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LC-PCC policy statements for media 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.

Recording

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

Condition Option

LC/PCC practice: Cataloger's judgment.

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 Media Types or its equivalent at LC Linked Data Service.

Option

LC/PCC practice: Do not apply the option. If recording an identifier, use the code from the Term and Code List for RDA Media Types or its equivalent at LC Linked Data Service.

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: 2025/06/09
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-365056d1-6cb2-3443-9827-60d970c3c149

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