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Resource Description and Access (RDA) information session Deirdre Kiorgaard Australian Committee on Cataloguing Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA. AGLIN RDA information session + Q&A 2 November 2009. AACR to RDA. AACR is a robust standard, but ….
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Resource Description and Access (RDA) information sessionDeirdre KiorgaardAustralian Committee on Cataloguing Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA AGLIN RDA information session + Q&A 2 November 2009
AACR is a robust standard, but … ‘Class of materials’ approach is no longer valid • Need for principles-based instructions • Need for extensibility Designed for the card catalogue not digital world • Data needs to be usable in the web environment
Brave new world? • The power of the search engine • New search algorithms, relevance ranking, synonym control … Image of Earth from space on website by Liz Strauss http://www.successful‐blog.com/2007/09/
Next generation catalogues tagging reviews synonym control links full text table of contents Seattle Public Library” by Jeff Maurone http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmaurone/2505572445/
The (not so) secret life of catalogue data (1) “metadata increasingly appears farther and farther away from its original context” Shreeves, Riley and Milewicz (2006). • Shared library databases • Digitisation projects • Institutional repositories
The (not so) secret life of catalogue data (2) • The GLAM sector Galleries, libraries, archives and museums • The Internet Catalogue records have jumped the fence • Leading to: Services based on data aggregations Sharing of library data with other sectors Exposure of library data to the internet
What RDA is • A new standard to replace AACR • Designed for the digital world • Instructions will be a Web tool • Instructions cover description of digital resources • Resulting records to be used in web environment • Broader scope • Includes ‘authorities’ • Better coverage of resource types • Online resources, visual resources
What RDA isn’t • Not a replacement for MARC21 or the ILMS • Not an encoding standard or library system • Not a panacea for every ill afflicting the catalogue, but … • It will enable improved navigation of the catalogue and improved catalogue displays (more organised, less cluttered) • Not (necessarily) simplified cataloguing, but .. • It will offer the potential of improved efficiency of data creation & maintenance
Advantages of RDA • Clearly defined element set • better granularity, improved mapping to other schema, e.g. Dublin Core, ISBD, MODS/MADS, MARC21 • Greater emphasis on relationships • Better navigation and displays • Better interoperability - common vocabularies • Content type, carrier type, media type; Relationship designators; Encoding formats, etc. • Making vocabularies accessible • RDA and the semantic web
Tentative Timeline Final text submitted to ALA Publishing Keying of Final text into XML Product development (Alpha testing; Proofreading; Beta testing using Final text; bug fixes) Release of RDA Prep. period for US National libraries testing US National libraries formal testing US National libraries formal assessment Earliest date for implementation 2009 June July - August September+ 2010 June? +3 months +3 months +3 months Mid 2011
Preparing for RDA ACOC & the National Library will help prepare Australian libraries with information and advice on: • Training • Documentation (transitional materials plus updates to LA manuals and standards) • MARC changes • Library system changes (data conversions, exchange of records)
Learning about … FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records ACOC seminar http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acocseminar2004.html FRBR: Things You Should Know, but were afraid to ask http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4554 FRBR Bibliography http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/wgfrbr/bibliography.htm FRBR and FRAD as implemented in RDA http://presentations.ala.org/images/b/b2/FRBR_and_FRAD_as_implemented_in_RDA.ppt Resource Description and Access Paper presented at Online 2009 – useful for examples of FRBR in databases, library systems and catalogues http://www.information-online.com.au/
Learning about … RDA JSC site http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html Easy to read article on Changing to RDA http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/felicitervol53no7p250-253.pdf RDA Prospectus http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5rda-prospectusrev7.pdf Draft of RDA http://www.rdaonline.org/constituencyreview/ Changes to AACR2 Instructions http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5sec7rev.pdf Using RDA with bibliographic and authority records http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair14.pdf
Learning about … RDA in MARC21 Mappings in RDA : RDA to Bibliographic format (Appendix D), Authority Format (Appendix E). MODS->RDA mapping and MADS->RDA mappinghttp://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/ and http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods// Presentation to ALA July 2009http://presentations.ala.org/images/f/f9/ALA.7-09-final.ppt Proposals and discussion papershttp://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/an2009_age.html Information on approved changes for vendorshttp://www.loc.gov/marc/formatchanges-RDA.html.
Keeping up to date • Information from US national libraries testing http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ • Australian information http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/index.html • FAQ • Upcoming presentations & Training courses • RDA-AUST discussion list • Australian implementation • ACOC conferences
RDA product • Information on the product: http://www.publishing.ala.org/rdaonlinedotorg/ • Sample RDA screens are available at: http://www.publishing.ala.org/rdaonlinedotorg/rda_samples/rda_samples.html.
RDA as a cataloguing tool • Interactive, online • Integrated with policies and processes • Sample – RDA instructions
Thank you Montage of shelves etc by Brungrrl http://www.flickr.com/photos/brungrrl/2246691272/