Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR

Term
(Sound
recordings)
Item
Definition (draft AACR3 where given, or
AACR2)
A single exemplar or instance of a
manifestation.
Comments
ALA: ALA feels strongly that the
concept of ‘item’ and its historical
context within AACR is critical.
In
AACR2
Iteration
An instance of an integrating resource,
either as first released or after it has been
updated.
Jacket (Disc) See Sleeve. √ √
Japanese style See Traditional format (Oriental books). ALA: ALA notes that the term
√ √
“Oriental” may be considered
offensive in some situations.
Key-title
The unique name assigned to a resource
by centres of the ISSN Network.
TEXT
ALA: Omit the hyphen. ISSN uses the
phrase “key title.”
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In draft
AACR3
Required in
Glossary
√ √ YES
√ √ YES
√ √ YES
ALA suggests revising the definition
to: “The unique name assigned to a
continuing resource by centres of the
ISSN Network.” Key titles are only
assigned to continuing resources.
Kit √ X NO
Label ALA: ALA recommends that the
Glossary include an entry for label
from the AACR2 footnote in 6.0B1.
Label number
[LC propose:] A type of publisher's
number for sound recordings that
appears on the
permanently affixed label and/or
container of a recording to identify a
particular release.
The label number consists of some form
of the publisher's name and the serial
number(s) assigned to the recording, and
ALA on LC: This new definition seems
to exclude numbers printed directly on
the surface of a CD. While including a
definition of this type of number would
be useful in the RDA Glossary, we
question limiting the definition to the
“permanently affixed label and/or
container” and defining the label
number as consisting of “some form of