Impact of RDA in Chile: Complex

scenario and adaptation to change

Angela Quiroz Ubierna

Library of National Congress of Chile

11 August 2016

• RDA in Chile: in the begining

• Different Chilean libraries

• Library of National Congress, Chile

• RDA: looking to the future

Outline: Implementation

RDA implementation in Chile:

in the begining

RDA Interest Group Chile (GIRCH) (2010-2014)

RDA implementation in Chile:

in the begining

RDA Interest Group Chile:

- Objective:

“To study the standards for description and

access to the information resources”.

RDA implementation in Chile:

in the begining

RDA Interest Group Chile:

- Working groups (e.g. Access Point;

Cataloguers)

- Training

- Collaborative work

- Webpage:

biblioestandares.bn.cl

RDA implementation in Chile

Implementation in different Chilean libraries

Universidad Alberto Hurtado

- Implementation: mixture AACR2 / RDA

• New MARC fields incorporated in the ILS

template e.g. 336-337-338

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library)

- Project 2015-2016: bibliographic records

(Chilean authors)

• New MARC fields (264, 336-337-338)

Implementation in different Chilean libraries

Universidad de Concepción

- Project “Implementation of the RDA” 2014-2015

- Training

- NACO certification

- Funnel Project

Funnel Project NACO- Chile

Funnel Project NACO- Chile

Members:

• Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile

• Universidad Federico Santa María de Valparaíso

• Universidad Católica del Maule

• Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

• Universidad de la Frontera

• Universidad San Sebastián

• Universidad de Concepción (coordinator)

Implementation: Library of National Congress

of Chile (BCN).

- Member of GIRCH

- RDA Toolkit subscription (since 2010)

- Training (internal)

- Translation RDA Toolkit into Spanish (internal)

- Projects: Authority records (personal names) of

parliamentarians and bibliographic records

Implementation: Library of National Congress

of Chile.

Leader 18 “i” - 040 $e rda – 264 – 336 – 337 – 338

Bibliographic record, Horizon

Implementation: Library of National Congress

of Chile.

Authority record, Horizon

Implementation: Library of National Congress

of Chile.

BCN OPAC: www.bcn.cl/catalogo

RDA implementation: looking to the future

- More training (as required)

- Funnel Project NACO-Chile

- Workshops for librarians and students

- Spread the use of RDA in Chilean libraries

Thank you for your attention!

Questions?

aquiroz@bcn.cl