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

RDA Registryhttp://www.rdaregistry.info/

Element definitions

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

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