This document contains exercises for identifying Group 1 entities and summarizing serial attributes and relationships. The first exercise asks to identify 10 different publications, reports, or other serial communications as Group 1 entities. The second exercise involves determining if new descriptions or works are represented when serial titles or statements of responsibility are changed. The third exercise tests identifying the creator of various serial publications. The fourth exercise involves analyzing serial attributes and relationships based on descriptions of 5 serial resources.
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RDA and serials - Exercise packet
1. EXERCISE: Identify Group 1 Entities
1. Printed-text-on-paper Serials Librarian, v. 62, no. 1-4 (NASIG 2011 proceedings)
Entity: _____________________________
2. My copy of Serials Librarian, v. 62, no. 1-4 (NASIG 2011 proceedings)
Entity: _____________________________
3. Online Serials Librarian (all issues)
Entity: _____________________________
4. A government agency’s idea to issue an annual report on its activities
Entity: _____________________________
5. That agency’s intent to issue the annual report as an English text
Entity: _____________________________
6. That agency’s intent to issue a translation in Spanish
Entity: _____________________________
7. An international organization’s intent to issue a semiannual research report on hunger
Entity: _____________________________
8. That organization’s decision to issue that semiannual research report simultaneously in
separate Arabic, French, German, and Spanish texts
Entity: _____________________________
9. That organization’s decision to publish the semiannual research report online, on CD-
ROMs, and in microfiche
Entity: _____________________________
10. Your library’s CD-ROM of that’s organization’s research report in English
Entity: _____________________________
NASIG 2012 RDA Preconference (Kuhagen) ------ Exercises 1
2. EXERCISE: New Description/New Work
1. 245 00 $a Easy cooking.
Easy cooking recipes
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
2. 245 00 $a Handbook of mountain wildflowers.
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
3. 245 02 $a The LLCV bulletin.
310 ## $a Monthly
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
4. 245 00 $a American history.
250 ## $a Student edition
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
5. 245 00 $a Bicycle trails.
250 ## $a Oregon/Washington edition
edition
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
6. 245 00 $a Hong Kong business directory.
300 ## $a volumes
-ROMs
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
7. 110 1# $a Colorado. $b Division of Labor.
245 10 $a Biennial report.
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
NASIG 2012 RDA Preconference (Kuhagen) ------ Exercises 2
3. 8. 110 1# $a Wyoming. $b Division of Labor.
245 10 $a Biennial report.
Employment
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
9. 130 0# $a Study (Consumer Affairs Bureau)
245 10 $a Study / Consumer Affairs Bureau.
300 ## $a volumes
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
10. 130 0# $a Bulletin (University of Chicago. Physics Institute)
245 10 $a Bulletin / $c Physics Institute, University of Chicago.
300 ## $a volumes
letin
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
11. 245 00 $a Highway truck accident statistics / $c U.S. Dept. of Transportation.
of Transportation
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
12. 245 00 $a Hong Kong business directory.
300 ## $a CD-ROMs
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
13. 130 0# $a Monthly housing statistics (ABC Corporation)
245 10 $a Monthly housing statistics / $c ABC Corporation.
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
14. 245 00 $a Decorating for the holidays.
260 ## $a Kansas City : $b Home Crafts Pub. Co., $c 2003-
new description? _____________ new work? ____________
NASIG 2012 RDA Preconference (Kuhagen) ------ Exercises 3
4. EXERCISE: Serial Creator
1. “Journal of Immigration Research” (semiannual publication issued by the Immigration Law
Society and published by S & L Publishing Company)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
2. “Felicia Says” (blog of dated daily postings by Felicia Taylor)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
3. “Hansson Family Newsletter : news of events, births, deaths, and weddings gathered and
prepared by Theodore Hansson and Kathryn Becker” (printed in Delaware by Dover Press)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
4. “2008 annual report of the Nashville Office of Tourism” (report prepared by Carmen Díaz, press
officer for the Office of Tourism)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
5. “Annual report on U.S. student loans” (report prepared by the National Education Association;
published by the U.S. Department of Education)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
6. “Election reform : a bibliography” (annual publication “by Simon Stone, Office of Research,
Federal Election Commission”)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
7. “Proceedings” (Fourth Annual Symposium on Climate Change in North America; April 22, 2010;
Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
8. “Immigration reform : recommendations for action by the Immigration Law Society and the
Foundation for Immigration Research”
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
9. “Laws enacted by the Iowa Legislature as of July 2, 2010”
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
10. “Graphic Novels for Generation Y” (no. 1 with title “Super-Graduate Makes A Mint on Internet
Startup” by Suzanne Brady; no. 2 with title “Super-Graduate Retires to Bali” by Harlan D.
Fletcher)
Creator? No ____ Yes: _____________________________________________________________________
11. “Membership directory of the Society for Forensic Medicine”
Creator? No ____ Yes: ___________________________________________________________________
NASIG 2012 RDA Preconference (Kuhagen) ------ Exercises 4
6. RESOURCE #3
t.p.: Safety Standards for Infant Car Sets
2012-2013
issued by the Automobile Safety Research Institute
and the American Pediatrics Association
Detroit, MI
Safety Standards Incorporated -- 2010
t.p. verso: “Publication supported by a grant from the Automobile Dealers Association.”
spine: Safety standards series volume XXIII
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RESOURCE #4
CD label: Quarterly Economic Growth Statistics for Jan./Mar. 2011
compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
published by the U.S. Department of Labor
jewel box insert: Also available as a text file at the Bureau’s website.
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RESOURCE #5
cover: Easy Home Improvement Projects
Volume VI, no. 1 – April 2012
cover p. 2: St. Paul, MN/Timothy Allenby Publishing Company – copyright 2012
back cover: “This first issue of the monthly successor to Home Improvement Projects
includes even more photographs and diagrams to illustrate the step-by-step instructions
for each project.”
introduction: “Each issue includes a disc containing the project diagrams so you can store
them on your personal computer for future reference.”
NASIG 2012 RDA Preconference (Kuhagen) ------ Exercises 6