Playaway audio
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Playaways are generally cataloged as audiobooks, with the following exceptions.
Chief source of information
Use the player's label as the chief source of information. If there isn't a label, prefer the most comprehensive title for the set, which will usually be on the container. Use AACR2R 6.0B2 to determine the prescribed sources of information for each area of the description.
Fixed field
BLvl: m[3]
Form: q[1]
Variable fields
006 m^^^^j^^^h^^^^^^^^ (Change 'j' to a space for adult material.)
- Physical description fixed fields (007)
- Add one 007 field for the sound recording aspects, and another for the electronic resource aspects.[3][4]
007 sz*zunznn|||ed (For the sound recording aspects) 007 cz*nza|||||||| (For the electronic resource aspects)
007 ‡a s ‡b z ‡d z ‡e u ‡f n ‡g z ‡h n ‡i n ‡m e ‡n d 007 ‡a c ‡b z ‡d n ‡e z ‡f a
- Place of publication and publisher (260 ‡a and ‡b)
- Code for both the original audiobook publisher (if there is one) and the Playaway publisher.
260 New York :‡bHarper Audio ;‡aCleveland :‡bFindaway World,‡cc2006.
- Date of publication (260 ‡c)
- Use the most recent date found anywhere on the player or container. If there are two copyright dates, use only the most recent.
- Physical description (300)
300 1 sound media player (6 hr.)[3] :‡bdigital[3] ;‡c3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.[6][7] +‡e1 set of earphones + 1 AAA battery.[8][9]
- System requirements note (538)
538 Playaway Digital Audio.
500 Title from Playaway label.
500 Title from container.
- Publication note (500)[3]
500 Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
- Accompanying material note (500)
500 Accompanying material may vary.
- Genre headings (655)
- If the item was originally a book, include the genre heading
Audiobooks.[3]
655 0 Audiobooks.
References
- ↑ a b MARC21 definition of Type: m and Form: s & q
- ↑ a b Library of Congress Draft Interim Guidelines for Cataloging Electronic Resources
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j OLAC Guide to Cataloging Playaway Devices Based on AACR2r Chapters 6 and 9 PDF, August 21, 2008 (alternative download site)
- ↑ a b c d Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines
- ↑ The SCRAP committee decided that the GMD should be qualified with "(Digital player)"
- ↑ AACR2R 9.5D instructs to round electronic cartridges to the nearest quarter inch and AACR2R6.5D only specifies rounding to the 1/8 inch for cassettes and 8-tracks
- ↑ The SCRAP committee decided in August 2006 and again in July 2008 to round to the nearest quarter inch.
- ↑ AACR2R 1.5E
- ↑ AACR2R Appendix D: Glossary, entry for "Accompanying material"
- ↑ AACR2R 9.7B3