Module D:

Describing content of works and expressions

User task: select

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Chapter 7

Recording the attributes of works and expressions associated with the intellectual or artistic content of a resource

User task: when selecting a resource based on content

Sources of information: resource itself; for some elements, any source

Elements recorded in the bibliographic record but not in authorized access points

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LC: content attributes for works

Longitude and latitude (RDA 7.4.2)

Intended audience (RDA 7.7)For resources intended for childrenMARC 008/22 as applicable; MARC

521 field

Dissertation (RDA 7.9)

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Dissertation or thesis information (RDA 7.9)

Scope = “information relating to a work presented as part of the formal requirements for an academic degree” Academic degree, faculty/institution, date

MARC 502 field: new subfields LC practice: see LCPS

If some information lacking, use MARC 500 field

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LC: content attributes for expressions Four elements for cartographic resources Three elements for music resources Two elements for resources intended for

children Duration Supplementary content Language of the content Script

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LC: content attributes for cartographic expressions

Horizontal scale ... (RDA 7.25.3) Vertical scale ... (RDA 7.25.4) Additional scale information (RDA 7.25.3) Projection of cartographic content (RDA

7.26)

MARC 255 field: include “Scale” and “Vertical scale” if needed

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LC: content attributes for music expressions

Form of musical notation (RDA 7.13.3)

Format of notated music (RDA 7.20)

Medium of performance of musical content (RDA 7.21)

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Form of musical notation

Scope = “set of characters and/or symbols used to express the musical content of a resource”

Vocabulary list in RDA 7.13.3.3 If term needed isn’t there, give details in

a note and notify PSD of missing term

MARC 546 $b

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Format of notated music

Scope = “musical or physical layout of the content of a resource that is presented in the form of musical notation”

Source: any source within the resource

Vocabulary list in RDA 7.20.1.3 If term needed isn’t there, give details in a

note and notify PSD of missing term

MARC 500

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Medium of performance of musical content (RDA 7.21)

Scope = “the instrument, instruments, voice, voices, etc., used (or intended to be used) for performance of musical content”

Source: any source within the resource

MARC 500 field: use abbreviations for voices from appendix B (not new MARC 382 field; not subfield $m in access point)

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LC: content attributes for resources intended for children

Summarization of content (7.10)Only for fiction MARC 520 and 856 fieldsLCPS 7.10.1.3

Illustrative content (RDA 7.15)MARC 300 $bAdditional core element for LC (change

from LC policy for Test)

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Duration (RDA 7.22)

Scope = “playing time, running time, etc., of the content of a resource”Also, performance time for a resource

containing notated music or notated movement

MARC 300 $a: use abbreviations per RDA appendix B

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Supplementary content (RDA 7.16)

Scope = “content (e.g., an index, a bibliography, an appendix) designed to supplement the primary content of a resource”

LC: core for indexes and bibliographies in a monograph; see LCPS 7.16

MARC 504 field

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Language of the content (RDA 7.12)

Scope = “language used to express the content of a resource”Not programming languageNot subfield $l in authorized access point

LCPS about language names, etc.

MARC 008/35-37, 041 and 546 fields

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Script (RDA 7.13.2)

Scope = “set of characters and/or symbols used to express the written language content of a resource”

LC: for some languages; see LCPS

MARC 546 $b

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Review

Exercise #8 for identifying content of works and expressions

Questions on identifying content ...?