Lecture 4 + Readings

Question 1

What is the RDA Toolkit for?

Answer 1

Guidelines and info about elements of description.

Question 2

What is the MARC21 Bibliographic for?

Answer 2

Tells you how to code metadata.

Question 3

Title statements in a MARC code consist of what three parts?

Answer 3

Title proper, parallel title, other info title.

Question 4

What is a parallel title?

Answer 4

It’s the title proper, but in a different language.

Question 5

What is other title info in a title statement?

Answer 5

Mainly the subtitle of the book. Not all books have subtitles.

Question 6

What is a variant title?

Answer 6

Sometimes a book will have a variation of the title on the spine of the book or a title page, that’s called a variant title.

Question 7

What are the three basic rules of capitalization in MARC coding?

Answer 7

1. Capitalize the 1st letter of 1st word of title proper.
2. Follow conventional capitalization rules in English
3. Capitalize 1st letter of 1st parallel title proper. For rest, capitalize as per title pg.

Question 8

What are the 2 punctuations used in title statements?

Answer 8

=, always precedes the parallel title.
:, precedes other title information.