Identifying Series: Attributes of a Work and Attributes of an Expression: RDA Chapters 5 and 6

1. Identifying Series: Attributes of a Workand Attributes of an Expression:RDA Chapters 5 and 6 Module 2a

2. Chapter 5: General Guidelines on Recording Attributes of Works and Expressions • Find works • Identify the work or expression represented • Understand relationships • Understand why a particular title has been recorded as a preferred or variant title • Select a work or expression

3. Differentiation. The data should serve to differentiate the work or expression represented from others.

4. Representation. The title designated as the preferred title for a work should be (in order of preference) the title most frequently found in resources embodying the work in its original language, the title as found in reference sources, or the title most frequently found in resources embodying the work. Other titles found in resources embodying the work or in reference sources, or that the user might be expected to use when conducting a search, should be recorded as variant titles.

5. Concept of Series as a Work • RDA 5.1.2 Work and Expression The terms work and expression should be read, where applicable, to include not only an individual entity, but also aggregates and components of such entities (i.e., the term work should be read to include aggregate works and components of works as well as individual works, etc).

6. Work Attributes for Series

7. Expression Attributes for Series

8. Other attributes? • Record as many of the additional identifying elements as necessary to differentiate the work or expression. • Record the elements either as additions to the access point representing the work, as separate elements, or as both.

9. RDA 5.8: Source Consulted Core – LC and PCC; required by NACO

10. Chapter 6:Identifying Works andExpressions

11. 6.2: Title of the Work - Core • Preferred title for the work is a core element. • Variant titles for the work are optional. Scope: is a word, character, or group of words and/or characters by which a work is known. Sources of Information: Take the title or titles of the work from any source. There are still priority sources which we will talk about later.

12. 6.2: Title of the Work continued 6.2.1.3: General Guidelines on Recording Titles of Works • Capitalization: Examples: • A dictionary of American English on historical principles • Journal of biosocial science. Supplement • Sechs Partiten für Flöte

13. 6.2: Title of the Work continued • Numbers Expressed as Numerals or as Words • Diacritical Marks • Initial Articles - Omit an initial article unless the title for a work is to be accessed under that article (e.g., a title that begins with the name of a person or place). • Taming of the shrew not The taming of the shrew (as appears on item)

14. 6.2: Title of the Work continued • Spacing of Initials and Acronyms • Abbreviations: those that are integral parts of the title • Memoirs of Mrs. Abigail Bailey • LCPS for 1.7.1 Transcription guidelines all in one place