1. RDA for Music
Popular Music, Jazz, and World Music
Audio Recordings
Tracey Snyder, Cornell University
Kevin Kishimoto, University of Chicago
Music Library Association Workshop
2014 April 17

2. This is us

3. From Victoria Beckham blog
From RDA CAnadian Knowledge
Exchange (RDA CAKE)
Photo by D. Fritz

4. Today’s workshop
• Background on RDA, FRBR, Toolkit, etc.
• We demonstrate how to catalog an album,
element by element
• You try your hand at cataloging an album,
element by element; Q&A
• We examine a few issues in detail and show
some examples; Q&A
• We all look at selected elements for one
more album, time permitting

5. Today’s workshop
• Background on RDA, FRBR, Toolkit, etc.
• We demonstrate how to catalog an album,
element by element
• You try your hand at cataloging an album,
element by element; Q&A
• We examine a few issues in detail and show
some examples; Q&A
• We all look at selected elements for one
more album, time permitting

6. Out of scope
• Subject headings for music
• Form/Genre headings for music
• Medium of Performance headings for music
• LC classification of music materials
• Creating authority records

7. Why RDA?
• Developed as a successor to AACR2

8. What RDA is... and what it isn’t
RDA is a content standard
• what information to record
• ... not where to record
• ... not how to display
RDA instructions
• record individual data elements
• not create bibliographic / authority records

9. AACR2

10. Why RDA?
• Developed as a successor to AACR2
• Better compatible with linked-data
technologies
• Could be used by communities outside of
libraries

11. AACR2
Chapter 1 - General rules
Chapter 2 - Books, pamphlets, & printed sheets
Chapter 3 - Cartographic materials
Chapter 4 - Manuscripts
Chapter 5 - Music [i.e. scores]
Chapter 6 - Sound recordings
Chapter 7 - Motion pictures and
videorecordings ...and so on...

12. RDA
• Not organized by format; all instructions
together in single sequence
• Use whichever data elements apply to the
format being cataloged

13. Why RDA?
• Developed as a successor to AACR2
• Better compatible with linked-data
technologies
• Could be used by communities outside of
libraries
• More format agnostic
• Based on FRBR

14. FRBR (1998)
Functional Requirement for Bibliographic Records
● Conceptual model of the “bibliographic universe”
● Three Groups of entities
○ Group 1: Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
(WEMI)
○ Group 2: Person, Family, Corporate body
○ Group 3: Concept, Object, Event, Place
● Relationships between entities
○ Primary relationships: Group 1 with Group 1
○ Responsibility relationships: Group 1 with Group 2
○ Subject relationships: Works with Groups 3, 2, 1

15. FRBR Group 1 Entities

16. FRBR Group 1 Entities
...song...
Work = Song
Creator of Work
(but abstractly)

17. FRBR Group 1 Entities
Expression = Performance of song (Work)
• each performance is a distinct expression
• recording a performance “captures” the
specific Expression

18. FRBR Group 1 Entities
Manifestation = Physical or digital
embodiment of the Expression
(publication of song’s recording)

19. FRBR Group 1 Entities
Item = individual physical or digital
instance of the manifestation

20. FRBR Group 1 Entities
BUT, ALSO...
Album = Work (“Aggregate Work”)
In RDA, albums are Manifestations
containing an Aggregate Work, a
Work which in itself is a
compilation of individual Works
(the songs).

21. FRBR Group 1 Entities
WORK:
Born to run (song)
creator: Bruce Springsteen
EXPRESSION:
Born to run (song)
performer: Bruce Springsteen
EXPRESSION:
Born to run (song)
performer: Frankie Goes to Hollywood
AGGREGATE WORK:
Born to run (album)
EXPRESSION:
Born to run (album)
Manifestation:
45 single
Manifestation:
MP3 song
Manifestation:
CD album
Manifestation:
LP album
Manifestation:
MP3 album
Contained in

22. FRBR question
The 1975 Columbia LP release of Bruce
Springsteen’s album Born to run corresponds
to which type of WEMI entity?
a) Work
b) Expression
c) Manifestation
d) Item

23. FRBR question
Bruce Springsteen’s song “Blinded by the light”
has been covered by Manfred Mann’s Earth
Band. The Manfred Mann recording of this
song would be considered a new:
a) Work
b) Expression
c) Manifestation
d) Item

24. RDA Toolkit : Organization
Organized into three general areas
• Attributes area -- Sections 1-4
• Relationships area -- Sections 5-10
• Appendices & Glossary

25. RDA Toolkit : Organization

26. RDA Toolkit : Organization

27. RDA Toolkit : Organization

28. RDA Toolkit : Terminology
• Core - required element
• Core if - required element if certain conditions
are met (or not met)
• Alternative - alternative guideline applied by
choice of cataloging agency / cataloger
• Optional addition / Optional omission -
option to provide more / less information
• Exception - under certain conditions, do NOT
apply the immediately preceding guideline

29. RDA Toolkit : Terminology
RDA guidelines will instruct to either “record” or
“transcribe” data
• Record - encode data according to
guidelines, but not necessarily how it
appears on resource
• Transcribe - take what appears on the
resource’s prescribed source of information
(apply general guidelines on capitalization,
punctuation, symbols, etc.)

