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Resource Description and Access (RDA): Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA (Aquisitions and Bibliographic Control, Library of Congress) Skip navigation Suggestions enabled. The Library of Congress > Cataloging, Acquisitions > General, Descriptive Cataloging > RDA Resource Description and Access (RDA) Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA News Documentos disponibles en español (ACTUALIZADO Mayo de 2013) Documentation Training Community U.S. Last Updated: 08/08/2017 Stay Connected with the Library All ways to connect » Find us on. Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access Webcast. RealPlayer not detected. Click here to download the Real Player Launch in a new window TITLE: Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access The second in a series on RDA: Resource Description and Access, the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment.

This presentation deals with the cataloging principles that have influenced the development of RDA; the challenges they present to the international sharing of bibliographic and authority data; and the challenges they present to the developers of RDA. Speaker Biography: Barbara B. Related Webcasts SERIES: Digital Future and You Related Library Resources Statement of International Cataloging Principles (IFLA Meeting of Experts-2008)

ACOC: Resource Description and Access. The Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) is a joint Australian Library and Information Association–National Library of Australia committee charged with monitoring and influencing developments in national and international cataloguing and classification. The Committee does this by: The Committee also supports professional development by: UKOLN | Bibliographic Management | LAI CILIP Conference 2008. Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA: RDA. Background RDA: Resource Description and Access was developed by JSC as part of its strategic plan (2005-2009) to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Edition Revised, which were first published in 1978.

RDA provides a set of guidelines and instructions on formulating data to support resource discovery. RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions covering all types of content and media. Details of how to subscribe to the RDA Toolkit can be found on the publisher’s website. For a brief summary of RDA see the RDA Brochure (PDF format). The text of the brochure is also available in the following languages: Arabic; Catalan; Chinese; German; French (Canada); French (France); Persian [Word format]; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish. JSC also welcomes translations of RDA Supporting Documentation. Work on the new standard began in 2004, and in the same year the Committee of Principals for AACR (CoP) appointed Tom Delsey as the Editor. Adam L.