Accompanying Material
The paper insert functioning as the compact disc cover is not considered to be accompanying material. See LC-PCC PS 3.1.4. (significantly revised from LCRI 1.5E1). The PS does not have a preferred method:
| 300 | ‡a 1 DVD-RW (47 min., 55 sec.) : ‡b digital ; ‡c 4 3/4 in. + ‡e 1 booklet + 1 sheet |
Accompanying material recorded in second 300 field. For the accompanying material, full description or just the extent may be provided.
| 300 | ‡a 12 compact discs : ‡b digital ; ‡c 4 3/4 in. | ||
| 300 | ‡a 1 USB flash drive |
Per the PS, use a note if the accompanying material is not considered to be of importance. Local comment: Also use a note to supplement or substitute for one of the PS guidelines for complex situations involving accompanying material.
Example (note for additional accompanying material included with the previous example):
| 500 | ‡a Includes: flash drive, with Hugh Hefner interview and Smith's radio reports from Woodstock, housed in a replica audio cassette; replica Woodstock guest pass; souvenir button; five photo prints in envelope; and booklet with notes by Smith, chronology, and box set credits. |
RDA Content, Media, and Carrier Type Fields: 336, 337, 338
| RDA Type for Sound Recordings | Use: |
| Content Type <6.9.1.3> | ‡a spoken word ‡b spw ‡2 rdacontent |
| ‡a sounds ‡b snd ‡2 rdacontent | |
| ‡a performed music ‡b prm ‡2 rdacontent | |
| Media Type <3.2.1.3> | ‡a audio ‡b s ‡2 rdamedia |
| Carrier Type <3.3.1.3> | ‡a audio disc ‡b sd ‡2 rdacarrier <compact disc> |
| ‡a audiocassette ‡b ss ‡2 rdacarrier <cassette tape> |
| RDA Types for Textual Acc. Material | Use: |
| Content Type |
‡a text ‡b txt ‡2 rdacontent |
| Media Type | ‡a unmediated ‡b n ‡2 rdamedia |
| Carrier Type | ‡a volume ‡b nc ‡2 rdacarrier |
| ‡a sheet ‡b nb ‡2 rdacarrier | |
| ‡a card ‡b no ‡2 rdacarrier | |
| ‡a other ‡b nz ‡2 rdacarrier |
Example (300 ‡e with notes). 336-338 for accompanying material and ‡e are optional.
| 100 | 1 | ‡a Behrendsen, Peter, ‡e artist. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | ‡a Windkörner : ‡b Text - Sound - Komposition / ‡c Peter Behrendsen ; Stimmen, Bettina Wenzel, Peter Behrendsen ; [graphische Realisation, Paul Heimbach]. |
| 300 | ‡a 1 DVD-RW (47 min., 55 sec.) : ‡b digital ; ‡c 4 3/4 in. + ‡e 1 booklet + 1 sheet | ||
| 336 | ‡a sounds ‡b snd ‡2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | ‡3 accompanying material ‡a text ‡b txt ‡2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | ‡a audio ‡b s ‡2 rdamedia | ||
| 337 | ‡3 accompanying material ‡a unmediated ‡b n ‡2 rdacontent | ||
| 338 | ‡a audio disc ‡b s ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 338 | ‡3 accompanying material ‡a volume ‡b nc ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 338 | ‡3 liner notes ‡a sheet ‡b nb ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | ‡a Recording of a sound installation created by Peter Behrendsen for the Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne. A computer program created by Austrian composer Karlheinz Essl is used to generate music-like sounds from words or parts of words for the wind, in various languages, as spoken by Wenzel and Behrendsen. | ||
| 500 | ‡a Accompanying booklet created by Paul Heimbach contains words used as the basis for the performance in fonts of various sizes and colors, on unnumbered leaves of transparent plastic. |
Sound Characteristics (344)
Not mandatory at this time, but recommended. Indicators are always blank. Most likely use would be for CDs/audio discs or tape cassettes. For LPs and other audio types, refer to MARC 21 documentation. BFAS (OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards) does not yet have input standards. Take authorized terms for the subfields from the appropriate lists in the RDA instruction cited; the lists are in section 6. previous.
