An Assessment of the Usage of Content Standards in the Creation of MARC Record for Derivative Materials

Cataloging derivative materials is a complex and time-consuming process. Derivative materials often contains multiple entities who are responsible in some way for their creation and those entities are often not credited properly. With the introduction and use of RDA, and the growing awareness of FRBR standards these issues are becoming increasingly important. This research examines how MARC records are being created for these derivative materials and how they address the concepts of a work, expression, manifestation, and item as well as investigating the ways in which catalogers attempt to give proper attribution.