Resource Description & Access (RDA)

RDA is divided into ten sections: sections 1–4 cover elements corresponding to the entity attributes defined in FRBR and FRAD; sections 5–10 cover elements corresponding to the relationships defined in FRBR and FRAD. The initial chapter in each section sets out the functional objectives and principles underlying the guidelines and instructions in that section, and specifies core elements to support those functional objectives. Subsequent chapters within each section cover attributes or relationships that support a specific user task as follows: Attributes Section 1  covers the attributes of manifestations and items that are most commonly used to identify a resource (chapter 2), to select a resource appropriate to the user’s requirements with respect to format and encoding (chapter 3), and to obtain a resource (chapter 4).  Section 2  covers the attributes of works and expressions that are most commonly used to identi...

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LC control no.:  n 2012216691 LCCN permalink:  http://lccn.loc.gov/n2012216691 HEADING: Mahāpātra, Nityānanda, 1912-2012. Novels. Selections 000 00584cz a2200169n 450 001 9250467 005 20130620032123.0 008 130425n| azannaabn |a aaa 010 __ |a n 2012216691 040 __ |a DLC |b eng |c DLC |e rda |d DLC 046 __ |k 2012 100 1_ |a Mahāpātra, Nityānanda, |d 1912-2012. |t Novels. |k Selections 370 __ |g Bhubaneswar, India 380 __ |a Novel 381 __  |a Selections 400 1_ |a Mahāpātra, Nityānanda, |d 1912-2012. |t Nityānanda upanyāsatraẏī 400 1_ |a Mahāpātra, Nityānanda, |d 1912-2012. |t Nityananda upanayastrayee 670 __ |a Nityānanda upanyāsatraẏī, 2012. Comments from experts:   370 and 380 were OK - place work was created and form of a work.  However, the 381 should be removed. "Selections" is a part of the work, not a characteristic and should not be used in this field.  The M...

Source of Parallel Title and Title Proper : Best Practices In the BIB record, the note for the source of the parallel title is not necessary.  Only title propers need a note if from outside of t.p.

Included New Section for Feeds of RDA Toolkit Development Blog to Get Notification of New Releases  RDA REVISION When there is a new release for RDA Toolkit, it is made on the second Tuesday of the month. Releases typically contain updates to content and metadata, enhancements to RDA Toolkit functionality, and fixes to existing bugs. The notification of new releases can be had from the above mentioned section "RDA Toolkit Development Blog" of this blog . <<<<<<------------>>>>>> LC-PCC PS REVISION Accessing Current Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements (LC-PCC PSs)  : summaries of changes (revisions, additions, deletions).  Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements (LC-PCC PS) will be revised and updated in response to the changes in RDA. This revision includes additions and deletions of LC-PCC PSs, corrections of typos, and rewri...