LC-PCC policy statements for material
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC practice: If applicable, record one or more narrower elements instead.
Recording
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: For subordinate materials (e.g., accompanying materials, kits, etc.), use cataloger's judgment when a detailed description of carrier characteristics is desired.
LC practice: For archival moving image materials with multiple carriers (1 film reel; 1 videocassette, etc.) no material type is predominant. Use cataloger's judgment in applying the option to record multiple material types.
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.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. Apply the option instead of or in addition to applying the option to record a term from another appropriate vocabulary encoding scheme.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. Apply the option instead of or in addition to applying the option to record a term from the RDA vocabulary encoding scheme.
LC/PCC practice: Record a term from the LC Linked Data Service 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: 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: 2026/06/13
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-eb54276c-91ff-363e-9ec7-4e11fbf42738