LC-PCC policy statements for carrier type
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC Core.
LC/PCC practice: See policy statement under Guidance: Diachronic works. Transformation boundaries for instructions on changes to media type for diachronic works.
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/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation elements
Recording
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
LC/PCC practice: For moving image materials with multiple carriers (1 film reel; 1 videocassette, etc.) no carrier is predominant. Use judgment in applying the option to record multiple carrier types.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: carrier type.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
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/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: carrier type.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
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/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Manifestation: carrier type.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
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/PCC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording an identifier
Option
LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. If recording an identifier, use the code from the Term and Code List for RDA Carrier Types or its equivalent at id.loc.gov.
Option
LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment. If recording an identifier, use the code from the Term and Code List for RDA Carrier Types or its equivalent at id.loc.gov.
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: 2025/05/23
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-31ae465f-3829-3f88-a361-794e072614e6