LC-PCC policy statements for emulsion on microfilm and microfiche
Prerecording
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC practice: Apply the option if none of the terms in the RDA vocabulary encoding scheme, or its LC Linked Data Service equivalent, is appropriate or sufficiently specific. Notify PTCP of the need for a new term in the vocabulary encoding scheme.
PCC practice: Apply the option if none of the terms in the RDA vocabulary encoding scheme, or its LC Linked Data Service equivalent, is appropriate or sufficiently specific. Notify the chair of the Standing Committee on Standards of the need for a new term in the vocabulary encoding scheme.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Record a term from the RDA Material vocabulary encoding scheme, its LC Linked Data Service equivalent, or another appropriate vocabulary encoding scheme.
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 none of the terms in the RDA vocabulary encoding scheme, or its LC Linked Data Service equivalent, is appropriate or sufficiently specific. Notify PTCP of the need for a new term in the vocabulary encoding scheme.
PCC practice: Apply the option if none of the terms in the RDA vocabulary encoding scheme, or its LC Linked Data Service equivalent, is appropriate or sufficiently specific. Notify the chair of the Standing Committee on Standards of the need for a new term in the vocabulary encoding scheme.
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: 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.
Document Date: 2026/06/13
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-dfbe0beb-5f11-3c54-9caf-dd8fbaa37d10