LC-PCC policy statements for illustrative content
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC Core for children's materials: Illustrative content is a core element for LC for resources intended for children.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Aggregates.
Recording
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. Use terms from an RDA Vocabulary Encoding Scheme or another appropriate vocabulary encoding scheme.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. Use terms from an RDA Vocabulary Encoding Scheme or another appropriate vocabulary encoding scheme.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. If the manifestation consists predominantly of illustrations, record chiefly illustrations.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC practice: Apply the option if an appropriate term is not included in the closed list for this element, and notify PTCP of the need for a new term.
PCC practice: Apply the option if an appropriate term is not included in the closed list for this element, and notify the chair of the Standing Committee on Standards of the need for a new term.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Condition Option
LC practice: Apply the option if an appropriate term is not included in the closed list for this element, and notify PTCP of the need for a new term.
PCC practice: Apply the option if an appropriate term is not included in the closed list for this element, and notify the chair of the Standing Committee on Standards of the need for a new term.
Recording an identifier
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option if specifically required by policy or the metadata system, as stated in the Metadata Guidance documentation.
Recording an IRI
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Option
LC/PCC practice: If a local encoding scheme is able to record the value of an element as an identifier or IRI, use judgment in applying the recording method.
Document Date: 2025/07/12
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-175eed55-695e-315e-a7fa-f91feef2f32d