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Music Library Association Best Practices for parallel designation of edition

Prerecording

Prerecording

Record the element if feasible. For each associated Manifestation: designation of edition: Record all values of the element present in the resource if feasible.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.

Recording

Recording

In MARC: Record as an unstructured description using field 250 subfield $b. Record a value associated with a particular edition statement in the same field 250 as that edition statement.

For guidance on encoding parallel data in MARC see Supplements to Best Practices for Music Cataloging Using RDA and MARC21 Supplement 2: Recording Parallel Data Using ISBD in MARC and Minimally Punctuated MARC.

See examples in MARC format: parallel designation of edition . For related examples see also: designation of edition edition statement

Recording an unstructured description

Option

LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.

Condition Option

Apply the option. Additionally record all other values for the element from the chosen source of information if feasible.

Condition Option

Apply the option in cases where values are linguistically neutral or otherwise lack corresponding values for related elements in the same language.

Condition Option

Apply the option. Group values for related elements together by language where possible.

Recording a structured description

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/06/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-6273acd7-c419-3830-9a51-ec692bb56985

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