30. RDA Toolkit : other tabs
Tools tab
RDA to MARC mappings
MARC to RDA mappings
Resources tab
LC-PCC PS
AACR2
MLA Best Practices for Music Cataloging *April 22*

31. RDA : outside resources
Best Practices for Music Cataloging using RDA
and MARC21 (Music Library Association)
(PDF in Toolkit April 22; integrated into Toolkit
later in 2014; available at MLA BCC website:
http://bcc.musiclibraryassoc.org/bcc.html)
PCC RDA BIBCO Standard Record (BSR)
Metadata Application Profile
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/scs/documents/PC
C-RDA-BSR.pdf

32. elvis costello
when i was cruel
314 586 775-2
℗© 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group,
825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019.
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution
Corp.
Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
On back of container:
UPC 7 31458 67752 9
produced by the imposter:
elvis costello/ciaran cahill/leo pearson/kieran
lynch
THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP
A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY

33. 2.3.2 Title Proper
When I was cruel
In MARC:
245 10 When I was
cruel
• Transcribe
• Core
• Take from label;
take from container
if no title on label,
or if no collective
title on label
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title

34. 2.4.2 Statement of Responsibility
Relating to Title Proper
• Transcribe
• Core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
Elvis Costello
In MARC:
245 10 When I was
cruel / $c Elvis
Costello.

35. elvis costello
when i was cruel
314 586 775-2
℗© 2002 The Island Def Jam Music Group,
825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019.
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution
Corp.
Elvis Costello, When I Was Cruel
On back of container:
UPC 7 31458 67752 9
produced by the imposter:
elvis costello/ciaran cahill/leo pearson/kieran
lynch
THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP
A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY

36. 2.8.4 Publisher’s Name
Island
In MARC:
264 _1 New York,
New York : $b Island
• Transcribe
• 1st publisher: core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
supplying from
source outside
resource

37. • Transcribe
• 1st place: core
• Prefer same source
as pub’s name
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
supplying from
source outside
resource
2.8.2 Place of Publication
New York, New York
In MARC:
264 _1 New York,
New York : $b Island

38. 2.8.6 Date of Publication
• Record
• Core!
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
inferring/supplying
from source outside
resource
[2002]
In MARC:
264 _1 New York,
New York : $b Island,
$c [2002]

39. 2.9.4 Distributor’s Name
Distributed by
Universal Music &
Video Distribution
Corp.
In MARC:
264 _2 Distributed by
Universal Music &
Video Distribution
Corp.
• Transcribe
• Core if the
publisher’s name is
not identified
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK

40. 2.11 Copyright Date
• Record
• Core if neither date
of publication nor
date of distribution
is identified
• Any source
• Routinely record
latest phonogram
copyright date for
audio recordings
℗2002
©2002 [if desired]
In MARC:
264 _4 $c ℗2002,
$c ©2002 [no period]

41. 2.13 Mode of Issuance
• Record
• LC-PCC core
single unit
In MARC:
Leader/07 = m

42. 731458677529
314 586 775-2
In MARC:
024 1_ 731458677529
028 02 314 586 775-2
$b Island
2.15 Identifier for the Manifestation
• Record
• Core
• Any source
• Includes: issue
number, matrix
number, UPC,
EAN, etc.

43. 2.20.2 Note on Title
• Record
• LC-PCC core
• Routinely record
title source for
audio recordings,
whether it is the
label, the container,
etc.
Title from disc label.
In MARC:
500 Title from disc
label.

44. The complete picture
007 s $b d $d f $e s $g g $h n $i n $k m $m e $n d
300 1 audio disc ; $c 4 3/4 in.
336 performed music $2 rdacontent
337 audio $2 rdamedia
338 audio disc $2 rdacarrier
344 digital $g stereo $2 rda
347 audio file $b CD audio $2 rda
3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.16, 3.19, 6.9

45. • Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Could be useful for
subgenres that
don’t have
authorized
genre/form terms or
subject headings
7.2 Nature of Content
Rock music.
In MARC:
500 Rock music.

46. Windmill Lane
Recording, Dublin
Avatar Studios Inc.,
New York City
In MARC:
[see next slides]
7.11.2 Place of Capture
• Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable

47. 2001 September 24
[New York session]
In MARC:
[see next slide]
• Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable
7.11.3 Date of Capture

48. 7.11.2 & 7.11.3: Place & Date of Capture
In MARC:
518 $o Recorded $p Windmill Lane Recording,
Dublin.
518 $o Recorded $d 2001 September 24 $p
Avatar Studios Inc., New York City.
033 _0 $b 5784 $c D8
033 00 $a 20010924 $b 3804 $c N4

49. 7.12 Language of the Content
• Record
• LC-PCC Core
• Any source
English
In MARC:
008/35-37 eng
[041 $d if needed]
[546 $a if important for
identification or
selection]

50. 1:02:53
In MARC:
300 1 audio disc
(1:02:53)
306 010253
[Also OK to record
playing time of each
song in 505]
7.22 Duration
• Record
• PCC core (BSR) for
audio recordings
when readily
available
• Any source
• Use either style
found in the
examples in 7.22

51. 7.23 Performer, Narrator, and/or
Presenter
• Record
• PCC core (BSR) for
audio recordings
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable
Elvis Costello ; with
additional musicians.
In MARC:
511 0_ Elvis Costello ;
with additional
musicians.

