LAC Policy Statements for content type
Prerecording
Prerecording
LAC Core. NACO/PFAN may also record content type as part of an authorized access point for expression.
Recording
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LAC practice: Cataloguer's judgement.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Apply the option.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. Record the term from MARC 21 "Term and Code List for RDA Content Types" equivalent to RDA term listed above. Treat "other" and "unspecified" as structured terms.
Option
LAC practice: Apply the option. When the language of cataloguing is English, record the source code using $2 code rdacontent. When the language of cataloguing is French, record the source code using $2 code rdacontent/fre.
Condition Option
LAC practice: Do not apply the option.
View as Relationship Example
View in Context Example
Document Date: 2026/10/16
Document: https://stage.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-5b732ade-7f30-3af1-98ca-17b6a77c0db7