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Setting a new standard Resource Description and Access

Setting a new standard Resource Description and Access. Deirdre Kiorgaard 18 September 2006. Outline. Why a new standard? Models behind RDA Issues in developing RDA Structure & content of RDA Who’s responsible Timeline for development & implementation.

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Setting a new standard Resource Description and Access

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  1. Setting a new standardResource Description and Access Deirdre Kiorgaard 18 September 2006

  2. Outline • Why a new standard? • Models behind RDA • Issues in developing RDA • Structure & content of RDA • Who’s responsible • Timeline for development & implementation

  3. AACR“the most widely-used standard for descriptive cataloguing in the English-speaking world” • 1967 – AACR 1st ed. • 1978 • 1988 • 1998 • 2002

  4. Where does RDA fit? Content standards Encoding/Exchange/Interoperability Resource description AACR RDA, CCO, RAD … MARC21, UNIMARC, MODS, MARCXML … Dublin Core, AGLS, EAD, TEI, ONIX OAI, RDF, XML FRBR Subject description LCSH, PRECIS, thesauri … Conceptual models Classification DDC, LCC, UDC … Identifiers ISBN, ISSN, BICI, PIs … FRAR

  5. Logical structure of AACR2 AACR2 & catalogue production International Conference on the Principles & Future Development of AACR (1997) Beyond MARC Issues related to seriality What is a work? Content versus carrier Access points for works Bibliographic relationships

  6. Towards RDA • Dec. 2004 - Draft of Part I of AACR3 • Dec. 2005 – Draft of Part I of Resource Description and Access

  7. Resource Description and Access • Online resources & resource discovery services • Reducing the costs of creating resource descriptions • Creating richer resource descriptions “Resource Description and Access is a new standard for description and access designed for the digital world.” http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/stratplan.html

  8. Concepts underlying RDA • FRBR: • Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records • FRAR • Functional Requirements of Authority Records • Statement of International Cataloguing Principles • IME-ICC: International Meetings of Experts for an International Cataloguing Code • Cataloguing Cultural Objects; Describing Archives; Rules for Archival Description

  9. RDA & other standards • Replacing ISBD areas & punctuation • Replacing material designations • http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/working2.html#chair-10 • MARC

  10. Issues in developing RDA • Backwards compatibility • “Take what you see” • Internationalisation and other resource description communities • Persistent Identifiers and URLs

  11. RDA Structure AACR Structure General Introduction Part I: Description Part II: Headings, Uniform titles & References Appendices Index General Introduction Part A: Resource Description Part B: Access Point Control Appendices Glossary Index

  12. Part A: Resource Description Introduction to part A • General guidelines on resource description • Identification of the resource (Identify) • Technical (or carrier) description (Select) • Content description (Select) • Acquisition and access information (Obtain) • Related resources • Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource

  13. Part B: Access point control Introduction to part B 8. General guidelines on access point control 9. Access points for persons 10. Access points for families 11. Access points for corporate bodies 12. Access points for places 13. Access points for works, etc. 14. Other information used in access point control

  14. Appendices • Appendix A. Capitalization • Appendix B. Abbreviations • Appendix C. Initial articles • Appendix D. Presentation of data • Appendix E. Presentation of access point control data • Glossary • Index

  15. Who’s responsible?

  16. Timeline • June 2006: Issue draft of 2nd part of Part A • Dec. 2006: Issue draft of Part B • June 2007: Issue General Introduction, Appendices, and Glossary • Dec. 2007: Finalise all text • 2008: Publish RDA • 2008? Implementation ?

  17. Implementation • British Library • Library and Archives Canada • Library of Congress • National Library of Australia Training, Documentation, Policy development National library commitment

  18. JSC outreach • Library administrators • Library educators • System vendors • Other resource description communities • National and international programs • IFLA and other rule-making bodies

  19. ACOC • ACOC website • http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acoc.html

  20. - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rda.html

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