Module 9: Attributes of [concept, object, event], place

(RDA Section 4)

Adapted from: Teaching RDA: Train-the-trainer course RDA: Resource description and access presented by the National Library of Australia in 2012 and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

Section 4Learning Outcomes

• Identify FRSAD and FRBR group 3 entities• Understand the structure of chapter 16 –

Identifying places• Identify elements for recording places

Identifying Place

16.0 Purpose and Scope

16.1 General guidelines

16.2 Recording name of place

16.2.2 Preferred name

16.3 Identifier

16.4 Constructing access points

16.2.2.2 Sources of information

Determine the preferred name for a place from• gazetteers and other reference sources in a language

preferred by the agency (AACR2 “in English”)• gazetteers and other reference sources issued in the

jurisdiction in which the place is located

LC-PCC PS 16.2.2.2• For names in New Zealand, base the preferred name on

the form found in Land Information New Zealand’s New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names

16.2.2.4 Recording the preferred name

• Record as the preferred name of a place the form most commonly found in gazetteers or other reference sources

• Apply special instructions at 16.2.2.8-16.2.2.14 as appropriate

16.2.2.5-16.2.3 Special instructions

• Transliteration (16.2.2.5)• Different language forms (16.2.2.6)• Change of name (16.2.2.7)• Place names for jurisdictions (16.2.2.8-16.2.2.12)

• Special rules for certain jurisdictions (e.g. Australia)• Places with the same name (16.2.2.13)• Variant names (16.2.3)

Future development

Not yet developed in RDA• Identifier (16.3)• Constructing access points (16.4)

Module 9: Quick Quiz

1. When should place names in Chapter 16 be used?

2. What is the source of information for place names?

3. What is the preferred language for a place name?

Summary

• Chapters for concept, object and events are not yet included

• Identifying places associated with place names:– Names of governments– Additions to titles of works– Families, corporate bodies and conference names