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Resource Description and Access (RDA): a new standard for the digital world

Resource Description and Access (RDA): a new standard for the digital world. Ann Huthwaite Library Resource Services Manager, QUT. RDA: history and background. RDA is evolving from AACR AACR a merger of the British and American cataloguing codes

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Resource Description and Access (RDA): a new standard for the digital world

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  1. Resource Description and Access (RDA): a new standard for the digital world Ann Huthwaite Library Resource Services Manager, QUT

  2. RDA: history and background • RDA is evolving from AACR • AACR a merger of the British and American cataloguing codes • AACR2 first published in 1978 (revisions issued in 1988, 1998, and 2002) • Based on “Paris Principles” (1961) • Incorporated ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description) • Currently packaged in MARC format

  3. RDA: governance • Three groups responsible for the development and management of AACR: • Committee of Principals • AACR co-publishers • JSC (Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR) • Countries represented on JSC: Australia, Canada, US, and the UK

  4. JSC members, JSC Editor, RDA Project Manager

  5. Why change from AACR to RDA? • Environmental changes • Different user expectations • Different forms of media and methods of publishing

  6. Why change from AACR to RDA? (cont.) • Need for integration of standards • Pressures to simplify the cataloguing process and reduce cataloguing costs • Inherent problems with the rules

  7. Strengths of AACR • International success • Integrated approach to resource description • Tight control over development • Shared expertise • Precision • Content standard

  8. Progress so far • International Conference on the Principles & Future Development of AACR (Toronto, 1997) • Strategic plan for AACR developed in 2002 • Editor appointed in 2004 • Draft of part 1 of AACR3 issued in late 2004 • RDA conceived in 2005 • RDA due to be published in mid-2008

  9. What changes will RDA bring? • Simplification • Generalisation • Removal of emphasis on print • More emphasis on digital resources • Compatibility with other metadata standards

  10. What changes will RDA bring? (cont.) • Improved collocation in displays • Online product for use in the Web environment • Incorporation of principles derived from FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAR (Functional Requirements for Authority Records) • Inclusion of more principle-based guidelines

  11. What changes will RDA bring? (cont.) • Support of the objectives of resource discovery: to find, identify, select, and obtain relevant resources • Independence from communication format (MARC) • Separation of guidelines for content from guidelines for display

  12. What changes will RDA bring? (cont.) • Renaming of concepts (e.g. “main entry” to “primary access point”) • Clarification of definition of “notes” • New elements to replace GMD and SMD

  13. What changes will RDA bring? (cont.) • Process of transcription simplified • Mandatory (required) elements indicated • All examples to be reviewed • Mapping to MARC 21 and Dublin Core

  14. FRBR Work Expression Manifestation Item

  15. Structure of RDA • Part A (Bibliographic record elements) • Resource Description • Relationships • Part B (Authority record elements) • Access Point Control • Appendices • Glossary • Index

  16. Part A: Resource Description and Relationships • Introduction to part A • General guidelines • Identification of the resource (Identify) • Technical (or carrier) description (Select) • Content description (Select) • Information on accessing the resource (Obtain)

  17. Part A (cont.) • Related resources • Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource • Special instructions for particular types of content

  18. Part B: Access Point Control • Introduction to part B • General guidelines • Access points for persons • Access points for families • Access points for corporate bodies • Access points for places • Controlled access points for works, etc. • Other information used in access point control

  19. Appendices, etc. • Appendix A. Capitalization • Appendix B. Abbreviations • Appendix C. Initial articles • Appendix D. Presentation of data • Glossary • Index

  20. Ongoing work • Mode of issuance • Internationalisation • Persistent identifiers and URLs • Appendices • Access points for families • Examples • Glossary

  21. Implementation of RDA • Compatibility with existing records • Training • Documentation

  22. Future timeline • May – September 2006: Completion of draft of second part of Part A, and constituency review • October 2006 – April 2007: Completion of Part B, and constituency review • May 2007 – September 2007: Completion of General Introduction, Appendices, and Glossary • 2008: Publication • 2008?: Implementation

  23. JSC Outreach • Stakeholder consultation • Outreach Group • Specific initiatives • ONIX • MARC • System vendors

  24. Transition to RDA • Consult the JSC Web site for: • RDA drafts • Instructions for subscribing to RDA-L • JSC’s strategic plan for RDA • Other news and announcements www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc

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