Content Type

• Core 6.9: Core
  • but (as an alternative) you only have to enter the predominant type 6.9.1.3
• Scope 6.9.1.1
  
  • this data is about the 'form or forms of communication' that are used to express the content of the resource; a closed list of terms is used to identify whether the content of the resource is communicated using text, or spoken words, or still images, etc.
• Source 6.9.1.2: Any
• Data entry 6.9.1.3: Recorded from a vocabulary (Closed)
  
  • use terms from RDA Term List; or
    
  • use terms and/or codes from MARC Term and Code List for RDA Content Types
• Function Ch. 6: Iden
• Entity: Expression

MARC-Bib: 336a; 336b (Content type term)

Editing

• Check the 'Source' instruction to be sure that you are looking at the correct source(s) of information on the resource
• If data on the resource and data as the element in the record are:
  • PoR/PaE–check the Data Entry instructions:
    • data for this element must be Recorded from a vocabulary (Closed): make sure the term:
      
      • is appropriate for the resource
        
      • is given exactly from the official list of terms for the element, except for capitalization (check for typos)
  • PoR/AaE–check the Core instructions:
    • data for this element is Core:
      
      • if the data has been given as a wrong element, move it to the correct element
        
      • if the data is completely missing, add the data for this element
  • AoR/PaE–check the Source instructions again:
    • since the Source for this element is or includes 'Any', accept the data, but only if it seems applicable
  • AoR/AaE–go to the next element:
    • but be sure to check the resource carefully, if the data for the element is Core, or if the data is important for differentiating the resource from a similar resource
• Check below, for any useful Notes

Editing Notes:

• add additional applicable content terms if appropriate and missing (e.g., add 'still image' for resources where drawings, photographs, or other images are significant)

Hybrid AACR:

MARC:

• make sure that the first 336 (Content Type) corresponds correctly to the 000/06 (Record Type), as per the MARC Term and Code List for RDA Content Types
• check that the source code ($2rdacontent) is present and correct
• for a book: always add 'text': 336 $atext$2rdacontent
  • check that the term ($atext) is present and correct
  • check that the code ($btxt) is correct, if it is present

Matching

General element information