Introduction to RDA

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION AND ACCESS (RDA) : AN INTRODUCTION TO CATALOGUING IN THE 21ST CENTURYPresented by:Hamidahbt. HJ. A. RahmanSenior LecturerFaculty of Information ManagementUiTMPuncakPerdana Campus40150 Shah AlamSELANGOR DARUL EHSAN4/5/20101

4/5/20102What is RDA?Resource Description and AccessA content standard for:Describing resourcesEnabling access to resource descriptions Based on AACR2 but not AACR3Defines what goes into a catalogue record but not how it is encoded or displayed

4/5/20103Some Related StandardsFRBR = a entity-relational model of the data required to find, identify, select and obtain resourcesISBD = rules that organise the display of a bibliographic description of an item in a catalogueMARC = communication and exchange format providing a structure for encoding the content of bibliographic and authority dataDublin Core = metadata schema

4/5/20104FRBRFunctional Requirements of Bibliographic RecordsIFLA study; report published 1998Entity-relationship model that defines:Tasks: find, identify, select, obtainResource relationships:work, expression, manifestation, itemEntities: people, corporate bodiesEntities: concepts, objects, events, places

4/5/20105ISBDsInternational Standard Bibliographic DescriptionsDeveloped 1969 onwards by IFLADefined seven areas of description and their orderTitleStatement of ResponsibilityEditionResource specific informationPublication detailsPhysical descriptionSeries informationNotes and standard identifiers

4/5/20106AACRAnglo-American Cataloguing RulesA content standard for bibliographic description and accessBibliographic – not just booksBuilt on other, earlier sets of rulesKey principlesOne principle entry per resourceCatalogue from item in handChief source of information

4/5/20107AACR / RDA timeline1967 UK and US editions1978 Second unified edition - consistent with ISBDs. Several later revisions issued.1997 Toronto conference on AACR21998 FRBR study2004 Start work on AACR32005 Develop RDA not AACR32009 RDA launch (provisional)

4/5/20108AACR 2Part 1: DescriptionChapter 1: General rulesChapters 2 -12: Resource-type-specific rulesChapter 13: Analytic entriesPart 2: Headings, Uniform Titles, ReferencesChapter 21: Choice of access pointsChapters 22 – 26: Construction of access pointsAppendicesA: Capitalisation, B: Abbreviations, C: Numerals,D: Glossary, E: Initial articles

4/5/20109What’s wrong with AACR?Increasingly complexLack of logical structureMixing content and carrier dataHierarchical relationships missingAnglo-American centric viewpointWritten before FRBRNot enough support for collocationUnclear relationship with MARC Format

4/5/201010RDA – The AimsRules should be easy to use and interpret Be applicable to an online, networked environmentProvide effective bibliographic control for all types of mediaEncourage use beyond the library communityBe compatible with other similar standardsHave a logical structure based on internationally agreed principlesSeparate content and carrier dataExamples – more of them, more appropriate

4/5/201011Who is working on RDA?Joint Steering Committee (JSC)1 representative each from:ACOC, ALA, BL, CCC, CILIP, LCJSC reps consult with their ‘constituency’In UK, CILIP/BL Committee on RDA plus specialist groups (e.g. Rare Books Group, IAML(UK & Ireland) ) RDA Editor: Tom DelseyRDA Project Manager: Marjorie Bloss

4/5/201012And alsoTask focused working groupsRDA GMD/SMD Working GroupRDA and ONIX InitiativeRDA Examples Working GroupsandDCMI RDA Task Group

4/5/201013How is RDA being developed?Draft – (responses – revised drafts – further responses, etc.) – acceptanceLatest draft released 17 Nov. 2008;responses to date from:ACOC, ALA, BL, CCC, CILIP, LCFrance, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, SwedenISSN International Centre Final product – the publishers (ALA, CILIP, CLA)

4/5/201014RDA Timeline2005Prospectus issuedDraft of chapters relating to descriptionContent and carrier studies2006 and 2007Further drafts of chapters on description and accessWork on appendices and glossary2008Draft issued in PDF format in November2009First public view of online product – late February 2009?June 2010 – Publication ready?

