RDA-L

Hello,

According to ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997 (s2015) a scientific or technical report is defined as:

"A document that conveys the results of basic or applied research ... has a unique, issuer-supplied report number and may have a contract or grant number and an accession or acquisition number ... its readership may be limited, its distribution may be limited or restricted, and its contents may include classified, proprietary, or copyrighted information ... may be written for an individual or organization as a contractual requirement to recount a total research story ... is not usually published or made available through the commercial publishing trade." -- https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/specialcataloging.html#technicalreports

I have an item which is Report about the work progress of an institution, includes funded projects, budget, photos of the achieved restoration projects etc. This report doesn't include a report number and I think its readership and distribution may be limited. 

It seems that this report is a print out and bound with a spiral binding.

My question is: Do I consider this item a technical report?

And are there specific fields that I need to use to indicate that it is a technical report and it is a print out?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon...

Best Regards,

Ghada Dimashk

American University of Beirut

Ghada,

No, that is not a technical report.  A technical report is a report about the findings of a specific basic research project.  As the definition says, it is often written to fulfill a reporting requirement of the funding organization.  Technical reports always have a technical report number.  What you have does not meet any of these requirements.  It sounds like it is an update report on the general status of the organization.  There are no special cataloging requirements for such a document.  If the document does not specifically indicate a publisher, you can probably assume it is the organization.  You could include binding and the fact that it is a printout in a note.

Hello,

According to ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997 (s2015) a scientific or technical report is defined as:

"A document that conveys the results of basic or applied research ... has a unique, issuer-supplied report number and may have a contract or grant number and an accession or acquisition number ... its readership may be limited, its distribution may be limited or restricted, and its contents may include classified, proprietary, or copyrighted information ... may be written for an individual or organization as a contractual requirement to recount a total research story ... is not usually published or made available through the commercial publishing trade." -- https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/specialcataloging.html#technicalreports

I have an item which is Report about the work progress of an institution, includes funded projects, budget, photos of the achieved restoration projects etc. This report doesn't include a report number and I think its readership and distribution may be limited. 

It seems that this report is a print out and bound with a spiral binding.

My question is: Do I consider this item a technical report?

And are there specific fields that I need to use to indicate that it is a technical report and it is a print out?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon...

Best Regards,

Ghada Dimashk

American University of Beirut

Dear Stephan,

Thank you for your reply. It was helpful.

I guess I can catalogue it as a "Print-on-Demand".

Have a nice day...

Best Regards,

Ghada

Ghada,

No, that is not a technical report.  A technical report is a report about the findings of a specific basic research project.  As the definition says, it is often written to fulfill a reporting requirement of the funding organization.  Technical reports always have a technical report number.  What you have does not meet any of these requirements.  It sounds like it is an update report on the general status of the organization.  There are no special cataloging requirements for such a document.  If the document does not specifically indicate a publisher, you can probably assume it is the organization.  You could include binding and the fact that it is a printout in a note.

Hello,

According to ANSI/NISO Z39.23-1997 (s2015) a scientific or technical report is defined as:

"A document that conveys the results of basic or applied research ... has a unique, issuer-supplied report number and may have a contract or grant number and an accession or acquisition number ... its readership may be limited, its distribution may be limited or restricted, and its contents may include classified, proprietary, or copyrighted information ... may be written for an individual or organization as a contractual requirement to recount a total research story ... is not usually published or made available through the commercial publishing trade." -- https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/specialcataloging.html#technicalreports

I have an item which is Report about the work progress of an institution, includes funded projects, budget, photos of the achieved restoration projects etc. This report doesn't include a report number and I think its readership and distribution may be limited. 

It seems that this report is a print out and bound with a spiral binding.

My question is: Do I consider this item a technical report?

And are there specific fields that I need to use to indicate that it is a technical report and it is a print out?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon...

Best Regards,

Ghada Dimashk

American University of Beirut