At this point I'm only using the $a, $b, and $2 (or not if not in RDA). One of the reasons I have not used the other subfields is that I'm cataloging DVDs and CD-ROMs that have multiple PDFs, etc. and thus not a single file.
Guy Frost Associate Professor of Library Science Catalog Librarian Odum Library/Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698-0150 229.259.5060 gfr...@valdosta.edu FDLP 0125 ________________________________________ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access <RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA> on behalf of FOGLER, PATRICIA A GS-11 USAF AETC AUL/LTSC <patricia.fog...@us.af.mil> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:14 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] 347 for digital files We are noticing that GPO is now coding 347 in records describing PDF files. We are not seeing these in other RDA records for PDF files. [of course we may not be looking at the records that ARE using it] Right now we are leaving the data in the records. We haven't been adding them to the RDA records we are creating as it seemed redundant. But I have been thinking about this & having just gotten back from a very basic RDA workshop, this is weighing on me. I get the fact that the field allows computers to identify formats and that will be probably a Good Thing, someday. The 347 has a large variety of subfields at its disposal. I'm trying to decide if we start to use these, how many of the subfields we should be coding. The records we are seeing are brief, with only: 347## |a text file |b PDF file |2 rda This could easily be created by a macro. It seems pretty basic though. Is this enough to be helpful? I wonder about adding |c file size but hesitate to add data that is either not used & can be time consuming to determine/add. It is always a balancing act between adding more data & slowing our staff down. Are others using the 347 in records for online PDF files? And if so, how many of the fields do you code? //SIGNED// Patricia Fogler Chief, Cataloging Section (AUL/LTSC) Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center DSN 493-2135 Comm (334) 953-2135
