CC:DA/MLA/2012/3 Revision of RDA 6.15.1.3 (Recording Medium of Performance)

Abstract

The Bibliographic Control Committee of the Music Library Association proposes the following revision identified as a high priority by the RDA Music Revisions Facilitation Task Force. The instructions as written at RDA 6.15 serve the purpose of identifying and differentiating between works, but they do not currently allow for the creation of medium of performance statements that would also be ideal for computer access and retrieval. To solve this dilemma, MLA proposes that an Alternative be added to RDA 6.15.1.3 to allow for the recording of medium using a controlled vocabulary outside of RDA. MLA also recognizes that the current instructions in RDA 6.15 and the Alternative proposed may not be adequate when it comes to describing medium of performance fully. To address that concern, a statement has also been added to 6.15.1.3 to record those details in a note.