Cataloging Standards RDA 33x fields
12 June 2012
RDA 33x fields
- $a Content / Media / Carrier Type term
- $b Content / Media / Carrier Type code (accept)
- $2 Source = rdacontent / rdamedia / rdacarrier
- $3 Material specified
336
(Content Type)
The form of communication through
which a work is expressed.
337
(Media Type)
Media type reflects the general type
of intermediation device required.
338
(Carrier Type)
Carrier type reflects the format of
the storage medium and housing.
Examples:
Books / Annuals / Periodicals:
- 336 : : $a text $2 rdacontent
- 337 : : $a unmediated $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a volume $2 rdacarrier
Art Books (catalogs/exhibitions) & Stories without words (juvenile
lit.)
include the content = still image
(do not use $3 subfield)
- 336 : : $a still image $2 rdacontent
- 336 : : $a text $2 rdacontent
- 337 : : $a unmediated $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a volume $2 rdacarrier
Video-DVDs
- 336 : : $a two-dimensional moving image $2
rdacontent
- 337 : : $a video $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a videodisc $2 rdacarrier
Video-cassettes
- 336 : : $a two-dimensional moving image $2
rdacontent
- 337 : : $a video $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a videocassette $2 rdacarrier
Maps
- 336 : : $a cartographic image $2 rdacontent
- 337 : : $a unmediated $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a sheet $2 rdacarrier
E-text / E-journals
- 336 : : $a text $2 rdacontent
- 337 : : $a computer $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a online resource $2 rdacarrier
Microfiche
- 336 : : $a text $2 rdacontent
- 337 : : $a microform $2 rdamedia
- 338 : : $a microfiche $2 rdacarrier