4/5/201015RDA Outline StructureIntroductionAttributesSections 1 to 4 (chapters 1 to 16)Relationships Sections 5 to 10 (chapters 17 to 37)Appendices A to MGlossary

4/5/201016What will RDA look like? - 1Section 1: Recording manifestation and item attributesCh. 1 General guidelinesCh. 2 Identifying manifestations and itemsCh. 3 Describing carriers (technical description)Ch. 4 Providing acquisition and access information (terms of availability, etc.)

4/5/201017What will RDA look like? - 2Section 2: Recording attributes of work and expressionCh. 5 General guidelines (incl. construction of access points for works and expressions)Ch. 6 Identifying works and expressions (e.g. uniform and collective titles, etc.)Ch. 7 Describing additional attributes of works and expressions (incl. nature and coverage of content, intended audience, etc.)

4/5/201018What will RDA look like? - 3Section 3: Ch. 8, 9, 10, 11Recording attributes of person, family and corporate body (= name headings)Section 4: Ch. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16Recording attributes of concept, object, event and place (= subject headings)Section 5: Ch. 17Recording primary relationships between work, expression, manifestation and itemSection 6: Ch. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22Recording relationships to persons, families and corporate bodies associated with a resource

4/5/201019What will RDA look like? – 4Section 7: Ch. 23Recording subject relationshipsSection 8: Ch. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28Recording relationships between works, expressions, manifestations and itemsSection 9: Ch. 29, 30, 31, 32Recording relationships between persons, families and corporate bodiesSection 10: Ch. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37Recording relationships between concepts, objects, events and places

4/5/201020What will RDA look like? - 5AppendicesA: CapitalisationB: AbbreviationsC: Initial articlesD: Record syntaxes for descriptive data (ISBD, M21, DC)E: Record syntaxes for access point control dataF: Additional instructions on names of personsG: Titles of nobility, rank, etc.H: Conversion of dates to Gregorian calendarJ, K, L, M: Relationship designatorsGlossaryIndex

4/5/201021Using RDAFirst analyse the resource being describedWhat is the content type?Held in what carrier form?Which audience is it intended for or primarily used by?To what other resources is it related?To which persons, families or corporate bodies is it related?To what concepts, events and places is it related?

4/5/201022One rule for all …Mostly:Rules apply to all content typesRules apply to all media typesWithExamples of application to specific content and mediaOccasionally:Rules apply to specific materials or contexts

4/5/201023Words, words, words …Can look opaque or ‘going round in circles’Trying to avoid reference to specific content and carriersHope to improve wording over time“Use as the preferred source ofinformation a source forming part of the resource itself that is appropriate to (a) the type of description and (b) the presentation format of the resource”Means:Comprehensive or analytical descriptionMultiple pieces, early print, moving images, or ‘all other materials’

4/5/201024RDA – What will it be?Initially an online resourceComplete textPricing, subscription, etc. - still not decidedPotentially:Concise textTailored texts (law, music, serials, etc.)Training resourceIncorporated into LMS cataloguing modulesLoose-leaf print version(s)

4/5/201025Beyond RDARDA aims to be:Independent of communication formatsUNIMARC, MARC, MARCXML, MODS/MADSDC, EAD, ISBD, VRA, MPEG7Compatible / better aligned with other similar standards, for example:Archives: ISAD(G)Museums: Cataloguing Cultural Objects

4/5/201026RDA and MARC 21Mapping RDA and MARC 21Report issued in Nov. 2006 and discussed at MARBI Midwinter 2007How will RDA impact on MARC 21?New fields / subfields now being added How will MARC 21 impact on RDA?Identification of data provisions in MARC 21 that were not in early draft of RDAThis fed into RDA development process

4/5/201027Looking into the crystal ballFRBRPotential influence on development of cataloguing systemsAuthority records, uniform titles, work recordsOPACsMultiple interfaces for different audiencesEnhance for accessibility - supports all usersLinks (actual resources, restrictions, supporting or associated resources)RDAUse outside the library domain

Any Questions?http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/rda-online/http://www.rdaonline.org/4/5/201028

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