Music Library Association Best Practices for term of availability
Prerecording
Prerecording
Do not record the element except in the cases specified below.
Recording
Recording
In MARC: Record as an unstructured description using field 020, 024, or 037 subfield $c.
Recording an unstructured description
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option.
Condition
Do not consider this condition to apply to formerly rental-only print-on-demand publications, even if they still bear phrases such as "rental material" or "rental library." In general, assume any resource acquired through a commercial vendor, approval plan, etc. is available for sale.
Condition Option
LC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option except for rental scores or rental performance materials. Give the note "Rental material" as a term of availability as appropriate to indicate to other libraries that the item is not available for purchase.
PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.
Condition Option
LC/PCC practice: In most cases, do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2024/09/21
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-38fa9890-d989-36b9-b051-10f6a55aead7