LC-PCC policy statements for Standards related to RDA

LC practice: The Library of Congress uses the descriptive standards listed below instead of or in addition to RDA for its cataloging of certain resources. Access points are constructed according to RDA instructions.

• Archival Moving Image Materials: a Cataloging Manual (AMIM), 2nd ed. (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2000).
• Cataloging Cultural Objects: a Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (CCO) (Chicago: American Library Association, 2006).
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (DCRM(B)) (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, 2007). Appied to books published before 1801 and selected 19th century resources.
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic) (DCRM(C)) (Chicago: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016).
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics) (DCRM(G)) (Chicago: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, 2013).
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials) (DCRM(S)) (Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 2008).
• Hebraica cataloging RDA: a guide to ALA-LC romanization and descriptive cataloging (HCM2)(New York, NY: Association of Jewish Libraries, June 2014).
• Society of American Archivists, Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS) (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, ©2004).

LC practice for general cataloging/PCC practice: Do not create multilevel descriptions.