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===Description overview===
 
===Description overview===
One of the big differences between AACR2 and RDA is the notion of "key it as
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With the formulation of RDA, some rules governing descriptive fields were adjusted.  Among these were changes on how to handle statements of responsibility, parallel titles, publishing dates, imprint geographic naming conventions, and abbreviations. A new field was also created for publishing information.  Utilizing the options in Step 4 will allow you to enrich your bibliographic descriptive fields to RDA guidelines.
you see it." So when cataloging an item in RDA, you should not be abbreviating
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common terms as you would with AACR2.
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MARS 2.0 utilizes several lists of commonly abbreviated terms so they can be
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A large part of descriptive enrichment deals with abbreviations, since one of the big differences between AACR2 and RDA is the notion of “key it as you see it.”  When cataloging an item in RDA, you should not be abbreviating common terms as you would with AACR2.  To assist with this, MARS 2.0 utilizes several lists of commonly abbreviated terms so they can be expanded to their unabbreviated form.
expanded into their unabbreviated form.
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One caveat to consider with regards to expanding abbreviations is with
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However, there is one caveat to consider when expanding an abbreviation to its fuller formthe actual item in hand may have the term abbreviated. This is something that cannot be controlled in an automated process, so the options available in Step 4 mandate that either all of a certain term are expanded, or all are kept in their abbreviated form. There are several reports available that will list every abbreviation that has been expanded, so you can find any term that should still be abbreviated.
regards to headings under authority control. If an abbreviation is expanded in
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a controllable heading but the authority record still contains the abbreviated
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form, the heading in the bibliographic record would no longer match the
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heading in the authority record.
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It is because of this reason that Backstage has divided up abbreviations and updates
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between Description (Step 4) and Access (Step 5). It could be that you wish to treat
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your descriptive fields differently than your access points and so we have separated
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the two types of updates in the profile.
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Since an automated process cannot tell whether or not the term on the actual
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item was abbreviated, these options mandate that either all of a certain term
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are expanded or all are kept in their abbrevated form. Several reports are
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available that will list every abbreviation that has been expanded so you can
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review these to find any terms that should still be abbreviated.
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== Topics ==
 
== Topics ==

Revision as of 16:03, 26 March 2013

RDA 4.0: Description

Description overview

With the formulation of RDA, some rules governing descriptive fields were adjusted. Among these were changes on how to handle statements of responsibility, parallel titles, publishing dates, imprint geographic naming conventions, and abbreviations. A new field was also created for publishing information. Utilizing the options in Step 4 will allow you to enrich your bibliographic descriptive fields to RDA guidelines.

A large part of descriptive enrichment deals with abbreviations, since one of the big differences between AACR2 and RDA is the notion of “key it as you see it.” When cataloging an item in RDA, you should not be abbreviating common terms as you would with AACR2. To assist with this, MARS 2.0 utilizes several lists of commonly abbreviated terms so they can be expanded to their unabbreviated form.

However, there is one caveat to consider when expanding an abbreviation to its fuller form: the actual item in hand may have the term abbreviated. This is something that cannot be controlled in an automated process, so the options available in Step 4 mandate that either all of a certain term are expanded, or all are kept in their abbreviated form. There are several reports available that will list every abbreviation that has been expanded, so you can find any term that should still be abbreviated.

Topics

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