52. 7.24 Artistic and/or Technical Credit
• Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Includes recording
engineers,
producers, etc.
Produced by The
Imposter (Elvis Costello,
Ciaran Cahill, Leo
Pearson, and Kieran
Lynch).
In MARC:
508 Produced by The
Imposter (Elvis Costello,
Ciaran Cahill, Leo
Pearson, and Kieran
Lynch).

53. Costello, Elvis
[All words and music
by Elvis Costello]
In MARC:
100 1_ Costello, Elvis.
[7XXs if there were
additional creators]
19.2 Creator [of work]
• Authorized access
point (18.4)
• Core (principal)
• For music, creator
is composer, not
recording artist
• Forget all about
principal performer
• Hot topic for
popular music etc.!

54. 18.5 Relationship Designator
• Record
• Not core
• Controlled
vocabulary (App. I)
• PCC Guidelines for
the Application of
Relationship
Designators in
Bibliographic
Records
composer, lyricist,
performer, arranger of
music [WEMI order]
In MARC:
100 1_ Costello, Elvis,
$e composer, $e
lyricist, $e performer,
$e arranger of music.

55. 20.2 Contributor [to expression]
• Authorized access
point (18.4)
• Not core
• For music,
contributors include
performers who are
not also the
composers or
lyricists; also,
arrangers of music,
etc.
[could include AAPs
for the other
musicians and/or
producers (The
Imposter and its
members)]
[In MARC: 7XX]

56. 18.5 Relationship Designator
• Record
• Not core
• Controlled
vocabulary (App. I)
• PCC Guidelines for
the Application of
Relationship
Designators in
Bibliographic
Records
[if including AAP for
contributor]
[In MARC: 7XX $e]

57. 25.1 Related Work
For audio recordings
of musical genres
outside of Western art
music, provide a
contents note in 505
(structured
description)
In MARC:
505 0_ 45 -- Spooky
girlfriend -- Tear off your
own head (It’s a doll
revolution) -- When I was
cruel no. 2 -- Soul for hire
-- 15 petals -- Tart -- Dust
2... -- Dissolve -- Alibi --
...Dust -- Daddy can I turn
this? -- My little blue
window -- Episode of
blonde -- Radio silence.

58. Ch. 27? [insert, booklet]
For audio recordings
with an insert or
booklet, provide a
descriptive note in 500
(unstructured
description)
In MARC:
500 Lyrics and credits
(16 unnumbered
pages) inserted in
container.

59. 007 s $b d $d f $e s $g g $k m $m e $n d
024 1_ 731458677529
028 02 314 586 775-2 $b Island
033 _0 $b 5784 $c D8
033 00 $a 20010924 $b 3804 $c N4
100 1_ Costello, Elvis, $e composer, $e lyricist,
$e performer, $e arranger of music.
245 10 When I was cruel / $c Elvis Costello.
Complete MARC record

60. 264 _1 New York, New York : $b Island, $c
[2002]
264 _4 $c ℗2002, $c ©2002
300 1 audio disc (1:02:53) ; $c 4 3/4 in.
306 010253
336 performed music $2 rdacontent
337 audio $2 rdamedia
338 audio disc $2 rdacarrier
344 digital $g stereo $2 rda
347 audio file $b CD audio $2 rda
Complete MARC record

61. Complete MARC record
500 Title from disc label.
500 Rock music.
511 0_ Elvis Costello ; with additional musicians.
508 Produced by The Imposter (Elvis Costello,
Ciaran Cahill, Leo Pearson, and Kieran Lynch).
518 $o Recorded $p Windmill Lane Recording,
Dublin.
518 $o Recorded $d 2001 September 24 $p
Avatar Studios Inc., New York City.
500 Lyrics and credits (16 unnumbered pages)
inserted in container.

62. Complete MARC record
505 0_ 45 -- Spooky girlfriend -- Tear off your
own head (It’s a doll revolution) -- When I
was cruel no. 2 -- Soul for hire -- 15 petals --
Tart -- Dust 2... -- Dissolve -- Alibi -- ...Dust --
Daddy can I turn this? -- My little blue window
-- Episode of blonde -- Radio silence.

63. HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions
Inc. under exclusive license to Columbia
Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
Haim, Days Are Gone
On back of container:
UPC 8 8883 77097 2 9
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions Inc. under
exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of
Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by Columbia
Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment /
550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022-3211

64. • Transcribe
• Core
• Take from label;
take from container
if no title on label,
or if no collective
title on label
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title
HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions
Inc. under exclusive license to Columbia
Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
2.3.2 Title Proper

65. • Transcribe
• Core
• Take from label;
take from container
if no title on label,
or if no collective
title on label
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title
Days are gone
In MARC:
245 10 Days are gone
2.3.2 Title Proper

66. 2.20.2 Note on Title
• Record
• LC-PCC core
• Routinely record
title source for
audio recordings,
whether it is the
label, the container,
etc.
Title from disc label.
In MARC:
500 Title from disc
label.

67. • Transcribe
• Core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions
Inc. under exclusive license to Columbia
Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
2.4.2 Statement of Responsibility
Relating to Title Proper

68. 2.4.2 Statement of Responsibility
Relating to Title Proper
• Transcribe
• Core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
Haim
In MARC:
245 10 Days are gone
/ $c Haim.

69. HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions
Inc. under exclusive license to Columbia
Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
• Transcribe
• 1st publisher: core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
supplying from
source outside
resource
2.8.4 Publisher’s Name
On back of container:
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions Inc. under exclusive license to
Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by
Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment / 550 Madison
Avenue, New York, NY 10022-3211

70. 2.8.4 Publisher’s Name
Columbia
In MARC:
264 _1 New York, NY
: $b Columbia
• Transcribe
• 1st publisher: core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
supplying from
source outside
resource

71. HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim
Productions Inc. under exclusive
license to Columbia Records, a
Division of Sony Music Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
• Transcribe
• 1st place: core
• Prefer same source
as pub’s name
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
supplying from
source outside
resource
2.8.2 Place of Publication
On back of container:
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions Inc. under exclusive
license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
/ Distributed by Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment / 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022-3211

72. • Transcribe
• 1st place: core
• Prefer same source
as pub’s name
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
supplying from
source outside
resource
2.8.2 Place of Publication
New York, NY
In MARC:
264 _1 New York, NY
: $b Columbia

73. HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim
Productions Inc. under exclusive
license to Columbia Records, a
Division of Sony Music Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
• Record
• Core!
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
inferring/supplying
from source outside
resource
2.8.6 Date of Publication
On back of container:
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions Inc. under exclusive
license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment / Distributed by Columbia Records, a Division of Sony
Music Entertainment / 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
10022-3211

74. 2.8.6 Date of Publication
• Record
• Core!
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
• Use brackets if
inferring/supplying
from source outside
resource
[2013]
In MARC:
264 _1 New York, NY
: $b Columbia, $c
[2013]

75. HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim
Productions Inc. under exclusive
license to Columbia Records, a
Division of Sony Music Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
• Record
• Core if neither date
of publication nor
date of distribution
is identified
• Any source
• Routinely record
latest phonogram
copyright date for
audio recordings
2.11 Copyright Date
On back of container:
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions Inc. under exclusive
license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment / Distributed by Columbia Records, a Division of
Sony Music Entertainment / 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
10022-3211

76. 2.11 Copyright Date
• Record
• Core if neither date
of publication nor
date of distribution
is identified
• Any source
• Routinely record
latest phonogram
copyright date for
audio recordings
℗2013
[not ℗2012, 2013]
©2013 [if important]
In MARC:
264 _4 $c ℗2013,
$c ©2013 [no period]

77. On back of container:
UPC 8 8883 77097 2 9
HAIM
DAYS
ARE
GONE
© 2013 & ℗ 2012, 2013 Haim Productions
Inc. under exclusive license to Columbia
Records, a Division of Sony Music
Entertainment
88883770972
[NOTE The container spine gives the
number with spaces: 88883 77097 2]
• Record
• Core
• Any source
• Includes: issue
number, matrix
number, UPC,
EAN, etc.
2.15 Identifier for the Manifestation

78. 2.15 Identifier for the Manifestation
• Record
• Core
• Any source
• Includes: issue
number, matrix
number, UPC,
EAN, etc.
888837709729
88883 77097 2
In MARC:
024 1_ 888837709729
028 02 88883 77097 2
$b Columbia

79. Same as the Elvis CD
007 s $b d $d f $e s $g g $h n $i n $k m $m e $n d
300 1 audio disc ; $c 4 3/4 in.
336 performed music $2 rdacontent
337 audio $2 rdamedia
338 audio disc $2 rdacarrier
344 digital $g stereo $2 rda
347 audio file $b CD audio $2 rda
3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.16, 3.19, 6.9

80. • Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Could be useful for
subgenres that
don’t have
authorized
genre/form terms or
subject headings
7.2 Nature of Content
Pop-rock music.
In MARC:
500 Pop-rock music.

