French for cats b all the French your cat
  will ever
• need / c Henri de la Barbe (Henry Beard)
  text by
• Henry Beard and John Boswell
• illustrations by Gary Zamchick.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Villard Books, c 1991.
• 87 unnumbered pages b illustrations (some
• color) c 16 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 A John Boswell Associates book.

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RDA 3.4.5.3
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages, Leaves, or
Columns b) If the number is not readily
ascertainable, record an estimated number of
pages, leaves, or columns preceded by
approximately.

• 020 0030149061
• 245 _ _ The Doonesbury chronicles / c G.B.
• Trudeau with an introduction by
• Garry Wills.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Holt, Rinehart and
• Winston, c 1975?
• approximately 200 pages b illustrations
  (some
• color) c 29 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier

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RDA 3.4.5.3
Single Volume with Unnumbered Pages, Leaves, or
Columns c) Record 1 volume (unpaged).
Library of Congress practice

• 020 0815600682
• 245 _ _ Trees, shrubs and vines b a pictorial
• guide to the ornamental woody plants of
• the northern United States exclusive of
• conifer / c Arthur T. Viertel.
• 264 ? 1 Syracuse, N.Y. b Syracuse University
• Press, c c1970.
• 1 volume (unpaged) b illustrations, map
• c 26 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• Includes bibliographical references and
  index.

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RDA 3.4.5.8
Complicated or Irregular Paging, Etc.
c) Record 1 volume (various pagings).

• 020 1556532172
• _ _ OCLC communications access
• planning guide.
• 250 1996 ed.
• 264 ? 1 Dublin, Ohio b OCLC, c c1996.
• 1 volume (various pagings)
• b illustrations c 28 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Includes index and glossary.

The pages are numbered iii-viii, 1-47, A1-A9,
B1-B10, C1-C6, I1-I5, G1-G12. Although
in loose-leaf form, the document is not believed
to be designed to receive additions.
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RDA 3.4.5.19
Updating Loose-Leafs If the resource is an
updating loose-leaf, record the number of volumes
followed by loose-leaf, in parentheses.

• 020 0844406392 (loose-leaf)
• 245 _ _ Library of Congress rule interpretations.
• 250 2nd ed.
• 264 ? 1 Washington, D.C. b Cataloging
  Distribution
• Service, Library of Congress, c 1989-
• 1 volume (loose-leaf) c 30 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Formulated by Office for Descriptive
• Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress.
• 500 Editor Robert M. Hiatt.
• 500 Updated with quarterly supplements.
  Base text April 1989.
• 500 Includes index.

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RDA 3.4.5.9, 3.4.5.9.2
Leaves or Pages of Plates 3.4.5.9 If the leaves
or pages of plates in a resource are not included
in the numbering for a sequence or sequences of
pages or leaves of text, etc., record the extent
of the sequence of leaves or pages of plates at
the end of the sequence or sequences of
pagination, etc. 3.4.5.9.2 When recording the
extent of a sequence of unnumbered leaves or
pages of plates, record a) the exact number (if
the number is readily ascertainable) followed by
unnumbered leaves of plates, etc.

• 020 0671250361
• 245 _ _ Lucy b the beginnings of humankind /
• c Donald C. Johanson and Maitland A. Edey.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Simon and Schuster, c
  c1981
• 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
• b illustrations (some color) c 25 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• Includes bibliographical references (pages
  385-389) and index.

The plates are on unnumbered pages located
between pages 96 and 97.
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RDA 3.4.5.9
Record the extent of the sequence of leaves or
pages of plates after the pagination, etc.,
whether the plates are found together or
distributed throughout the resource.

• _ _ The makers of Florence b Dante, Giotto,
  Savonarola,
• and their city / c by Mrs. Oliphant with
  portrait of Savonarola
• engraved by C.H. Jeens and illustrations from
  drawings by
• Professor Delamotte.
• 250 New ed.
• 264 ? 1 London b Macmillan, c 1881.
• xx, 422 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of
  plates
• b illustrations c 19 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Includes index.

The plates are on unnumbered leaves (i.e.,
illustrations on one side of the sheet of paper
with the verso blank) located as the
frontispiece, and between pages 102-103, 154-155,
204-205, 232-233, 272-273, 306-307, 340-341, and
374-375.
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RDA 3.4.5.9
If the leaves or pages of plates in a resource
are not included in the numbering for a sequence
or sequences of pages or leaves of text, etc.,
record the extent of the sequence of leaves or
pages of plates

• 020 081281505X
• 245 _ _ Was this Camelot? b excavations at
• Cadbury Castle, 1966-1970 / c Leslie Alcock.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Stein and Day, c 1972.
• 224 pages b illustrations (some color) c
  26 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 4__ New aspects of archaeology
• 500 Report of research conducted by the
• Camelot Research Committee.
• 504 Includes bibliographical references and
  index.

