RDA Test at LC Module 1: Overview What RDA Is; Structure

RDA Test at LC: June Module 12 RDA is successor to AACR2 but is not AACR3 -- RDA is different from AACR2

RDA Test at LC: June Module 13 RDA based on IFLA’s international models and principles Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR; 1998) Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD; 2009) Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP; 2009)

RDA Test at LC: June Module 14 Addresses user tasks FRBR: Find Identify Select Obtain FRAD: Find Identify Contextualize Justify ICP’s highest principle = “convenience of the user”

RDA Test at LC: June Module 15 Is a content standard Not a display standard (as was AACR2)  Does have appendix D for ISBD and appendix E for AACR2 style for access points  LC will continue using ISBD punctuation and AACR2 style for access points (also see LCPS 1.7) Not an encoding standard  LC will use MARC 21

RDA Test at LC: June Module 16 For wider scope of resources Response to what’s being acquired in libraries  More elements for non-printed text resources  More elements for non-text resources  More elements for unpublished resources Compatible with specialist manuals (DACS, CCO, DCRM(B) etc.)

RDA Test at LC: June Module 17 Includes authority data instructions Based on attributes and relationships in FRAD Authorized/variant access points and elements will for now be documented in authority records

RDA Test at LC: June Module 18 Has controlled vocabularies Only a few closed: content, media, and carrier types; mode of issuance; etc.  If term missing, tell PSD Most are open: cataloger can supply term if needed term not in list  Tell PSD which term used Some vocabularies being registered on the Web Training document #1 has list

RDA Test at LC: June Module 19 What’s changing? Changes in technology  Impact on descriptive/access data book catalogs card catalogs OPACs next generation Move from classes of materials to elements and values (more controlled vocabularies) Move from individual library to international audience

RDA Test at LC: June Module 110 Internet Catalogs are no longer in isolation  Global access to data Virtual International Authority File ( Integrate bibliographic data with wider Internet environment  Share data beyond institutions

RDA Test at LC: June Module 111 RDA developed for the future Full advantage of RDA-based data:  When authority and bibliographic data reside in separate “packages” and records assembled when needed  When access points (if needed) can be assembled “on the fly”  When data for works and expressions can be reused for multiple manifestations

RDA Test at LC: June Module 112 RDA appendices for transition Appendix D mappings:  ISBD to RDA - few changes from current practice  MARC 21 bibliographic format to RDA Appendix E:  Presentation and punctuation of access points - few changes from current practice  MARC 21 authority format mapping to RDA

RDA Test at LC: June Module 113 Structure of RDA

RDA Test at LC: June Module 114 RDA Structure General introduction Identifying elements (entities and their attributes)  Ch. 1-7: work, expression, manifestation, item  Ch. 8-16: person, family, corporate body, place Relationships: ch , Appendices Glossary

RDA Test at LC: June Module 115 RDA structure Not by class of materials: no separate chapters for books, printed music, etc.  Overarching principles applicable to all Basic goals: identify and relate (from FRBR/FRAD user tasks and ICP) Chapters: separate elements for goals  Assemble those elements when need authorized access points (instructions at end of chapters 6, 9-11)

RDA Test at LC: June Module 116 Not to be read linearly Using an online tool:  “Jumping in” via keyword searches  Going directly to elements from Table of Contents (ToC) pane  Following links  Seeing some duplication of content (needed for context) Separate RDA Toolkit training/demos Can use Training documents #3 and #4 to go to specific instructions

RDA Test at LC: June Module 117 What is where in RDA? Supplemental Training documents: #2 = Where is it in RDA? (general information) #3 = RDA core elements (listing of elements by chapter for a general overview of RDA) #4 = LC RDA core elements for the RDA Test #6 = Bibliographic record: MARC to RDA #7 = Authority record: MARC to RDA

RDA Test at LC: June Module 118 Terminology FRBR and FRAD “attributes” are “elements” in RDA FRBR and FRAD Group 1 entities:  Work  Expression  Manifestation  Item

RDA Test at LC: June Module 119 Group 1 entities “Book” – Door prop (item) – Publication at bookstore -- any copy (manifestation)

RDA Test at LC: June Module 120 Group 1 entities “Book” – Who translated? (expression) – Who wrote? (work)

RDA Test at LC: June Module 121 AACR2 to RDA vocabulary heading author, composer, etc. main entry uniform title authorized access point creator preferred title + authorized access point for creator if appropriate (1) preferred title (+ other information to differentiate); (2) conventional collective title

RDA Test at LC: June Module 122 AACR2 to RDA vocabulary see reference see also reference physical description chief source variant access point authorized access point for related entity carrier description preferred sources

RDA Test at LC: June Module 123 AACR2 to RDA vocabulary GMDmedia type + carrier type + content type

RDA Test at LC: June Module 124 Examples of addressing user tasks Variant title “if considered to be important for identification or access” Length of the film “if considered important for identification or selection” Other persons associated with the work “if considered important for access” Cataloger’s note “to justify the … form of the access point”

RDA Test at LC: June Module 125 Quiz on terminology

RDA Test at LC: June Module 126 Core elements Based on attributes mandatory for a national level record in FRBR and FRAD Core elements (RDA 0.6):  Some: always if applicable and available  Others: depends upon situation = Core if …  Agency can add others LC’s core elements: Training document #4

RDA Test at LC: June Module 127 “Core-ness” identified at element in RDA Toolkit If always a core element (if applicable and available), label “CORE ELEMENT” appears below element name If use as a core element depends upon the situation, the label “CORE ELEMENT” is followed by an explanation of the situation If additional element selected by LC as core, an LCPS will say “CORE ELEMENT FOR LC” with or without an explanation

RDA Test at LC: June Module 128 Core elements’ reminder (RDA 0.6) Include all the core elements that are applicable and readily ascertainable Don’t do research just to give a core element unless RDA instruction or LCPS says to do so

RDA Test at LC: June Module 129 Other choices in RDA Alternatives and options “or” instructions “agency preparing …” instructions LC’s decisions in tables posted on PSD site and in LCPSs available on PSD site and in Toolkit

RDA Test at LC: June Module 130 Choices: alternatives Instructions saying to do something different from what the previous instructions said, e.g.,  Giving a general note about numerous minor changes in title proper of a serial  Using the label on a direct access electronic resource as source for title proper instead of viewing the resource

RDA Test at LC: June Module 131 Choices: optional omissions Instructions saying to do less than what the previous instructions said, e.g.,  Omitting corporate hierarchy in the publisher’s name  Omitting words in a long title proper

RDA Test at LC: June Module 132 Choices: optional additions Instructions saying to do more than what the previous instructions said, e.g.,  Adding birth/death dates even if that information isn’t needed to differentiate  Adding fuller form of name even if that information isn’t needed to differentiate

RDA Test at LC: June Module 133 Choices: “or” instructions Not labeled as alternatives but do offer different approaches – agency policy decision  An example: when giving the extent of a resource consisting entirely of unnumbered pages, give the exact number, an estimated number with “approximately”, or “1 volume (unpaged)” Not all instructions with “or” wording are choices: some apply only to specific situations

RDA Test at LC: June Module 134 Choices: “agency preparing …” Result of internationalization: no longer assuming an Anglo-American context Choices relate to  Language of additions to access points  Language of supplied data  Script and transliteration  Calendar  Numeric system