81. 7.11.2 Place of Capture
7.11.3 Date of Capture
• Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable
Place of Capture:
[Not feasible]
Date of Capture:
[Not readily ascertainable]

82. 7.12 Language of the Content
• Record
• LC-PCC Core
• Any source
English
In MARC:
008/35-37 eng
[041 $d if needed]
[546 $a if important for
identification or
selection]

83. 7.22 Duration
• Record
• PCC core (BSR) for
audio recordings
when readily
available
• Any source
• Use either style
found in the
examples in 7.22
44:12
In MARC:
300 1 audio disc
(44:12)
306 004412
[Also OK to record
playing time of each
song in 505]

84. 7.23 Performer, Narrator, and/or
Presenter
• Record
• PCC core (BSR) for
audio recordings
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable
Haim (Este Haim ;
Danielle Haim ; Alana
Haim) ; with additional
musicians.
In MARC:
511 0_ Haim (Este
Haim ; Danielle Haim ;
Alana Haim) ; with
additional musicians.

85. 7.24 Artistic and/or Technical Credit
[Not feasible]• Record
• Not core
• Any source
• Includes recording
engineers,
producers, etc.

86. Haim (Musical group)
[All songs written by
all three
sisters/members, with
additional writers on
some songs]
In MARC:
110 2_ Haim (Musical
group)
19.2 Creator [of work]
• Authorized access
point (18.4)
• Core (principal)
• For music, creator
is composer, not
recording artist
• Forget all about
principal performer
• Hot topic for
popular music etc.!

87. 18.5 Relationship Designator
• Record
• Not core
• Controlled
vocabulary (App. I)
• PCC Guidelines for
the Application of
Relationship
Designators in
Bibliographic
Records
composer, lyricist,
performer
[WEMI order]
In MARC:
110 2_ Haim (Musical
group), $e composer,
$e lyricist, $e
performer.

88. [could include AAPs
for the other
musicians and/or
producers]
[In MARC: 7XX]
20.2 Contributor [to expression]
• Authorized access
point (18.4)
• Not core
• For music,
contributors include
performers who are
not also the
composers or
lyricists; also,
arrangers of music,
etc.

89. 25.1 Related Work
For audio recordings
of musical genres
outside of Western art
music, provide a
contents note in 505
(structured
description)
In MARC:
505 0_ Falling --
Forever -- The wire --
If I could change your
mind -- Honey & I --
Don't save me -- Days
are gone -- My song 5
-- Go slow -- Let me
go -- Running if you
call my name.

90. Ch. 27? [insert, booklet]
For audio recordings
with an insert or
booklet, provide a
descriptive note in 500
In MARC:
500 Insert with song
lyrics and credits in
container.

91. 007 s $b d $d f $e s $g g $k m $m e $n d
024 1_ 888837709729
028 02 88883 77097 2 $b Columbia
110 2_ Haim (Musical group), $e composer, $e
lyricist, $e performer.
245 10 Days are gone / $c Haim.
264 _1 New York, NY : $b Columbia, $c [2013]
264 _4 $c ℗2013
Complete MARC record

92. Complete MARC record
300 1 audio disc (44:12) ; $c 4 3/4 in.
306 004412
336 performed music $2 rdacontent
337 audio $2 rdamedia
338 audio disc $2 rdacarrier
344 digital $g stereo $2 rda
347 audio file $b CD audio $2 rda

93. Complete MARC record
500 Pop-rock music.
511 0_ Haim (Este Haim ; Danielle Haim ;
Alana Haim) ; with additional musicians.
500 Title from disc label.
500 Insert with lyrics and credits in container.
505 0_ Falling -- Forever -- The wire -- If I could
change your mind -- Honey & I -- Don't save
me -- Days are gone -- My song 5 -- Go slow
-- Let me go -- Running if you call my name.

94. Q&A

95. • Creators and Performers
• Relationship Designators and
WEMI
• Vintage vinyl
• Tricky titles
• Publisher problems
• Reissues issues
We have issues!
but transcription ain’t one

96. • The performer may or may not be
the creator
• Creator = songwriter/composer, so
look at writing credits
• Remember that songs are works,
and albums are aggregate works
• So, for many albums, there is not a
creator common to all songs...
Creators and Performers

97. Elvis the chameleon
100 1_ Costello, Elvis.
245 10 When I was cruel / $c Elvis Costello.
[All songs written by Elvis Costello]
245 00 Almost blue / $c Elvis Costello & the
Attractions.
700 1_ Costello, Elvis.
710 2_ Attractions (Musical group)
[Cover versions of country songs by various
songwriters]
AAP

98. 100 1_ Costello, Elvis.
245 10 When I was cruel / $c Elvis Costello.
[All songs written by Elvis Costello]
130 0_ Almost blue (Elvis Costello & the Attractions)
245 10 Almost blue / $c Elvis Costello & the
Attractions.
700 1_ Costello, Elvis.
710 2_ Attractions (Musical group)
[Cover versions of country songs by various
songwriters]
Elvis the chameleon
AAP
AAP

