Resource Description & Access (RDA)

General Structure Remember that RDA has a clear structure: Table of Contents Introduction Specific instructions o    Entities and their attributes ·             Group 1 (WEMI) (Chapters 1-7) ·             Group 2 (PFC) (Chapters 8-16) o    Relationships (Chapters 17-22, 24-32) Appendices for o    Abbreviation o    Capitalization o    Relationship designators (more on this later) Glossary with links to the text of the instructions Index Not Organized Like AACR2 The organization of RDA is very different from AACR2. Instead of separate chapters for classes of materials (books, cartographic materials, printed music, etc.), RDA is principle-based and organized around the FRBR/FRAD tasks to help users “identify” and “relate” the resources they need from our collections. There are general instruction...

RDA: Resource Description and Access  is the new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world. Built on the foundations established by AACR2, RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. Benefits of RDA include: A structure based on the conceptual models of FRBR (functional requirements for bibliographic data) and FRAD (functional requirements for authority data) to help catalog users find the information they need more easily A flexible framework for content description of digital resources that also serves the needs of libraries organizing traditional resources A better fit with emerging database technologies, enabling institutions to introduce efficiencies in data capture and storage retrievals RDA Background [RDA Toolkit]