The pages of illustrations are located on
unnumbered pages between pages 32-49, 56-61,
84-101, etc. Their presence is accounted for by
the gap in page numbering.
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RDA 3.4.5.16, 3.4.5.17
3.4.5.16 More Than One Volume If the resource
consists of more than one volume, record the
extent by giving the number of volumes and the
term volumes. 3.4.5.17 Continuously Paged
Volumes If the volumes are continuously paged,
specify the number of pages, leaves, or columns
(see 3.4.5.23.4.5.13) in parentheses, following
the term for the type of unit. Ignore separately
paged sequences of preliminary matter in volumes
other than the first.

• 245 _ _ The complete works of O. Henry / c
  foreword by
• Harry Hansen.
• 264 ? 1 Garden City, N.Y. b Doubleday, c
  1953.
• 2 volumes (xiii, 1692 pages) c 22 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier

v.1 vi-xiii, 2-810 p. v.2 812-1692 p.
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RDA 3.4.5.16, 3.4.5.18
3.4.5.16 More Than One Volume If the resource
consists of more than one volume, record the
extent by giving the number of volumes and the
term volumes. 3.4.5.18 Individually Paged
Volumes If the volumes are individually paged,
record the number of volumes and omit the
pagination.

• 020 0124658016 (v. 1)
• 020 0124658024 (v. 2)
• _ _ The organic chemistry of palladium / c Peter
  M. Maitlis.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Academic Press, c 1971.
• 2 volumes c 24 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 490 1 Organometallic chemistry
• Includes bibliographical references and
  index.
• 0 ? v. 1. Metal complexes v. 2. Catalytic
• reactions.
• 830 0 Organometallic chemistry

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RDA 3.4.1.10
Incomplete Resource When preparing a
comprehensive description for a resource that is
not yet complete, record the term indicating the
type of unit without the number.

• 245 _ _ Wests New York digest, 4th.
• 264 ? 1 St. Paul, Minn. b West Publishing
  Co., c 1989-
• volumes c 27 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Key number digest covers New York state
• and federal case law from 1978Pref.
• Kept up-to-date by pocket supplements,
  cumulative supplements, revised volumes,
• and supplementary pamphlet which also
• updates the New York digest, 3rd and
• Abbott New York digest.

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RDA 3.21.2.8
Number of Bibliographic Volumes Differing from
Number of Physical Volumes If the number of
bibliographic volumes differs from the number of
physical volumes, make a note indicating the
number of bibliographic volumes. See example 8
bibliographic volumes in 5 physical volumes

• 245 _ _ Russia under the autocrat, Nicholas the
• First / c by Ivan Golovine.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Praeger, c 1970.
• 1 volume b portrait c 22 cm.
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 490 0 Praeger scholarly reprints. p Source
• books and studies in Russian and Soviet
• history
• 500 2 bibliographic volumes in 1 physical
  volume.
• 500 Translation of La Russie sous Nicholas I.
• 500 Originally published London H.
• Colburn, 1846. With new introd.

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RDA 3.13.1.3
Recording Font Size For resources with text in a
font size designed for persons with visual
impairments, record the font size using an
appropriate term from the following list giant
print, large print, jumbo braille

• 020 0816154783 (alkaline paper)
• _ _ She walks in beauty / c Sarah Shankman.
• 264 ? 1 Boston b G.K. Hall, c 1993.
• xxxix, 423 pages (large print) c 25 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 490 0 G.K. Hall large print book series

Or 340 n large print 2 rda
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Illustrative content
RDA Chapter 7 Describing Content
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RDA 7.15.1.3, D.1.2.6
7.15.1.3 Recording Illustrative Content If the
resource contains illustrative content, record
illustration or illustrations, as appropriate.
Tables containing only words and/or numbers are
not considered as illustrative content. Disregard
illustrated title pages, etc., and minor
illustrations. D.1.2.6 Precede other physical
details (i.e., other than extent or dimensions)
by a colon.

• 020 0393024601
• 245 _ _ Burning down the house b MOVE and
• the tragedy of Philadelphia / c John
• Anderson and Hilary Hevenor.
• 250 1st ed.
• 264 ? 1 New York b Norton, c c1987.
• xv, 409 pages b illustrations c 25 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 500 Includes index.

The illustrations are reproductions of
photographs.
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RDA 7.15.1.3 Alternative
Alternative Record the type of illustrative
content in place of or in addition to the term
illustration or illustrations if considered
important for identification or selection. Use
one or more appropriate terms from the following
list Charts, coats of arms genealogical tables
maps portraits, samples

• _ _ Why Wisconsin / c by Francis Favill
• Bowman.
• 264 ? 1 Madison, Wis. b F. F. Bowman,
• c 1948.
• 210, vi pages b 1 map c 24 cm
• 336 text 2 rdacontent
• 337 unmediated 2 rdamedia
• 338 volume 2 rdacarrier
• 504 Includes bibliographical references and
  index.