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RDA Toolkit Demonstration
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Overview Accessing the Toolkit Navigating the Toolkit Understanding the functionality of the Toolkit Searching the Toolkit Getting help and providing feedback NOT: Structure of RDA How to catalogue using RDA
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Access to the Toolkit To subscribe: www.rdatoolkit.org/subscribewww.rdatoolkit.org/subscribe Also available through EPIC as add-on to subscription: http://www.epic.org.nz/about- epic/subscription-optionshttp://www.epic.org.nz/about- epic/subscription-options –Cheaper than separate subscription –For cost, email paula.banks@dia.govt.nzpaula.banks@dia.govt.nz
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Access to the Toolkit Access via Cataloger’s desktop –Only available if you already subscribe to RDA –Full functionality of Toolkit not available Print version of RDA: http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/ http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/ title.php?id=7494&category_code=910
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Direct access to Toolkit: http://access.rdatoolkit.org/http://access.rdatoolkit.org/ RDA Toolkit website: http://www.rdatoolkit.org/http://www.rdatoolkit.org/
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RDA Home page Subscriber User menu Document paneContents pane Login boxes Search icons Tabs
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RDA Tab Full text of RDA Table of Contents – 10 sections – 37 chapters Section 1 contains chapters 1-4 Section 2 contains chapters 5-7 Section 3 contains chapters 8-11 and so on …
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Appendices A-L – Capitalisation – Abbreviations – Relationship designators etc. Glossary Index RDA update history RDA Tab
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Contents pane: Expanding and contracting Click + to expand Click - to contract For example, click + here, then here … …then select an instruction …
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Display features User menu Document menu Note: Instructions start with chapter no., not section no.
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User menu RDA Quick Search “Go” Advanced Search Login to personal profile Create personal profile Email password for personal profile Logout Support Document menu Previous hit (Search) Next hit (Search) Synch TOC Return to results View text Bookmarks Print Menu icons
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Link to text of RDA Next section of RDA Core element of RDA Link to external website Link to Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging policy statement Previous section of RDA Instruction from Basic version of RDA
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Display features Page numbers Glossary link Status of element Hypertext link to another instruction
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Display features Policy statement Explanatory text Example Buff colour for examples Options & Alternatives
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Print icon Whole chapter! Select relevant pages to print
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Synch TOC icon Manually synchronises Table of Contents with Document Pane
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Module 3 Exercise 1
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Tools tab Document pane shows Home pageDifferent TOC
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Element Set View Different view of RDA, arranged under FRBR & FRAD entities Link to RDA instruction
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RDA Mappings Map RDA to MARC21 & vice versa Hint: use Ctrl+f to find a word Link to MARC Link to RDA instruction
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Maps Mappings created and shared by Toolkit users Supplement the “formal” RDA mappings
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Examples of RDA Records
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Formats of materialDisplay in RDA element order, then in MARC format
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Workflows Toolkit users create workflows or manuals Share globally, or locally within institution’s subscription
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Complex workflow with linked Contents List to aid navigation …
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… and links to RDA instructions, other resources in the Toolkit, external websites
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Entity Relationship Diagrams – flowcharts of behind the scenes modelling
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Schemas can be downloaded – for database developers and IT staff
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Module 3 Exercise 2
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AACR2 full text, with links to corresponding RDA instructions LC-PCC PS Other resources, e.g. FRBR, FRAD, Dublin Core, etc. Resources tab
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AACR2 (full text) Links to corresponding RDA, DCRMB etc. instructions Click on the RDA link next to AACR2 1.1B6 and …
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… you’re taken to the relevant RDA instruction, highlighted in yellow
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AACR2 rules may be related to multiple RDA instructions e.g. click on the RDA link at AACR2 1.2B5 and …
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… choose an RDA instruction from a results list
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Searching Quick search e.g. RDA instruction 3.2
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… takes you directly to the RDA instruction you searched for
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Quick search e.g. phrase “title proper”
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… takes you to a results screen. Click on a relevant section, e.g. 2.3.2.7 … Core RDA element RDA basic version
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… and the instruction is displayed with your search terms highlighted. Navigate using “Previous” and “Next” icons Return to results
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Select all Advanced search Use magnifying glass icon Search entire Toolkit, or parts of it Limit your search by type Try search for “illustrations” in the whole Toolkit…
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Result set includes RDA instructions, AACR2 instructions, RDA Element Set view
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Try searching RDA instructions only, limit to Core instructions Clear all
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Results are just from RDA and all have the “Core” icon
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Try searching AACR2 rule 1.4F1 Make sure previous search is cleared from search box at top first!
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Results list – 3 relevant RDA instructions Select the second one, 2.8.6.3 …
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RDA instruction 2.8.6.3 displays Yellow highlighting indicates embedded metadata for AACR2 rule
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Module 3 Exercise 3
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Help, support and other resources
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Click “Feedback” to report issues, provide feedback, check on previous issues
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RDA Toolkit Website http://www.rdatoolkit.org
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http://www.rdatoolkit.org/development
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http://www.rdatoolkit.org/virtualusergroup
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DescribeNZ wiki: www.describe.org.nzwww.describe.org.nz
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ACOC RDA website: http://www.nla.gov.au/acoc/resource-description-and-access-rda-in-australia
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Questions
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