• Core 3.3: Core
• Scope 3.3.1.1
  
  • this data identifies the type of “storage medium and housing” that is used as the carrier for the content of a resource; a closed list of terms is used to identify whether the carrier of the content of the resource is an audio disc, or a computer disc, or a volume, etc.
• Source 3.3.1.2: EPbRI; Any
• Data entry 3.3.1.3: 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 Carrier Types
• Function Ch. 3: Carr
• Entity: Manifestation

MARC-Bib: 338a; 338b (Carrier type term)

• 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): the term(s) must be appropriate for the resource, even if they are not from the official list of terms
  • PoR/AaE–check the Core instructions:
    • data for this element is Core: the data must either be present for both or absent from both (except for error or old cataloging rules)
  • 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
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