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Introducing RDA Essentials
May 26, 2016
Thomas Brenndorfertbrenndorfer@guelphpl.ca
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
My Timeline
1997 – Toronto: International Conference on the Principles and Future of AACR2
1998 – Publication of FRBR – Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
2007 – another draft of RDA (formerly AACR3) fully reflects FRBR model
2009-2013 – presentations on FRBR and RDA; “RDA in 10 Easy Steps”
2013-2016 – RDA Essentials
RDA in 10 Easy Steps1. Look at the resource
2. Look at the resource again
3. Consider the resource in terms of acquisition and access
4. Consider the content
5. Consider the content again
6. Consider the person, families, and corporate bodies associated with the resource
7. Show primary relationships between the work, expression, manifestation, and item
8. Show relationships between work/expression/manifestation/item and persons, families, and corporate bodies
9. Show relationships between work/expression/manifestation/item and other works, expressions, manifestations, and items
10. Show relationships between person/family/corporate body and other persons, families, and corporate bodies
The RDA elements –Element Set View
Elements – a useful way to organize related cataloging information
RDA Steering Committee documentshttp://www.rda-rsc.org/documents
http://www.rda-rsc.org/sites/all/files/RSC-RDA-element-analysis-table.pdf
Example
Elements in RDA Essentials – without the numbers…
Element sub-types
TitleTitle » Title ProperTitle » Parallel Title ProperTitle » Other Title Information
Sub-elements
Publication StatementPublication Statement » Place of PublicationPublication Statement » Publisher’s NamePublication Statement » Date of Publication
Elements … and Guidelines for Elements
etc.
Element information and link to guidelines
… just two sets of guidelines to apply
Guidelines for statements of responsibility
etc.
Group 1:Preferred Name for the Corporate BodyVariant Name for the Corporate Body
FranceNew York (N.Y.)Puerto Rico
Group 2:Place of Origin of the WorkPlace of BirthPlace of DeathCountry Associated with the PersonPlace of Residence, Etc.Place Associated with the FamilyLocation of the Conference, Etc.Other Place Associated with the Corporate Body
FranceNew York, N.Y.P.R.
Guidelines for Places
Starting at the beginning … Choosing a preferred source of information to identify the resource
Presentation formatExample: Resources consisting of one or more pages, leaves, sheets, or cards, or images of themThe first preference for a source is the title page, title sheet, or title card, or an image of them, if available.
Mode of issuanceSingle unitMultipart monographSerialIntegrating resource
Source of information
How to catalog with RDA Essentials
1. Presentation format and Mode of Issuance
2. Source of information – title page
3. Elements:Title >> Title ProperStatement of Responsibility >> Statement of Responsibility Relating to
Title ProperPublication Statement >> Place of PublicationPublication Statement >> Publisher’s NamePublication Statement >> Date of Publication
4. Guidelines for elements
Authorized Access PointsHemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
Johnson, A. W. (Anthony W.)
Pius XII, Pope
Pahlavi (Dynasty : 1925-1979)
Medici (Royal house : Medici, Lorenzo, de’,1449-1492)
Royal Aeronautical SocietyDouble Image (Musical group : 1989- )
New York (State)Governor’s Conference on Aging (Fla.) (3rd : 1992 : Tallahassee, Fla.)
Cassatt, Mary 1844-1926. Children playing on the beach
Munro, Alice, 1931- Lives of girls and women. Danish
Blade runner (Motion picture : Final cut)O’Connor, Flannery. Short stories
Authorized Access Points in RDA Essentials
Constructing authorized access points – example elements for persons
Authorized Access Point Representing a Work
More example instructions for constructing authorized access points representing works
Entities: attributes and relationships
The techniques for recording relationships – between works
The techniques for recording relationships – between resources and creators
Relationship Designators – refining the relationship element
Relationship Designators – refining the relationship element – examples
Other instructions …Not in RDA Essentials:- Exceptions for early printed resources- Instructions for analytical or hierarchical
descriptions- Instructions on transliteration- Instructions on recording titles and
constructing access points for musical works, religious works, and legal works
- Instructions for changing descriptions related to Mode of Issuance (multipart monographs, serials, integrating resources)
- Detailed lists of most controlled vocabulary terms for elements
- Detailed instructions for capitalization, abbreviations, initial articles, and names in other languages
Conclusion… RDA is about recording well formed data and
recording relationships …
… RDA is about using the rigor of the entity-
relationship model from FRBR to record robust
and reliable data in order to maximize support for users engaged in resource discovery.
RDA Essentials
May 26, 2016
Thank you for participating…
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