WORKSHOP WRAP-UP Presentation by Alison Hitchens For CASLIS, March 24, 2011, Peterborough, ON

Acknowledgements This presentation is based on: Hitchens, Alison & Ellen Symons. “RDA Training and Implementation,” PowerPoint presentation presented at OLA SuperConference, Toronto, Ont., Feb. 2, Oliver, Chris. “Future of cataloguing: how RDA positions us for the future,” PowerPoint presentation presented at RDA Workshop, Halifax, N.S., Oct. 21, Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Going forward  Implementation information  Training ideas  RDA and the future of cataloguing 3 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Implementation in North America  Library of Congress plans  revising LCRIs and making decisions on options these are linked in the RDA Toolkit as LC policy statements (LCPS)  analyze results from 6 month testing period with partner libraries and creating report (March 2011)  LC decision on implementation (June 2011)  Library and Archives Canada plans  familiarization  create training documentation for LAC  make decisions on options, alternatives and core elements  implement in late 2011; implementation is dependent on availability of French translation of RDA 4 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Implementation in your library  Local policies  Communication with public services staff  E.g. rule of three: how many to trace  Communication with systems staff  E.g. icons/visual cues to replace GMD 5 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Prepare yourself for training  Apply what you learned today!  Familiarize yourself with the RDA Toolkit. Try cataloguing something using RDA!  Train-the-trainer modules being developed by CLA-TSIG  Workshops and webinars from ALCTS  LC’s documentation for RDA test participants, with accompanying exercises  Modules from LC’s RDA train-the-trainer website 6 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Prepare yourself for training  Look at RDA records in LC catalogue  In Basic Search Text box, type 040e rda  Click Expert Search in the Search Type Box  Click Begin Search button 7 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

How to train  Start with the background: RDA principles, FRBR concepts and terminology  Highlight changes from AACR2 to RDA for common cataloguing tasks  Identify changes in the structure of the tool so that cataloguers can navigate the RDA Toolkit  Give practical examples and exercises  Allow time for follow-up sessions 8 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

RDA and the future of cataloguing  recording well-formed metadata  designed for now and for the future  make library data visible 9 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

RDA = “well-formed” metadata  distinct and precise elements for each kind of data  each data element contains one type of data  instructions on how to record data for each element  controlled vocabulary is used as the value recorded in many elements  underlying model for the data = FRBR/FRAD model 10 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

RDA Metadata actionable data data that can be acted upon by humans machines(semantic web) 11 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Designed for now and the future Now  designed to work in the current environment  compatible with AACR2 records  co-exist with AACR2 records in the same databaseFuture  positioned to take advantage of new database structures based on linked data  function in the semantic web  visible in the web alongside other types of metadata 12 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

RDA = content standard RDA not an encoding standard not a presentation standard RDA data can be encoded using: MARC 21 other encoding systems such as Dublin Core, MODS, etc RDA data can be presented using : ISBD conventions other display conventions or standards 13 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

RDA data: in existing databases bibliographic records = description+ access points + authority records – linked to access points + holdings records – linked to bib records Bibliographic Authority Holdings 14 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

RDA data: in future databases  Separate records for  Work  Expression  Manifestation  Item  Person  Corporate body  Family 15 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Resources  The following slides contain resources that may be useful for familiarizing yourself with RDA or for training others 16 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Resources  JSC presentations site    LC site    RDA in Canada site  e.html e.html 17 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Resources  Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) Wiki  LC account for questions about RDA or RDA records  ALCTS Workshops & Webinars /webinar/cat/rda.cfm /webinar/cat/rda.cfm 18 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Resources  Hitchens, Alison and Ellen Symons. “Preparing Catalogers for RDA Training.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 47, no. 8 (2009):  Oliver, Chris. Introducing RDA : A Guide to the Basics. Chicago : American Library Association,  Maxwell, Robert. FRBR : A Guide for the Perplexed. Chicago : American Library Association,  Taylor, Arlene G. (ed.). Understanding FRBR : What it is and How it Will Affect Our Retrieval Tools. Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited,  Tillett, Barbara. What is FRBR? : a Conceptual Model for the Bibliographic Universe Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011

Questions? Alison Hitchens Cataloguing & Metadata Librarian University of Waterloo Library 20 Hitchens | CASLIS | March, 2011