Accompanying Material (300$e)
- Ronald Flewellen
⮚Definition
Accompanying material is material issued with, and intended to be used with, the item being cataloged.
⮚When to record accompanying material
Consider whether the material is accompanying the main title or if there are two independent works that could be cataloged separately? Frequently, the accompanying material is in a different physical format.
As with the illustration statement, consider the entire serial. Will each issue be likely to contain such material or is this more likely a one-time occurrence? If the latter is true, it may be more appropriate to add a note to the record about the extent of the accompanying material (RDA 3.22.2), or the accompanying material may be ignored. (CCM:11.4.3)
⮚Describing Accompanying Material
According to LC-PCC PS 3.1.4., the description of the carrier characteristics of the accompanying material may consist of the extent and any other characteristics applicable to the accompanying material. If a detailed description is not necessary, record the extent only.
Each issue accompanied by a CD
245 00 $a Amadeus : $b il mensile della grande musica.
300 ## $a volumes : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 29 cm + $e sound discs
Record in a note when only some issues include a CD
245 00 $a OCLC micro.
300 ## $a volumes : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm
500 ## $a Some issues accompanied by diskettes.