Additions should be made when CONSER RDA Serial Training becomes available.
(Source: LC Training Module 1, Slide 85, Sept. 2012)
Recording Numbering of Serials RDA 2.6.1
“Take what you see” means not changing the form of terms or months found on the resource.
RDA allows catalogers to choose giving either a formatted note (1st example) or an unformatted note (2nd example). The changes not to abbreviate terms or convert numerals are shown in the examples.
1st example: formatted style
| 362 | 0 | Volume X, number 1- |
2nd example: unformatted style
| 362 | 1 | Began with January 2010 issue. |
YUL: Transcribe roman numerals as found (LC PCC PS). Follow CONSER practice and always use unformatted style.
| Terms (310) | Codes (008/18) |
| Irregular | # |
| Annual | a |
| Bimonthly (every two months) | b |
| Semiweekly (twice a week) | c |
| Daily | d |
| Biweekly (every two weeks) | e |
| Semiannual (twice a year) | g |
| Biennial (every two years) | g |
| Triennial (every three years) | i |
| Three times a week | i |
| Three times a month | j |
| Monthly | m |
| Quarterly | q |
| Semimonthly (twice a month) | s |
| Three times a year | t |
| Unknown | u |
| Weekly | w |
When the frequency code as listed above do not accurately reflect the frequency as given in 310. This is generally the case when the frequency is expressed in numbers per year (e.g., 4 no. a year), or "times a year" (e.g., 6 times a year). In these case the closets applicable frequency is used according to the following chart, and the regularity is coded as "x".
| Frequency terms (310) | Frequency code (008/18) |
| Two no. a year | f |
| Four no. a year | q |
| Five no. a year | q |
| Six no a year | b |
| Seven no a year | b |
| Eight no. a year | b |
| Nine no. a year | m |
| Ten no. a year | m |
| Eleven no. a year | m |
| twelve no. a year | m |