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Attention NYSLAA attendees to June 7, 2012 presentation. you can view the slides for RDA Demystified here.

What's RDA?

The Full draft of RDA is available in PDF format from: www.rdatoolkit.org/constituencydraft/.

RDA Full Draft

The full draft of RDA was made available in November 2008. The comment period has closed; see the responses. The table of contents with links for downloading Chapters and Appendices as PDF files can be found on the Constituency Draft page.

RDA Main Resources

RDA Toolkit. Starting point for all RDA-related materials and standards.

• RDA Toolkit Essentials.
• MARC Record Examples of RDA Cataloging. Shows sample RDA records.
• RDA Toolkit Development Blog. Keep up with news and resources relating to RDA issues and implementation.
• Publications.
• Virtual User Group.
• RDA Glossary. Terminology for RDA cataloging
• Teaching and Training. Includes webinar recordings. Two Useful ones are:
  • RDA Toolkit: a Guided Tour
  • AACR2 to RDA Using the RDA Toolkit.

Library of Congress

Resource Description and Access (RDA): Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA. LC RDA home page. Main place to start for documentation, testing, comments, and other resources.

• Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age (October 31, 2011). Describes LC's plan and implementation.
• Testing Resource Description and Access (RDA). LC testing of the RDA standards. Has reports and other resources.
• RDA Test Record Downloads. Test records submitted by those institutions involved as formal and informal test participants of the US RDA Test
• Resource Description and Access (RDA).
  • Final Report and Recommendations
  • National Libraries RDA Test
  • Examples for RDA - Compared to AACR2. Shows RDA and AACR2 in side-by-side comparisons.
  • MARC Record Examples of RDA Cataloging. This page has links to: 1. Authority Records, 2. Bibliographic Records.
• Resource Description and Access (RDA) Webcasts (Library of Congress). Four webcasts issued by the offering background on RDA cataloging principles. Includes a broadcast focusing on the changes made to cataloging texts.
• Training Materials for RDA Test Participants (Library of Congress). Find webcasts, powerpoint slideshows, and word documents for learning/training.
• RDA Train-the-Trainer Webcasts (Library of Congress). Recordings from an all-day "Train-the-Trainers" session on cataloging with RDA.

Other RDA-Related Resources

Introductory Presentations, Glossaries, and Examples

• AACR2 versus RDA. Presentation notes. Makes good comparisons, including changes in terminology used between the two systems.
• About RDA (OCLC). RDA-related resources from OCLC and other organizations.
• Cataloging with RDA: An Overview.
• DCMI/RDA Task Group (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative). Mostly an administrative database for implementation, rather than a practical resource, but good to be aware of.
• RDA Examples (Univ. of Chicago). Good comparisons of records
• Ready for RDA Implementation? (ALA). Introductory presentation.
• RDA: Resource Description and Access, or, Life After AACR2. Introductory presentation describing aspects of RDA.
• RDA: a New Cataloguing Standard For a Digital Future. Introductory presentation.
• RDA: Resource Description and Access: Frequently Asked Questions (Penn. State). Good list of questions with descriptive answers, including comparison records and explanations of RDA.
• RDA Terminology QUIZ. After reading and learning, take this quiz and see what you have learned. You can take the quiz without knowing much because it guides you to correct answers.
• Cataloging Rules & Changes (Minitex). Links to general and specific RDA resources. Includes resources for all cataloging topics (some materials limited to Minitex members).
• RDA Testing at the University of Chicago. U.S. RDA test participant, University of Chicago site includes cataloguing resources, examples of RDA records in a variety of formats and notes on the experience of implementing RDA for the test.
• RDA: The Coming Cataloguing Debacle. Michael Gorman offers an opinion on the future of RDA.
• Resource Description and Access (RDA): An Introduction for Reference Librarians RUSQ: Reference & User Services Quarterly (Reference and User Services Association (ALA)). Designed mainly for reference staff, but also provides good introduction.
• Resource Description and Access (RDA) and New Research Potentials (Shawne D. Miksa). Answers the question "Why RDA?"
• Changes from AACR2 to RDA: a comparison of examples. Adam L. Schiff. Presented to BC Library Conference April 2010, rev. May 2011.
• RDA : Resource Description and Access presentation. Deirdre Kiorgaard. RDA information session for QUT students, August 31, 2010.
• RDA and the eXtensible Catalog (published by Jennifer Bowen April 8, 2011). What's next.
• Training materials for RDA. Slide presentations, documents. Site is from Australia, but has many American and international resources.

RDA (google search). Find authoritative and new articles and resource pages.