99. Stars we lost too soon
100 1_ Winehouse, Amy, $d 1983-2011.
245 10 Back to black / $c Amy Winehouse.
[All songs written by Amy Winehouse, with
additional writers on some songs]
130 0_ Bad (Michael Jackson)
245 10 Bad / $c Michael Jackson.
700 1_ Jackson, Michael, $d 1958-2009.
[All but two songs written by Michael Jackson]
AAP
AAP

100. The ‘80s pop-rock sound is back
110 2_ Haim (Musical group)
245 10 Days are gone / $c Haim.
[All songs written by all three sisters/members,
with additional writers on some songs]
110 2_ Duran Duran (Musical group)
245 10 Seven and the ragged tiger / $c Duran
Duran.
[All songs written by Duran Duran]
AAPAAP

101. Working out the kinks
100 1_ Davies, Ray, $d 1944-
245 14 The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation
Society.
710 2_ Kinks (Musical group)
[All songs written by Ray Davies]
130 0_ Something else (Kinks (Musical group))
245 10 Something else / $c by the Kinks.
700 1_ Davies, Ray, $d 1944-
700 1_ Davies, Dave, $d 1947-
710 2_ Kinks (Musical group)
[All songs written by Ray Davies or Dave Davies]
AAP
AAP

102. Beatles vs. Stones Pt. 1
100 1_ Lennon, John, $d 1940-1980.
245 12 A hard day’s night / $c the Beatles.
700 1_ McCartney, Paul.
710 2_ Beatles.
[All songs written by Lennon and McCartney]
100 1_ Jagger, Mick.
245 10 Between the buttons / $c the Rolling Stones.
700 1_ Richards, Keith, $d 1943-
710 2_ Rolling Stones.
[All songs written by Jagger and Richards]
AAPAAP

103. Beatles vs. Stones Pt. 2
130 0_ Rubber soul (Beatles)
245 10 Rubber soul / $c the Beatles.
700 1_ Lennon, John, $d 1940-1980.
700 1_ McCartney, Paul.
700 1_ Harrison, George, $d 1943-2001.
710 2_ Beatles.
[All but two songs written by Lennon and McCartney]
130 0_ Beggars banquet (Rolling Stones)
245 10 Beggars banquet / $c the Rolling Stones.
710 2_ Rolling Stones.
[All but one song written by Jagger and Richards]
AAP
AAP

104. What about traditional music?
130 0_ Heartland Dulcimer Club
(Heartland Dulcimer Club)
245 10 Heartland Dulcimer Club : $b
Elizabethtown, KY.
710 2_ Heartland Dulcimer Club.
[Traditional songs played by
dulcimer ensemble]
AAP

105. What about jazz?
100 1_ Coltrane, John, $d 1926-1967.
245 10 Giant steps / $c John Coltrane.
[All compositions by John Coltrane]
130 0_ My favorite things (John Coltrane)
245 10 My favorite things / $c John Coltrane.
700 1_ Coltrane, John, $d 1926-1967.
[Jazz performances of standards by Rodgers &
Hammerstein and others]
AAP
AAP

106. What about free jazz and improv?
110 2_ Iskra 1903 (Musical group)
245 10 Chapter one, 1970-1972 / $c Iskra 1903.
[Free improvisation; music created collectively by all group
members]
130 0_ Challenge (Spontaneous Music Ensemble)
245 10 Challenge / $c Spontaneous Music Ensemble.
710 2_ Spontaneous Music Ensemble.
[Free jazz; individual selections credited to individual group
members]
AAP
AAP

107. What about jazz guys playing rock?
130 0_ Historicity (Vijay Iyer Trio)
245 10 Historicity / $c Vijay Iyer Trio.
700 1_ Iyer, Vijay.
710 2_ Vijay Iyer Trio.
[Mix of originals by Iyer and Iyer’s jazz arrangements of
rock songs]
245 00 These are the vistas / $c the Bad Plus.
710 2_ Bad Plus (Musical group)
[Mix of originals by individual group members and jazz-rock
arrangements of rock songs]
AAP
AAP

108. What about jazz guys playing Stravinsky?
100 1_ Stravinsky, Igor, $d 1882-1971.
240 10 Vesna svi︠a︡shchennai︠a︡; $o
arranged
245 14 The rite of spring / $c the Bad Plus.
710 2_ Bad Plus (Musical group)
[Jazz arrangement of Stravinsky’s work]
AAP

109. Crossing the “magic line”
100 1_ Marshall, Wayne, $d 1961-
245 10 Organ improvisations / $c Wayne
Marshall.
[Highly transformative improvisations based on
standards by Gershwin and others]
See 6.28.1.5.1 (d) in RDA and in
Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using
RDA and MARC21.
AAP

110. Poetry by
Emily Dickinson.
100 1_ Foster, Josephine, $d 1974- $e composer, $e performer.
245 10 Graphic as a star / $c Josephine Foster.
700 1_ Dickinson, Emily, $d 1830-1886, $e author.
Relationship Designators and WEMI
Music written and
performed by
Josephine Foster.

