Resource Description & Access (RDA)

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RDA CATALOGING NEWS RDA Cataloging News and RDA Bibliography is a compilation of News, Events, Workshops, Seminars, Conferences, Training, Articles, Books, Presentations, Videos, Workshops, Training, Web Articles, Blog Posts, Reviews Etc. on Resource Description and Access (RDA), Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2), MARC21, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD), Subject Cataloging, Descriptive Cataloging, BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework), Linked Data, Etc.

RDA RELATIONSHIP DESIGNATORS RDA Appendices Chapter Title I RELATIONSHIP DESIGNATORS: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A RESOURCE AND PERSONS, FAMILIES, AND CORPORATE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESOURCE I.2 Relationship Designators for Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with a Work I.2.1 Relationship Designators for Creators I.2.2 Relationship Designators for Other Persons, Families, or Corporate Bodies Associated with a Work I.3 Relationship Designators for Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with an Expression I.3.1 Relationship Designators for Contributors I.4 Relationship Designators for Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with a Manifestation I.4.1 Relationship Designators for Manufacturers I.4.2 Relationship Designators for Publishers I.4.3 Relationship Designators for Distributors I.5 Relationship Designators for Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with an Item I.5.1 Relationship Designators for Owners I.5.2 Re...

click to enlarge Resource Description and Access RDA Blog Revision: RDA Blog has undergone some major revisions. Contents: RDA Blog has moved to HTTPS from HTTP  Formatting Changes in RDA Blog posts and Pages  References in Resource Description and Access RDA Blog  RDA FAQ - Resource Description and Access Frequently Asked Questions Revision RDA Blog has moved to HTTPS from HTTP Resource Description and Access   RDA Blog  is now even more secure. RDA Blog has enabled HTTPS. The URL has moved to https: //resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.com/ HTTPS has become a web-standard & one of those practices that every webmaster should follow. HTTPS is great for the security of data as it encrypts the data transferred between users & a website. Especially it protects them from common hacking practices such as data sniffing & man-in-the-middle-attack.  There are three main benefits to using HTTPS instead of HTTP to ac...

Contents: Alternatives Options and Exceptions in RDA : What Every Cataloger Needs to Know What are RDA Alternatives? Example of RDA Alternatives What are RDA Options? Example of RDA Optional Additions Example of RDA Optional Omissions What are RDA Exceptions?  Example of RDA Exceptions How to decide whether to apply the alternatives, options, or exceptions? Note on the use of screen images from RDA Toolkit (Following RDA and RDA Toolkit Copyright Statement and guidelines) Alternatives Options and Exceptions in RDA : What Every Cataloger Needs to Know RDA contains a number of guidelines and instructions that are marked as alternatives, options (optional additions, optional omissions), and exceptions. Each of these is clearly identified by an italicized label, which in the RDA Toolkit appears in green color in the instruction (alternative, optional addition, optional omission, exception). A green vertical bar also appears in the left margin next of an alternati...