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The US RDA Test:Status & Next Steps
For the Authority Control Interest Group, American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, January 9, 2011
Presented by Beacher WigginsDirector for Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of Congress
Status
Library of Congress (LC), National Agricultural Library (NAL), and National Library of Medicine (NLM) planned and carried out U.S. testing24 formal participants selectedDocumentation preparedTraining offeredTest commenced on October 1, 2010
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Status
27 formal test partners, including LC, NAL, NLM
Partners included cross-section:Types, sizes, formats, content, content codes
used Libraries, consortia, educators, vendorsProgram for Cooperative Cataloging librariesOCLC
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Status
Titles cataloged in the testCommon original set
25 titlesCommon copy set
5 titlesExtra set
Regular cataloging receipts
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25 common titles cataloged twice by all: 1) using RDA 2) using current content code
Range of analog and digital: Textual monographs (10)AV materials (5)Serials (5—print & other) Integrating resources (5)
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5 resources copy catalogedPrinted text, in English:
Monograph Serial Translation Compilation Novel
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Test partners cataloged regular receipts using RDA (at least 25 items)Foreign languagesCartographic materialsMusic scoresLaw materials
Authority data created if normally done for both common and regular titles
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LC worked with Program for Cooperative Cataloging to review former LC Rule Interpretations (LCRIs)Almost 500 LCRIs existedReduced to less than 200Some incorporated into RDA ToolkitNow called LC Policy Statements
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Conscious decision to catalog in real environment, recognizing inherent inconveniences that might be caused
Decisions made that would have the least amount of impact
Recording RDA headings in 7XX fields on AACR2 authority records
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Test ended December 30, 2010 8 survey instruments crafted to solicit test
data from formal and informal testers 27 participants created
+9,000 original MARC records+100 copy recordsSeveral non-MARC records+13,000 authority records
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Questions to be answeredSurvey instruments to address:
Level of personnel Source of answers
Type of answers/data, e.g., Objective Subjective Local management decision
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Questions addressRecord creationRecord useTraining & documentationUsing an online toolSystems & metadataTechnical feasibilityWorkflowsCosts & benefits
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At least 5 participants are continuing to create RDA records
LC/NAL/NLM ceased creating RDA records on December 30
Interim guidelines issued— LC and national libraries OCLC PCC
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Interim guidelines LC and national libraries
Accept RDA & AACR2 records OCLC
Accept RDA & AACR2 records PCC
Accept RDA & AACR2 records Already established AACR2 headings to be used
on bibliographic records—code as “pcc”
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Next steps Analysis of data
Matrix of Evaluative Factors RDA records
Common Original and Common Copy sets Survey responses
Contract to assist with data analysis? Report & recommendations to LC/NAL/NLM
senior management: March 31, 2011
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Decision by ALA Annual Conference, June 2011
Possible decisionsDo not implement RDAPostpone pending certain changes Implement RDA Implement RDA with specific changes/policy
decisions
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Mixed current & future bibliographic data environment, regardless of implementation decisionRDA records from some test participantsRDA records from some OCLC membersRDA records expected from international
colleagues, even if LC/NAL/NLM do not implement
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Interim guidelines will serve cataloging operations until implementation decision
Different guidelines will need to be determined after implementation decision
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New/refined guidelines will be developed if decision is to implement RDALC and national libraries will make policy
decisions, in consultation with PCC and OCLC
What are compatible RDA headings? Which 7XX headings to flip to RDA? Data and responses gleaned from the test will help
inform policy decisions
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Contact/more information LC Policy Decisions
Email: [email protected] MARC 21 standards
http://www.loc.gov/marc/ RDA—Resource Description and Access
http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html Joint Steering Committee for the Development of
RDA http://www.rda-jsc.org/
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Contact/more information (continued) U.S.Testing Resource Description and
Access (RDA)
http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ Beacher Wiggins
Director for Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of [email protected]
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LC Webcasts
Resource Description and Access: Background/Overview (May 14, 2008. 67 minutes) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4320
Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access. (June 10, 2008. 49 minutes) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4327
FRBR: Things You Should Know but Were Afraid to Ask. (March 4, 2009. 57 minutes) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4554
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Thank you!
Questions/comments?
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