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RDA BASICSFOR NON-CATALOG LIBRARIANS

D R. S O N I A A RC H E R- C A P U Z Z OU N I V E R S I T Y O F N O RT H C A R O L I N A AT

G R E E N S B O R OS M A RC H E R D M A @ G M A I L . C O M

WHAT WE’LL COVER

• Quick intro• A bit about RDA• What this change means for librarians outside the

catalog department• What we see in a catalog record will change.• New ways of searching will become possible.• Changes you may need to talk to your systems vendors

about.

• Time for your questions

INTRODUCTION

• Why is a basic knowledge of RDA important?• A few acronyms • AACR2: Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition• MARC21: MAchine-Readable Cataloging• ISBD: International Standard Bibliographic Description• RDA: Resource Description and Access

RDASOME BASIC INFO

• A content standard• Published 2010, still being revised• Looking forward• Meant to describe a variety of media (extensible)• Designed for the digital environment

• Looking back• Designed to play well with earlier standards, like AACR2

RDA USER TASKS

• Find• Match search criteria to specific entities (via attributes

and/or relationships)

• Identify• Confirm that the resource found corresponds to the

resource sought and distinguish between similar resources

• Select • Choose entities that meet the patron’s needs and

determine which do not

• Obtain• Access or acquire the entity sought

ELEMENTS OF RDA

• Entities• Group 1: products of intellectual or artistic endeavor• Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item (WEMI)

• Group 2: those who produce Group 1 entities• Person, Corporate body, Family (PCbF)

• Group 3: subjects of Group 1 entities• Concepts, Objects, Events, Places, and any Group 1 and 2 entities

• Attributes- collectively describe/name/define a single entity• This is what we’re used to

• Relationships- between 2 entities• This is new• Note the importance of relationships

CHANGES IN DESCRIPTION

• What we see in a catalog record will change.• The amount of information provided in a record will

increase.• The amount of jargon used in a record will decrease.

CHANGES IN DESCRIPTION“TAKE WHAT YOU SEE”

• More information can be included• Example: no more rule of 3

• More cataloger’s judgment• Example: catalogers can choose to only include a few

names or all of them

Imaginary book / by Jane Doe, John Doe, Jane Eyre, John Hancock, and John Smith.

OR

Imaginary book / by Jane Doe [and four others].

CHANGES IN DESCRIPTION

• Easier-to-understand descriptions• Example: no more abbreviations• P. is now “page” • Ed. is now “edition”• But we still use cm (no period)

• Example: no more Latin terms• S.l. is now “Place of publication not identified” • Ca. is now “approximately”• Et. al. is now “and # others”

EXAMPLEEASIER-TO-UNDERSTAND DESCRIPTIONS

Hart, Amy, author

The RDA primer : a guide for the occasional cataloger / Amy Hart.

Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado ; Oxford, England : Linworth, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2010]

©2010.

xiii, 89 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

EXAMPLEEASIER-TO-UNDERSTAND DESCRIPTIONS

Hart, Amy, author

The RDA primer : a guide for the occasional cataloger / Amy Hart.

Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado ; Oxford, England : Linworth, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2010]

©2010.

xiii, 89 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

NEW SEARCH CAPABILITIES

• New ways of searching will become possible.• Relationships are more important.

RELATIONSHIPS

Authority records are becoming more detailed

RELATIONSHIPS

• Inclusion of more names• All contributors can be included in the statement of

responsibility and in added entries• Works contained in the main work can be included and

defined

• Relator terms tell you what the relationship is• Examples:• Author to work• Part of a collected works set• A parody of a work

• Very handy with more complex relationships

EXAMPLE OF RELATIONSHIPS

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Stutschewsky, Joachim, 1891-1982.

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EXAMPLE OF RELATIONSHIPS

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer.

Stutschewsky, Joachim, 1891-1982, editor.

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EXAMPLE OF RELATIONSHIPSWITHOUT RELATOR TERMS

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations sur un thème de Händel.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations sur le thème Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Judas Maccabaeus.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Mädchen oder Weibchen.

EXAMPLE OF RELATIONSHIPSWITH RELATOR TERMS

Contains (work) : Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations sur un thème de Händel.

Contains (work) : Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations sur le thème Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen.

Musical variations based on (work) : Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Judas Maccabaeus.

Musical variations based on (work) : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Mädchen oder Weibchen.

CHANGES IN SEARCH AND DISPLAY

• Changes you may need to talk to your systems vendors about.• No more GMD, replaced by new fields

NO MORE GMD (GENERAL MATERIAL DESIGNATION)

•GMD in AACR2

Adele [videorecording] : live at the Royal Albert Hall / Done and Dusted, Family Values, XL Recordings, Columbia Music Video ; producer, Cordelia Plunket ; director, Paul Dugdale.

NO MORE GMD

•Replaced in RDA by: Content type, Media type, Carrier type• Content type: text, two-dimensional moving image, performed

music• Media type: unmediated, computer, video, audio• Carrier type: volume, sheet, computer disc, audio disc

Adele : live at the Royal Albert Hall / Done and Dusted, Family Values, XL Recordings, Columbia Music Video ; producer, Cordelia Plunket ; director, Paul Dugdale.

two-dimensional moving image (content type)video (media type)videodisc (carrier type)

YOUR CATALOG AND RDA

• Talk to your system vendor!• Make sure all useful fields and subfields display…• Or can be searched by your system• Working with GMDs in old records and

content/media/carrier type in new records• Be aware that some subject changes, especially

to do with the Bible, are sticky and need to be addressed.• Linking data

CONCLUSION

• RDA will change what we see in the catalog• Some things will take some time to get used to• Some changes in RDA still need to be made• Potential for better searching is great• You have time!

WORKS CITED

FRBR Cheat Sheet. Available at http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=422336&sid=3452947

Hart, Amy. The RDA Primer: A Guide for the Occasional Cataloger. Santa Barbara, California: Linworth, 2010.

Hit the Ground Running! RDA Training for Music Catalogers. Available at http://guides.library.cornell.edu/content.php?pid=422336&sid=3452843

Library of Congress (LC) RDA Training Materials. Available at http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/LC%20RDA%20Training/LC%20RDA%20course%20table.html

Oliver, Chris. Introducing RDA: A Guide to the Basics. Chicago: American Library Association, 2010.

RDA Toolkit. Available at rdatoolkit.org Tillett, Barbara. “What is FRBR? A Conceptual Model for the

Bibliographic Universe.” Library of Congress Cataloging Distribution Service, 2004. Available at http://www.loc.gov/cds/FRBR.html

RDA BASICSFOR NON-CATALOG LIBRARIANS

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