RDA: New Cataloging Rules, Coming Soon to a Library near You!

Moore, Julie Renee

doi:10.1108/07419050610725021

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RDA: Resource description & access—a survey of the current state of the art

Tosaka

Park

2013

J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec

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Resource Description & Access (RDA) is intended to provide a flexible and extensible framework that can accommodate all types of content and media within rapidly evolving digital environments while also maintaining compatibility with the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2). The cataloging community is grappling with practical issues in navigating the transition from AACR2 to RDA; there is a definite need to evaluate major subject areas and broader themes in information organization under the new RDA paradigm. This article aims to accomplish this task through a thorough and critical review of the emerging RDA literature published from 2005 to 2011. The review mostly concerns key areas of difference between RDA and AACR2, the relationship of the new cataloging code to metadata standards, the impact on encoding standards such as Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC), end user considerations, and practitioners' views on RDA implementation and training. Future research will require more in-depth studies of RDA's expected benefits and the manner in which the new cataloging code will improve resource retrieval and bibliographic control for users and catalogers alike over AACR2. The question as to how the cataloging community can best move forward to the post-AACR2/MARC environment must be addressed carefully so as to chart the future of bibliographic control in the evolving environment of information production, management, and use.

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RDA: Resource description & access—a survey of the current state of the art

Tosaka

Park

2013

J Am Soc Inf Sci Tec

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Resource description and access: cataloging standards affect reference service

Keenan

2014

Reference Services Review

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Implementation of a new cataloging standard called Resource Description and Access or RDA continues to be an important topic for catalogers. However, it affects all parts of the library, especially reference and public services. Changes to the cataloging rules will shape how data about library resources are entered, which in turn will influence how people search, find, understand, and navigate the library catalog. As mediators between library resources and end users, public services' personnel will notice their daily work is affected by these changes. A basic understanding of RDA will make it easier to help users find what they need. This article begins with an introduction to RDA and a brief history of cataloging. This is followed by a review of the literature and a description of major differences between the established cataloging instructions found in the Anglo-American cataloguing rules (AACR2) and the new practices outlined in RDA. The article will conclude with a brief exploration of potential future enhancements made possible by implementation of RDA. Throughout, the article will focus on how changes in cataloging code may affect searching, retrieval, and navigating the library catalog. RDA… THE BASICS RDA is the newest version of cataloging best practices. What does that mean and who, other than catalogers, cares? All librarians should care because cataloging rules fundamentally affect what and how data are recorded. The underlying data combined with the software functionality of catalogs and discovery tools affect what is displayed on the screen and how the user interacts with the catalog. Librarians often function as mediators between patrons and the library's resources, which are represented by bibliographic records in the library catalog. A basic understanding of cataloging practices will help

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Preparations for Implementation of RDA in New Zealand Public Libraries

Turner¹

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<p>This study examines how New Zealand public libraries will implement the new cataloguing standard of RDA by investigating what preparations for implementation they are making. This study uses a qualitative methodology. The researcher interviewed seven Heads of Cataloguing from public libraries in the lower North Island. These interviews were then analysed to bring out common themes and any differences between interviews. Public libraries in New Zealand are not currently planning on implementing RDA. This will come in the near future when the Library of Congress and then the National Library release their decisions on the implementation of RDA As the last cataloguing change was over thirty years ago, public libraries are likely to be uncertain about what they will need to do to implement this change and how it will affect them. This research will be useful in that it will allow other New Zealand public libraries to see how various libraries are preparing for RDA. This information can then be used to aid in their own decision-making processes.</p>

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RDA: New Cataloging Rules, Coming Soon to a Library near You!

Cited by 5 publications

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RDA: Resource description & access—a survey of the current state of the art

RDA: Resource description & access—a survey of the current state of the art

Resource description and access: cataloging standards affect reference service

Preparations for Implementation of RDA in New Zealand Public Libraries

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