• RDA Vocabularies: Implementation, Extension, and Mapping (Webinar: November 16, 2011)
• RDA Vocabularies: Process, Outcome, Use D-Lib Magazine 16:1/2 (Jan./Feb. 2010)
• Metadata Registry Sandbox. Practice area for getting into RDA. "This is the playground sandbox for the National Science Digital Library Metadata Registry. The Registry Sandbox uses it's own database and login, so you can make a fine mess (please try not to kick the sand out of the sandbox). If you want to really register a vocabulary, head on over to the Production Metadata Registry.

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)

• What is FRBR? (Library of Congress).
• FRBR Resources (IFLA).
• FRBR Blog
• OCLC Research Activities and IFLA's Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
  • Examples
  • Additional examples, articles, and presentations.
• FRBR – Frequently Asked Questions
• FRBR on LISWIKI.
• Bram Stoker's Dracula in FRBR terms (YouTube). Descriptive visualization of a record.

Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD)

• Functional Requirements for Authority Data (IFLA).
• Introduction to FRAD (ALA) Presentation document.
• Review of “Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) — Draft Report” Available through: http://nkos.slis.kent.edu/FRSAR/index.html or directly from: http://nkos.slis.kent.edu/FRSAR/report090623.pdf

Deeper Documents and Resources

• Expression of Core FRBR Concepts in RDF. Nuts and bolts FRBR terminology. More for technical side. HOWEVER, it does contain a glossary of terms with definitions.

Print Resources (Selection)

Print resources included here may be available in multiple formats including bundles of print/electronic formats. Please follow the links for further details.

• Coyle, Karen. "Library Technology Reports, Understanding the Semantic Web and RDA Vocabularies" two-Issue set appearing in Library Technology Reports 46:1 (Jan. 2010), 31 pages and Library Technology Reports (46:2 (Feb./Mar. 2010), 39 pages; available from the ALA Store. An RDA bundle of three books is also available.
  
• Hart, Amy. The RDA Primer: A Guide for The Occasional Cataloguer (ISBN 978-1-58683-348-0).
• Miksa, Shawne D. Introduction to Resource Description and Access: Cataloguing and Classification in the Digital Era.
• Oliver, Chris. Introducing RDA: A Guide to the Basics (ISBN 978-0-8389-3594-1). ALA Store
• RDA: Resource Description and Access. Full-text print version of RDA offers a snapshot that serves as an offline access point to help solo and part-time catalogers evaluate RDA, as well as to support training and classroom use in any size institution. An index is included. The online RDA Toolkit includes PDFs, but purchasing the print version offers a convenient, time saving-option.
• RDA Toolkit Books
  • Teaching and Training. Includes webinar recordings. Two Useful ones are: RDA Toolkit—A Guided Tour and AACR2 to RDA Using the RDA Toolkit.
• Weber, Mary Beth, and Austin, Fay A. Describing Electronic, Digital and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA: A how-to-do-it manual. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2011 (ISBN: 9781555706685). Describing electronic, digital, and other media using AACR2 and RDA: a how-to-do-it manual and CD-ROM for librarians. See the book's companion website, which is a great listing of RDA resources.
• Welsh, Anne and Batley, Sue. Practical Cataloguing: AACR, RDA and MARC21.

Related titles from ALA Editions

• Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools, Fifth ed.; Edited by Sheila I. Intner, Joanna F. Fountain, and Jean Weihs.
• Maxwell, Robert L. FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed. Find out what FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) is.
  
• Hider, Philip. Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing Metadata.

Glossaries and Terminology

• FRBR, FRAD, and RDA what they all mean. Brief introduction to RDA.
• RDA (Resource Description and Access) Vocabularies (Open Metadata Registry).

Something to Watch

• Bram Stoker's Dracula in FRBR terms - YouTube. Bram Stoker's Dracula is used to demonstrate the relationship among Group 1 entities in FRBR terms.
• Dracula in FRBR terms. Slideshare. View the film a slide at a time.

Coyle, Karen and Diane Hillmann. "Resource Description and Access (RDA): Cataloging Rules for the 20th Century." D-Lib Magazine 13:1/2 (Jan./Feb. 2007). (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january07/coyle/01coyle.html).

Abstract: There is evidence that many individuals and organizations in the library world do not support the work taking place to develop a next generation of the library cataloging rules. The authors describe the tensions existing between those advocating an incremental change to cataloging process and others who desire a bolder library entry into the digital era.

