Library systems and RDA RDA Cataloguing Seminars September 2012
Overview What your library needs to consider if you intend to use RDA records Where your vendor gets involved
New MARC fields How do you identify these: Tag tables
Indexing Indexing of the data in new fields and subfields required to make the data searchable Three questions to answer: –What can I do? –What can my systems staff do? –What does my vendor need to do?
Example Stretton, Charlotte (3) Stretton, Charlotte, illustrator (2) Stretton, Charlotte, novelist (6) Stretton, Charlotte, poet (5) Stretton, Charlotte (16) subfield $e indexed subfield $e not indexed Charlotte Stretton poet novelist illustrator
Display Display of new fields and subfields Display of new data elements: content, carrier and media type Think about how indexing choices affect display Stretton, Charlotte (16) –Illustrator (2) –Novelist (6) –Poet (5) Example of one way of displaying results if you choose to index Author Browse
Indexing and Display in action
Discussion: GMD to Content, Carrier and Media types Content type cartographic image performed music spoken word text three-dimensional form two-dimensional moving image Carrier type audio disc online resource microfilm reel sheet volume videocassette videodisc Media type audio computer Media type microform projected Media type unmediated video [videorecording : DVD] [videorecording : Blu-ray] [electronic resource : sound recording]
Major vendors Already informed about RDA Some have implemented new MARC fields Further work to be done
System vendors & software
Small and local vendors Not everyone uses a major international vendor NLNZ will contact NZ-based vendors Libraries should contact smaller overseas vendors directly