1. Revising AACR: RDA Stuart Hunt CILIP/BL Committee on AACR/RDA Oslo, January 2006

2. Why are we doing this? Simplify Encourage use as a content standard for metadata schema Encourage international applicability Provide more consistency where appropriate Improve collocation Work/expression level citation/relationships New approach to GMDs

3. Why are we doing this? Principle-based Build cataloger’s judgment Founded on international cataloging principles Encourage applications of FRBR concepts

4. Anglo-American Tradition 1841 1876 1941 1908 1949 188918911904

5. How did we get here? 1961 – IFLA’s “Paris Principles” 1969 – IFLA’s ISBDs International Standard Bibliographic Description

6. Anglo-American Tradition 184118761902190419061908 1941 19491967

7. How did we get here? AACR2 1978 1988 1998 2002

8. Supporting Organizational Structure Committee of Principals AACR Fund Trustees/ Publishers Joint Steering Committee ALA CC:DA ACOCBLCCCCILIPLC

9. 1997 International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR Toronto, Canada JSC invited worldwide experts Issues leading to RDA Principles Content vs. carrier Logical structure of AACR Seriality Internationalization

10. How did we get here? IFLA’s Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records FRBR user tasks Find Identify Select Obtain Collocation at the work/expression level

11. How did we get here? FRBR Conceptual model Entities, relationships, attributes New terminology and approaches to packaging and presenting metadata Work Expression Manifestation Item Person Corporate Body Subject

12. How did we get here? December 2003 Update Paris Principles IFLA Meeting of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (IME ICC Frankfurt draft Statement of Principles)

13. How did we get here? Communication Standards MARC UNIMARC MARC 21 MODS/MADS MARCXML XML dtd’s Next generation? Metadata Standards Dublin Core MPEG 7 VRA EAD ISBD (also a content/display standard)

14. Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

15. Strategic Plan for RDA http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/stratplan.html

16. Statement of purpose RDA - Resource Description and Access will be a new standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital world. Built on foundations established by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR), RDA will provide a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. RDA will enable users of library catalogues and other systems of information organization to find, identify, select, and obtain resources appropriate to their information needs.

17. Goals 1.Will be ready for publication in 2008 2.Guidelines and instructions to: Provide a consistent, flexible and extensible framework for both the technical and content description of all types of resources and all types of content. Be compatible with internationally established principles, models, and standards. Be usable outside the library community, and be capable of adaptation by various communities to their specific needs.

18. Goals 3.Descriptions & access points will: Enable users to find, identify, select, and obtain resources appropriate to their information needs. Be compatible with those descriptions and access points devised using AACR2, and present in existing catalogues and databases. Be independent of the format, medium or system used to store or communicate the data. Be readily adaptable to newly-emerging database structures.

19. Goals 4.Will be a standard that is: Optimised for use as an online tool (although a print edition will also be published). Derived from English language conventions and customs, written in plain English, and able to be used in other language communities. Easy and efficient to use, both as a working tool and for training purposes

20. RDA is A new standard for resource description and access Designed for the digital environment Web-based product (also loose-leaf) Description and access of all digital resources (and analog) Resulting records usable in the digital environment (Internet, Web OPACs, etc.)

21. RDA is Multinational content standard providing bibliographic description and access for all media Developed for use in English language communities; it can also be used in other language communities Independent of the format (e.g., MARC 21) used to communicate information

22. Purpose for RDA Support FRBR user tasks Find, identify, select, obtain Enable users of library catalogues, etc. to find and use resources appropriate to their information needs

23. Strategic targets 1.New edition – 2008 2.Reach out to other communities 3.Web-based product/tool, plus a loose-leaf product

24. RDA Structure (Proposed) General introduction Part I – Resource description Part II - Relationships Part III – Authority control (Access point control) Appendices Capitalization, Numerals, Initial articles, Abbreviations Presentation (ISBD display, OPAC display, etc.) Glossary Index

25. General Introduction (Proposed) Purpose and scope of the code Underlying objectives and principles Related standards and guidelines Keep brief but possibly with links to full text of the relevant principles and concept documents

26. RDA – Part I (Proposed) Introduction General guidelines for resource description Identification of the resource Technical description Content description Information on terms of availability Item-specific information

27. RDA – Part I (Proposed) Data elements/attributes for description of resources Purpose and scope (FRBR user tasks) Source for the attribute How to record the attribute Notes pertaining to the attribute Attribute as access point Controlled Uncontrolled

28. RDA - Part I (Proposed) GMD/SMD vs. Type and Form of Carrier Print and graphic media Micrographic media Tactile media Three-dimensional media Audio media Projected graphic, film, video media Digital media

29. RDA - Part I (Proposed) Type and Form of Content Text Music Cartographic Resources Graphics Three-dimensional Resources Sound Moving Images Data, Software, and Interactive Content

30. RDA – Part II (Proposal) Relationships Works Expressions Manifestations Items Persons Corporate bodies Families Citations Works Expressions Manifestations Items Simplify choice of primary access point for citations of works

31. RDA – Part II Process Review AACR2 Ch. 21 special rules Musical Art Legal Religious Academic JSC proposals to eliminate, simplify, etc.

32. Work/Expression Records Classics of literature vs. scientific studies Examples in the OCLC database Stephen King 102 works, 231 manifestations Shakespeare’s Hamlet 1 work, 2696 manifestations Rowling, J.K. (Harry Potter stories) 28 works, 300 manifestations

33. RDA Part III (Proposal) Authority control / Access point management General guidelines Authorized forms Persons, Families, Corporate bodies, Places Citations for works, etc. Variant forms

34. Appendices (Proposal) Capitalization Numerals Initial articles Abbreviations Presentation of descriptive and authority data Glossary Possibly hypertext links from text to glossary terms Index

35. RDA Timeline (Proposal) July 2005: Prospectus Oct. 2005-April 2006: Completion of draft of Part I, and constituency review May-Sept. 2006: Completion of draft of Part II, and constituency review Oct. 2006-Apr. 2007: Completion of draft of Part III, and constituency review May-Sept. 2007: Completion of General Introduction, Appendices, and Glossary 2008: Publication

36. JSC meetings April 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 2006 in Washington, D.C. Etc.

37. AACR2 Final AACR2 update: 2005

38. JSC Public Web Site http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/index.html

39. Draft of RDA Part I Made available as means of providing outreach to library and non-library resource description communities Not officially part of RDA until drafts approved by JSC & formally published Deadline for comments 1 st March 2006 (for consideration at April JSC meeting)

40. RDA-L listserv is to facilitate informal discussion on RDA JSC initiative Hosted by Library and Archives Canada List archives forthcoming 2006

41. Citations Data elements FRBR Authority control Access points Consistency Content standard Simplification Principles Summary

42. Thank you!