Touring the RDA Toolkit

Milton S. Eisenhower Library

Technical Services Department

July 20, 2010

Overview

• What is RDA?

• What is the RDA Toolkit?

• Ways of Accessing RDA

• Structure of the RDA Toolkit

What is RDA?

• Resource Description and Access

• Replacement for AACR2

• Emphasis on users (Find, Identify, Select, Obtain)

• Emphasis on relationships

• NOT a display standard

RDA Timeline

• Now – October 1, 2010:– RDA testing group question and answer/familiarize with

RDA

• October 1 – December 31, 2010:– Formal RDA test

• January 2 – March 31, 2011:– Test assessment leading to a report of recommendations

• April – June 2011:– Decision making by LC, hopefully to be announced at

ALA Annual.

What is the RDA Toolkit?

• Integrated, online, browser-based product

• Collection of cataloging-related documents and resources:– RDA– RDA Element Set View– Full text of AACR2– Other documents

Accessing RDA

• RDA Toolkit– access.rdatoolkit.org– Open access period (ends 8/31/10)

• Cataloger’s Desktop– Need to enter institutional username and

password in Cat Desktop settings– Just RDA, not Mappings, Workflows, etc.

Structure of the Toolkit

• User Bar– My Profile:

• Passwords, saved searches, bookmarks, etc.

– Support:• Like JIRA for RDA (ticket-based help)

• Tabs– RDA– Tools– Resources

Getting Started

• Select “Create” from the User Bar and create your profile

User Bar

• Search (Quick Search and Advanced)• My Profile• Support• Log Out

Support

Tabs

• RDA• Tools• Resources

Browse RDA

• Navigation tree

• Collapse and Explode

Document Bar

Tools

• RDA Element Set View– FRBR/FRAD– Restructuring of the text of

RDA by element• RDA Mappings

– To and from MARC– Will be expanded later

• Workflows/Mappings– Shareable

• Entity Relationship Diagram and Schemas

Resources

Quick Search

Advanced Search

Questions?