Teaching RDATrain-the-trainer course for

RDA: Resource Description and AccessPresented by the National Library of Australia

September – November 2012

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Introduction

Purpose of course • To train participants to:

– Use the RDA Toolkit

– Understand principles of RDA

– Provide tools for teaching RDA

Introduction

• Supplied course material– RDA Training workbook– Electronic copies of Training Workshop material

• Training notes• PowerPoint presentations• Additional activities

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Ice Breaker

Day One

• Overview and context of RDA• FRBR refresher• RDA Toolkit• Key differences from AACR2: Structure• Transcription changes from AACR2

Module 1:

Overview and context of RDA

Learning outcomes

• Explore the context and background to RDA

• Explore the challenges we will face withimplementation and training in

RDA

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Activity

Semantic Web and RDA

Web 1.0Web 2.0

Semantic Web

Metadata standards

ONIXStandard developed by publishing industry

Developed and maintained by cultural and computer science sectors

Semantic Web and Linked Data

• Internet = computers talking to each other

• Semantic Web = computers understanding what they are talking to each other about

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGg8A2zfWKg

Semantic Web and Linked Data

Linked Data• Four principles:

– Use URIs as names for things– Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those

names– When someone looks up a URI it provides useful

information– Include links to other URIs so that they can

discover more things

Semantic Web and Linked Data

• Resource Description Framework

http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-rdf-primer-20040210/#statements

Semantic Web and Linked Data

Source: Network visualisation, Ruth Park, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), 2002- [Retrieved 19/10/2012]

Semantic Web and Linked Data

“Now! ... That should clear up a few things around here!”