111. Vintage vinyl
007 s $b d $d b $e m $f m $g e $h n $i n $k p $n e
300 1 audio disc ; $c 12 in.
336 performed music $2 rdacontent
337 audio $2 rdamedia
338 audio disc $2 rdacarrier
340 $a vinyl $2 rda
344 $a analog $c 33 1/3 rpm $g mono $2 rda

112. Tricky titles
• Where to look for title
information
• What to do with it after you
find it
• Always leave a note

113. 245 10 Rabbit habits / $c Man Man.
500 __ Title from container spine.
ANTIMANMANRABBITHABITS86942-2

114. 245 10 Complete / $c the Smiths.
246 3_ Smiths complete
500 __ Title from container.
[Box set; outer box has collective title.]
Most reviews and discographical sites refer to
this box set as “Complete,” rather than “The
Smiths complete.”

115. 245 10 [Four symbols] / $c Led Zeppelin.
246 1_ $i Also known as: $a Zoso
246 1_ $i Also known as: $a Led Zeppelin IV
246 1_ $i Also known as: $a Untitled
Other possible variants: Fourth album, Runes, Hermit
Nothing printed anywhere on album jacket

116. 245 10 Beggars banquet / $c the Rolling Stones.
500 __ Title from disc label.
[Statement of responsibility from container;
no brackets or note needed.]

117. 245 10 Those shocking, shaking days.
246 1_ $i Subtitle on container: $a Indonesian hard,
psychedelic, progressive rock and funk, 1970-1978
500 __ Title from disc label.
[Subtitle from back of container.]

118. Publisher problems
• When there are multiple record
labels
• When there are multiple issue
numbers
• When there are multiple ...
somethings … and you’re not
sure what they are

119. On disc label and container spine:
B0019254-02
028 02 B0019254-02 $b Lava/Republic Records
264 _1 New York, NY : $b Lava : $b Republic
Records, $c [2013]

120. 028 02 826663-13311 $b Shout Factory $q (set)
028 02 826663-13312 $b Shout Factory $q (disc 1)
028 02 826663-13313 $b Shout Factory $q (disc 2)
On container:
826663-13311 Shout Factory
On disc one:
826663-13312 Shout Factory
On disc two:
826663-13313 Shout Factory

121. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE
℗&© 2013 RCA Records, a
division of Sony Music
Entertainment. Marketed and
distributed by Sony Music
Entertainment, 550 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York
10022-3211.
On container spine (logos):
● Just-In Time Entertainment, Inc.
● Wright Entertainment Group
● RCA
On back of container (logos):
● Wright Entertainment Group
● Just-In Time Entertainment, Inc.
● RCA
264 _1 New York, New York
: $b RCA, $c [2013]
264 _4 $c ℗2013, $c ©2013

122. Reissues issues
• Current publication information
• Original publication information
• Linking the two together
• More uses for the Internet

123. obi strip
Obi-Wan

124. New York Dolls in Too Much Too Soon
024 3_ 3700477820336
028 02 0600753414750 $b Culture Factory
028 02 782 033 $b Culture Factory
028 00 9100 002 $b Mercury
028 00 SRM-1-1001 $b Mercury
130 0_ Too much too soon (New York Dolls (Musical group))
245 10 Too much too soon / $c New York Dolls.
250 __ Strictly limited collector’s edition.
264 _1 France : $b Culture Factory, $c [2013]
264 _4 $c ℗2013, $c ©2013
490 0_ Legends of rock
500 __ Publication information from obi strip.
500 __ Originally released in 1974 (Mercury 9100 002 and SRM-1-1001).
710 2_ New York Dolls (Musical group), $e performer.
776 08 $i Reproduction of (manifestation): $a New York Dolls (Musical group).
$t Too much too soon. $d Chicago : Mercury, ℗1974 $w (OCoLC) 9926899
[Could also include a 776 for the 1974 French release of which this CD is a
replica, but there is no bibliographic record for it in OCLC]

125. Q&A

126. CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE
Réf. SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
On back of container:
EAN 3 700089 412240
SA 141224
Durée: 62’58”
MADE IN FRANCE
Interprété par / Performed by Chuantong Orchestra
Traditionnel
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music ℗ 2011 Sunset-France

127. CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE
Réf. SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
19.2 Creator [of work] ???
On back of container:
EAN 3 700089 412240
SA 141224
Durée: 62’58”
MADE IN FRANCE
Interprété par / Performed by Chuantong Orchestra
Traditionnel
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music ℗ 2011 Sunset-France

128. [no creator of work]
245 00 [title proper]
for PCC-level records:
130 0_ [Authorized
Access Point for
Aggregate Work:
title proper +
qualifier]
19.2 Creator [of work]
• Authorized access
point (18.4)
• Core (principal)
• For music, creator
is composer, not
recording artist
• Forget all about
principal performer
• Hot topic for
popular music etc.!

129. CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE
Réf. SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
• Transcribe
• Core
• Take from label;
take from container
if no title on label,
or if no collective
title on label
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title
2.3.2 Title Proper

130. • Transcribe
• Core
• Take from label;
take from container
if no title on label,
or if no collective
title on label
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title
Chine
In MARC:
245 00 Chine
2.3.2 Title Proper

131. 2.20.2 Note on Title
Title from disc label.
In MARC:
500 Title from disc
label.
• Record
• LC-PCC core
• Routinely record
title source for
audio recordings,
whether it is the
label, the container,
etc.

132. • Transcribe
• PCC Core
• Take from
anywhere on
resource
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title
CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE Ref
SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
2.3.3 Parallel Title Proper

133. • Transcribe
• PCC Core
• Take from
anywhere on
resource
• Appendix A.4:
Capitalize the first
word in a title
China
In MARC:
245 00 Chine = $b
China
2.3.3 Parallel Title Proper

134. • Transcribe
• PCC Core (BSR)
• Take from same
source as title
proper
• Appendix A.4 for
capitalization
CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE
Ref SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
2.3.4 Other Title Information

135. • Transcribe
• PCC Core (BSR)
• Take from same
source as title
proper
• Appendix A.4 for
capitalization
classical & folk music
In MARC:
245 00 Chine = $b
China : classical & folk
music
2.3.4 Other Title Information

136. • Transcribe
• Core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK
CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE
Ref SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
2.4.2 Statement of Responsibility
Relating to Title Proper

137. Chuantong Orchestra
In MARC:
245 00 Chine = $b
China : classical & folk
music / $c Chuantong
Orchestra.
2.4.2 Statement of Responsibility
Relating to Title Proper
• Transcribe
• Core
• Prefer same source
as title proper
• Another source in
resource OK

138. On back of container:
EAN 3 700089 412240
SA 141224
Durée: 62’58”
MADE IN FRANCE
Interprété par / Performed by Chuantong Orchestra
Traditionnel
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music ℗ 2011 Sunset-France
CHINE
CLASSICAL & FOLK MUSIC
MADE IN FRANCE
Réf. SA141224
Chuantong Orchestra
© et ℗ 2011 Providance Music
℗ 2011 Sunset-France
• Record
• PCC core (BSR) for
audio recordings
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable
7.23 Performer, Narrator, and/or
Presenter

139. 7.23 Performer, Narrator, and/or
Presenter
• Record
• PCC core (BSR) for
audio recordings
• Any source
• Routinely record if
readily
ascertainable
Chuantong Orchestra
In MARC:
511 0_ Chuantong
Orchestra.

140. 20.2 Contributor [to expression]
• Authorized access
point (18.4)
• Not core
• For music,
contributors include
performers who are
not also the
composers or
lyricists; also,
arrangers of music,
etc.
Chuantong Orchestra
In MARC:
710 2_ Chuantong
Orchestra.

141. performer
In MARC:
710 2_ Chuantong
Orchestra, $e
performer.
18.5 Relationship Designator
• Record
• Not core
• Controlled
vocabulary (App. I)
• PCC Guidelines for
the Application of
Relationship
Designators in
Bibliographic
Records

142. Complete MARC record
007 s $b d $d f $e s $g g $k m $m e $n d
024 3_ 3700089412240
028 02 SA 141224 $b Air Mail Music
245 00 Chine = $b China : classical & folk
music / $c Chuantong Orchestra.
264 _1 France : $b Air Mail Music, $c [2011]
264 _4 $c ℗2011
300 1 audio disc (62 min., 58 sec.) ; $c 4 3/4 in.
306 010258

143. Complete MARC record
336 performed music $2 rdacontent
337 audio $2 rdamedia
338 audio disc $2 rdacarrier
344 digital $g stereo $2 rda
347 audio file $b CD audio $2 rda
500 Title from disc label.
500 Traditional Chinese vocal and instrumental
music.
546 Sung in Chinese.
511 0_ Chuantong Orchestra.

144. Complete MARC record
505 0_ Xiao ching ching -- Nan ping wan zhong
-- Hong hu chui -- Tan shan -- Ching ren de
yen lei -- Si geng -- Lu bing hua -- Zheng yi
rou ching yong zai -- Feng huang yu fei -- Ku
ching hua -- Yueng yang jin -- Ni er chun --
Na ge bu duo qing -- Xiao shi hou.
710 2_ Chuantong Orchestra, $e performer.

145. Resources for RDA music cataloging
Bibliographic Control Committee (MLA)
http://bcc.musiclibraryassoc.org/bcc.html
• MLA RDA workshops and sessions
• Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using RDA and
MARC21
Hit the Ground Running! RDA Training for Music
Catalogers (MLA 2013 preconference workshop)
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/MLARDA2013
• Spreadsheets, sample records, exercises, handouts

146. • RDA for Music:
Scores
(July 31, 2014)
• RDA for Music:
Classical Audio
Recordings
(October 2, 2014)
More MLA webinars in 2014

147. Thanks for attending!
Tracey Snyder
tls224@cornell.edu
Kevin Kishimoto
kishimoto@uchicago.edu