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RDA Resource Description and Access

RDA Resource Description and Access. Magda El-Sherbini May 11, 2006. Background. Why we need new standards? AACR2 was published in 1978 Many updates The international Conference on the Principle and the future Development of AARC2 held in Toronto 1997

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RDA Resource Description and Access

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  1. RDAResource Description and Access Magda El-Sherbini May 11, 2006

  2. Background Why we need new standards? AACR2 was published in 1978 Many updates The international Conference on the Principle and the future Development of AARC2 held in Toronto 1997 As part of its strategic plan, the JSC is working towards a new edition of AACR (scheduled for publication in 2008). 

  3. Background Cont… • In December 2004 a draft of part I of AACR3 was made available to the constituencies for review, and the responses were discussed at the April 2005 meeting  • At the April 2005 meeting, in response to the constituency review to the draft of part I, the JSC and Committee of Principals decided to take a different approach to the new edition. As part of this, the decision was made to use a new working title: “RDA: Resource Description and Access”. 

  4. Why the name changed? Flexible framework for describing all resources - analog and digital Incorporate FRBR terminology and concepts

  5. How will RDA be structured? There will be three major sections to RDA plus appendices, a glossary, and an index. The three main sections include: • Part I - Resource Description (including the functional objectives and principles of resource description) • Part II - Relationships (general guidelines on reflecting relationships including persons, families and corporate bodies associated with the resource; citations for related works, and special instructions for particular types of works) • Part III - Access Point Control (formulating access points and recording data used in access point control)

  6. How will RDA Cont.. • Appendices dealing with capitalization, abbreviations, initial articles, presentation of descriptive data, and presentation of access point control data. • Glossary • Index

  7. ISBD punctuation ISBD punctuation will not be required as has been the case in AACR2 but will be an option. Instruction on its application in relation to data elements defined in RDA will appear in an appendix of RDA.

  8. RDA timeline (subject to change) • May 2005-July 2005: Development of prospectus • Oct. 2005-April. 2006: Completion of draft of part I, and constituency review • May 2006-Sept. 2006: Completion of draft of part II, and constituency review • Oct. 2006-Apr. 2007: Completion of draft of part III, and constituency review • May 2007-Sept. 2007: Completion of General Introduction, Appendices, and Glossary • 2008: Publication

  9. RDA Discussion list • An RDA discussion list has been established: • RDA Discussion list

  10. RDA FAQ • Frequently asked questions on RDA have been grouped into the following categories: • 1. RDA Basics2. RDA Organization and Governance3. RDA Development4. Details of RDA's Content5. Submitting Comments on RDA6. RDA's Effect on my Library7. RDA Publication8. RDA and MARC 21

  11. Presentations • RDA: Resource Description and Access (July 2005) [PDF format] • RDA: Resource Description and Access (July 2005 - Chinese) [PDF format] • RDA : Description des ressources et accès (July 2005 - French) [PDF format] • RDA: Descripción y Acceso de Recursos (July 2005 - Spanish) [PDF format]

  12. The Joint Steering Committee web Page • http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rda.html

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