Music Library Association Best Practices for carrier type

Routinely record the element.

In MARC: Record as a structured description using field 338 subfield $a. If multiple terms are used, record each in a separate field; if deemed useful for identification or selection, specify the carrier to which the term refers in 338 $3.

Additionally, for audio and video recordings: Record as an identifier using field 007 byte 1.

See examples in MARC format: carrier type

Cataloger's judgment. For books and scores issued together with materials of other carrier types, record separate instances of the element for all parts of the manifestation deemed useful for identification or selection.

Apply the option for audio or video recordings issued with a booklet, insert, or similar accompanying material of limited bibliographic importance. If the accompanying material is substantial in content or extent, use cataloger’s judgment.

Cataloger's judgment.

Apply the option. Consider the terms and definitions from this list to be synonymous with the corresponding Library of Congress Term and Code List for RDA Carrier Types .

For resources of notated music consisting of a folded sheet or two or more nested folded sheets, with or without a single sheet in the middle, record the carrier term volume if the resource is intended to be used as a cohesive whole. For single sheets that contain parts or are otherwise usable separately, record the carrier term sheet.

In MARC: If recording a term from the recommended vocabulary encoding scheme, indicate the source of information using the $2 code rdacarrier.

Do not apply the option.