| Subfield | Code | Use Notes |
| Type of Recording | ‡a | analog or digital <3.16.2.3> |
| Recording Medium | ‡b | magnetic <tape> or optical <CD> <3.16.3.3> |
| Playback Channels Configuration | ‡g | mono, stereo, quadraphonic, etc. <3.16.8.3> |
| Special Playback Characteristics | ‡h | e.g. Dolby Digital 5.1 <3.16.9> |
| Source | ‡2 | rda <when ‡a is an authorized RDA sound characteristic term> |
Examples:
| 344 | ‡a analog ‡b optical ‡g surround ‡h Dolby B encoded ‡2 rda |
Digital File Characteristics (347)
Per BFAS [OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards], only 347 ‡a is mandatory if applicable. Indicators are always blank. Most likely use would be for CDs/audio discs. The subfields that could be applied to sound recordings:
| Subfield | Code | Use Notes |
| File Type | ‡a | audio file |
| Encoding Format | ‡b | e.g., CD audio, MP3 <3.19.3.3> |
| Source | ‡2 | rda <if an RDA encoding format term is used> |
Include ‡b only if the information is readily available on the resource or accompanying material. RDA 3.19.3.3 list of authorized terms for encoding format: CD audio, DAISY, MP3, RealAudio, SACD, WAV.
| 347 | ‡a audio file ‡b CD audio ‡2 rda |
EXAMPLE 1. Accompanying guidebooks (RDA 3.). Note that per RDA 7.22.1.3c, the playing time is estimated if duration is not explicit on the resource (the LCRI 6.5B2 that instructed catalogers not to give an estimated time was not carried over into the LC PCC PS, although the LCRI was largely ignored by non-LC cataloging).
| 100 | 1 | ‡a Vickery, Kenneth Powers, ‡e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | ‡a The African experience : ‡b from "Lucy" to Mandela / ‡c Kenneth P. Vickery. |
| 264 | 1 | ‡a Chantilly, Virginia : ‡b Teaching Company, ‡c [2006] | |
| 300 | ‡a 18 compact discs (approximately 36 hr.) : ‡b digital ; ‡c 4 3/4 in. + ‡e 3 course guidebooks (22 cm) | ||
| 336 | ‡a spoken word ‡b spw ‡2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | ‡a audio ‡b s ‡2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | ‡a audio disc ‡b sd ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 347 | ‡a audio file ‡b CD audio ‡2 rda |
Alternative:
| 100 | 1 | ‡a Vickery, Kenneth Powers, ‡e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | ‡a The African experience : ‡b from "Lucy" to Mandela / ‡c Kenneth P. Vickery. |
| 264 | 1 | ‡a Chantilly, Virginia : ‡b Teaching Company, ‡c [2006] | |
| 300 | ‡a 18 compact discs (approximately 36 hr.) : ‡b digital, stereo ; ‡c 4 3/4 in. | ||
| 300 | ‡a 3 volumes ; ‡c 22 cm | ||
| 336 | ‡a spoken word ‡b spw ‡2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | ‡a text ‡b txt ‡2 rdacontent ‡3 guidebooks | ||
| 337 | ‡a audio ‡b s ‡2 rdamedia | ||
| 337 | ‡a unmediated ‡b n ‡2 rdamedia ‡3 guidebooks | ||
| 338 | ‡a audio disc ‡b sd ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 338 | ‡a volume ‡b ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 344 | ‡a digital ‡b optical ‡g stereo ‡2 rda | ||
| 347 | ‡a audio file ‡b CD audio ‡2 rda |
Example 2. In this case, the duration is a clue that the carrier is a computer disc rather than a CD.
| 100 | 1 | ‡a Sixsmith, Martin, ‡e author. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | ‡a Lost child of Philomena Lee |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | ‡a Philomena / ‡c Martin Sixsmith. |
| 264 | 1 | ‡a Rearsby, Leicester ‡b ClipperAudio, an imprint of W.F. Howes Ltd., ‡c 2014. | |
| 300 | ‡a 1 audio disc (15 hr., 30 min.) : ‡b digital, stereo, CD audio ; ‡c 4 3/4 in. | ||
| 336 | ‡a spoken word ‡b spw ‡2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | ‡a audio ‡b c ‡2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | ‡a audio disc ‡b sd ‡2 rdacarrier | ||
| 344 | ‡a digital ‡b optical ‡g stereo ‡2 rda | ||
| 347 | ‡a audio file ‡b MP3 ‡2 rda |