Setting a new standard
Resource Description and Access
Deirdre Kiorgaard18 September 2006
Outline• Why a new standard?
• Models behind RDA
• Issues in developing RDA
• Structure & content of RDA
• Who’s responsible
• Timeline for development & implementation
AACR “the most widely-used standard for descriptive cataloguing in the
English-speaking world” – 1967 – AACR 1st ed. – 1978
– 1988
– 1998
– 2002
Where does RDA fit?
Resource description
AACR RDA, CCO, RAD …
Subject description
LCSH, PRECIS, thesauri …
Classification DDC, LCC, UDC …
Content standards Encoding/Exchange/Interoperability FRBR
FRAR
MARC21, UNIMARC, MODS, MARCXML …
Dublin Core, AGLS,
EAD, TEI, ONIX
OAI, RDF, XML
Conceptual models
IdentifiersISBN, ISSN, BICI, PIs …
Beyond MARC
International Conference on the Principles & Future Development
of AACR (1997)
Logical structure of AACR2
What is a work?
Access points for works
Bibliographic relationships
AACR2 & catalogue production
Content versus carrier
Issues related to seriality
• Dec. 2004 - Draft of Part I of AACR3
• Dec. 2005 – Draft of Part I of Resource Description and Access
Towards RDA
Resource Description and Access
• Online resources & resource discovery services • Reducing the costs of creating resource descriptions• Creating richer resource descriptions
“Resource Description and Access is a new standard for description and
access designed for the digital world.” http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/stratplan.html
Concepts underlying RDA • FRBR:
– Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records
• FRAR– Functional Requirements of Authority Records
• Statement of International Cataloguing Principles – IME-ICC: International Meetings of Experts for an
International Cataloguing Code
• Cataloguing Cultural Objects; Describing Archives; Rules for Archival Description
RDA & other standards
• Replacing ISBD areas & punctuation• Replacing material designations
– http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/working2.html#chair-10
• MARC
Issues in developing RDA • Backwards compatibility • “Take what you see”• Internationalisation and other resource
description communities• Persistent Identifiers and URLs
RDA StructureGeneral IntroductionPart A: Resource Description
Part B: Access Point Control
AppendicesGlossaryIndex
General IntroductionPart I: Description
Part II: Headings, Uniform titles & References
AppendicesIndex
AACR Structure
Part A: Resource Description Introduction to part A• General guidelines on resource description• Identification of the resource (Identify)• Technical (or carrier) description (Select)• Content description (Select)• Acquisition and access information (Obtain)• Related resources• Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated
with a resource
Part B: Access point control
Introduction to part B
8. General guidelines on access point control
9. Access points for persons
10. Access points for families
11. Access points for corporate bodies
12. Access points for places
13. Access points for works, etc.
14. Other information used in access point control
Appendices
• Appendix A. Capitalization• Appendix B. Abbreviations• Appendix C. Initial articles• Appendix D. Presentation of data• Appendix E. Presentation of access point control
data
• Glossary• Index
Who’s responsible?Committee
of Principals
AACR FundTrustees/
Co-Publishers
Joint SteeringCommittee ...
ALACC:DA
ACOC BL CCC CILIP LC
Timeline
• June 2006: Issue draft of 2nd part of Part A
• Dec. 2006: Issue draft of Part B
• June 2007: Issue General Introduction, Appendices, and Glossary
• Dec. 2007: Finalise all text
• 2008: Publish RDA
• 2008? Implementation ?
Implementation
• British Library• Library and Archives Canada• Library of Congress• National Library of Australia
National library commitment
Training, Documentation, Policy development
JSC outreach
• Library administrators• Library educators • System vendors• Other resource description
communities • National and international
programs • IFLA and other rule-making
bodies
ACOC
• ACOC website
• http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acoc.html
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http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/rda.html
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