References

1. Schneider, Karen. How OPACS Suck. ALA Techsource, 2006.(Part 1);<http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/04/how-opacs-suck-part-2-the-checklist-of-shame.html> (Part 2);<http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/05/how-opacs-suck-part-3-the- big-picture.html> (Part 3)
2. Catalog Rules; Author and Title Entries. Compiled by committees of the American Library Association and the (British) Library Association. Chicago: A.L.A. Publishing Board, 1908.
3. A.L.A. Cataloging Rules for Author and Title Entries. 2d ed. edited by Clara Beetle. Chicago: American Library Association, 1949.
4. Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. Chicago: American Library Association, 1967.
5. Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR. Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
6. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. Available at: <http://dublincore.org>.
7. Sandler, Mark. Collection Development in the Age Day of Google, LRTS, Oct. 2006, 50(4) p. 239-243.
8. Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. RDA: Resource Description and Access. Available at: <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rda.html>.
9. The principles and future of AACR : proceedings of the International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR : Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 23/25, 1997 / edited by Jean Weihs. Ottawa : Canadian Library Association ; London : Library Association Publishing ; Chicago : American Library Association, 1998. Some papers available at: <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/intlconf1.html>.
10. Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. RDA: Resource Description and Access: Prospectus . Available at: <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rdaprospectus.html>.
11. IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records: Final Report. Munich, K.G. Saur, 1998.
12. MARBI Meeting Minutes, ALA Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio, TX - January 21-22, 2006. Available at: <http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/minutes/mw-06.html>.
13. Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. RDA – Resource Description and Access: Scope and Structure. Available: <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5rda-scope.pdf>.
14. Childress, Eric. Report of the RDA Special Session at DC2006 (Wednesday, 4th October 2006). Available at: <http://dublincore.org/groups/libraries/dc2006/RDA_session_notes.doc>; also Nilsson, Mikael. Comments on RDA. Available at: <http://dublincore.org/groups/libraries/dc2006/2006-10-04-Manzanillo-RDA.ppt>.
15. Calhoun, Karen. The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other Discovery Tools. March 17, 2006. 52 p. Available at: <http://www.loc.gov/catdir/calhoun-report-final.pdf>.
16. University of California Libraries, Bibliographic Services Task Force. Rethinking How We Provide Bibliographic Services for the University of California: Final report, December 2005. Available at: <http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/sopag/BSTF/Final.pdf>. 17. Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. Draft RDA Objectives and Principles. p. 2. Available: <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5rda-objectives.pdf>. 18. IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee. Available at: <http://ieeeltsc.org/>. 19. RDA: Resource Description and Access. Part A, Chapters 6-7. Constituency Review of June 2006 Draft. ALA Response. September 25, 2006. p. 2 Available: <http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/docs/5rda-parta-ch6&7-alaresp.pdf>. 20. Ibid, pp. 4-5 21. Gorman, Michael. "AACR3? Not!" in: The Future of the Descriptive Cataloging Rules : Papers from the ALCTS Preconference, AACR2000, American Library Association. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998. p. 28 22. IFLA UBCIM Working Group on Functional Requirements and Numbering of Authority Records (FRANAR). Functional Requirements for Authority Records: A Conceptual Model, 2005. Available at: <http://www.ifla.org/VII/d4/FRANAR-Conceptual-M-Draft-e.pdf>. 23. Andy Powell, Mikael Nilsson, Ambjorn Naeve, Pete Johnston. DCMI Abstract Model (2005-03-07). Available at: <http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/>. 24. Godfrey Rust and Mark Bide. The <indecs> Metadata Framework: Principles, Model and Data Dictionary (June 2000). Available at: <http://www.indecs.org/pdf/framework.pdf>. 25. "Working Group Established to Discuss Future of Bibliographic Control" [The Library Today (Library of Congress)] (Dec. 1, 2006). Available at: <http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-222.html>. 26. Walt Crawford, "Library 2.0 and 'Library 2.0'" Cites and Insights: Crawford at Large. v. 6, no. 2 (2006). pp. 4-6.

• Bennett, Rick, Brian F. Lavoie, and Edward T. O'Neill. 2003. "The Concept of a Work in WorldCat: An Application of FRBR." Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services 27,1 (Spring). E-print available at http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2003/lavoie_frbr.pdf. (PDF:354K/32pp.)
• O'Neill, Edward T. 2002. "FRBR: Application of the entity-relationship model to Humphry Clinker." Library Resources and Technical Services 46,4 (October). E-print available at http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2002/oneill_frbr22.pdf. (PDF:411K/35pp.)
• Hickey, Thomas B., Edward T. O'Neill, and Jenny Toves. 2002. "Experiments with the IFLA Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)." D-Lib Magazine 8, 9 (September).

RDA: Resource Description and Access is the new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world. Built on the foundations established by AACR2, RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. Benefits of RDA include:

• A structure based on the conceptual models of FRBR (functional requirements for bibliographic data) and FRAD (functional requirements for authority data) to help catalog users find the information they need more easily
• A flexible framework for content description of digital resources that also serves the needs of libraries organizing traditional resources
• A better fit with emerging database technologies, enabling institutions to introduce efficiencies in data capture and storage retrievals.

RDA Initialisms

• FRBR (functional requirements for bibliographic data).
• FRAD (functional requirements for authority data) to help catalog users find the information they need more easily.

from: RDA Background page.

RDA Demystified. Powerpoint from the June 7, 2012 presentation.

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