OLAC Best Practice for encoding format

Prerecording

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Option

Cataloger's judgment for videodiscs. Do not record for video games. For streaming media, follow PCC Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines.

Recording a structured description

Option

For streaming media, follow PCC Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines. For videodiscs: Always record . Do not record for video games.

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

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Document Date: 2026/02/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-cb7acee6-0a24-3bca-946f-74ff818afd80