Music Library Association Best Practices for illustrative content
Prerecording
Prerecording
Record the element if deemed useful for identification or access.
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
Recording
In MARC: Record as a structured description using field 300 subfield $b. Record multiple values in the same instance of $b and apply ISBD punctuation (that is, separate values with a comma). Alternatively: record as a structured or unstructured description using field 340 subfield $p. Provide additional clarifying information as an unstructured description in field 500 if deemed useful for identification or selection.
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 a structured description
Option
If no appropriate term is available in the recommended RDA vocabulary encoding scheme, prefer terms from the Library of Congress Illustrative Content list.
In MARC: Record terms in lower case if recorded in field 300.
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/03/25
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-f8b97707-2724-3bfa-851e-40a8612b8196