Video Cataloging (RDA)

This documentation on cataloging videos is under construction (Oct. 26, 2016).  Information is taken from the RDA Toolkit, and from Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs Using RDA and MARC21 (Version 1.0 January 2015)

Preferred Source of Information—Moving Images

(RDA 2.2.2.3)

For moving image materials, the preferred source of information is the title frame or frames (or title screen or screens). If the title frames or title screens have no title that covers the resource as a whole, look for the first applicable source that is part of the resource for a formally-presented collective title.

Choose the preferred source from this list, in preferred order:

  1. Label that is permanently printed on or affixed to the resource (e.g., a label on the surface of a videodisc). This choice does not include labels found on any accompanying materials.
  2. Container or accompanying material issued with the resource (when making a comprehensive description)
  3. Internal source forming part of a tangible digital resource (e.g., a disc menu).

If none of these sources has a title, look for another source within the resource, giving preference to a source in which the information is formally presented.

Other Sources of Information

(RDA 2.2.4)

In some cases, the information needed to identify the resource does not appear on any source in the resource itself. Information is then taken from one of the following sources (in order of preference):

  1. accompanying material (if using a comprehensive description) other published descriptions of the resource
  2. a container that is not issued with the resource itself (e.g., a box or case made by the owner)
  3. any other available source (e.g., a reference source).

When RDA instructions specify transcription, use square brackets for information taken form outside of the resource itself.

Exception: Do not use square brackets to indicate that the information was taken from a source outside the resource itself if the resource is of a type that does not normally carry identifying information (e.g., a photograph, a naturally occurring object, a collection).