Update on RDA & cataloguing standards developments

Deirdre KiorgaardAustralian Committee on Cataloguing Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA

Cataloguing and Metadata Futures @ Libraries Australia Forum 6 November 2009

Standards update MARC – upcoming proposals

http://www.loc.gov/marc/development.html

Non-Roman script data in authority recordshttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/nonlatingeneral.html

DDC – current proposalshttp://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/EPCexhibits.html

LCSH – Genre/Form projecthttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html

IFLA names of persons

What RDA is A new standard to replace AACR Designed for the digital world

– Instructions will be a Web tool– Instructions cover description of digital resources– Resulting records to be used in web environment

Broader scope– Includes ‘authorities’

Better coverage of resource types– Online resources, visual resources

What RDA isn’t Not a replacement for MARC21 or the ILMS

– Not an encoding standard or library system

Not a panacea for every ill afflicting the catalogue, but …– It will enable improved navigation of the catalogue

and improved catalogue displays (more organised, less cluttered)

Not (necessarily) simplified cataloguing, but ..– It will offer the potential of improved efficiency of data

creation & maintenance

Tentative Timeline2009

June

July - August

September+

2010

June?

+3 months

+3 months

+3 months

Mid 2011

Final text submitted to ALA Publishing

Keying of Final text into XML

Product development (Alpha testing;

Proofreading; Beta testing using Final text;bug fixes)

Release of RDA

Prep. period for US National libraries testing

US National libraries formal testing

US National libraries formal assessment

Earliest date for implementation

Preparing for RDAACOC & the National Library will help prepare Australian libraries with information and advice on:

TrainingDocumentation (transitional materials plus updates to LA manuals and standards)MARC changesLibrary system changes (data conversions, exchange of records)

Learning about … FRBR

Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

ACOC seminarhttp://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acocseminar2004.html

FRBR: Things You Should Know, but were afraid to askhttp://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4554

FRBR Bibliographyhttp://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/wgfrbr/bibliography.htm

FRBR and FRAD as implemented in RDA http://presentations.ala.org/images/b/b2/FRBR_and_FRAD_as_implemented_in_RDA.ppt

Resource Description and Access Paper presented at Online 2009 – useful for examples of FRBR in databases, library systems and

catalogueshttp://www.information-online.com.au/

JSC site http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html

Easy to read article on Changing to RDA http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/felicitervol53no7p250-253.pdf

RDA Prospectus http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5rda-prospectusrev7.pdf

Draft of RDA http://www.rdaonline.org/constituencyreview/

Changes to AACR2 Instructions http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5sec7rev.pdf

Using RDA with bibliographic and authority records http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair14.pdf

Learning about … RDA

Learning about … RDA in MARC21

Mappings in RDA : RDA to Bibliographic format (Appendix D), Authority Format (Appendix E).

MODS->RDA mapping and MADS->RDA mapping http://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/ and http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods//

Presentation to ALA July 2009 http://presentations.ala.org/images/f/f9/ALA.7-09-final.ppt

Proposals and discussion papers http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/an2009_age.html

Information on approved changes for vendors http://www.loc.gov/marc/formatchanges-RDA.html.

Keeping up to date

Information from US national libraries testinghttp://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/

Australian informationhttp://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/index.html

• FAQ• Upcoming presentations & Training courses• RDA-AUST discussion list• Australian implementation• ACOC conferences

RDA productInformation on the product:

http://www.publishing.ala.org/rdaonlinedotorg/

Sample RDA screens are available at: http://www.publishing.ala.org/rdaonlinedotorg/rda_samples/rda_samples.html.

RDA as a cataloguing toolInteractive, onlineIntegrated with policies and processes

Sample – RDA instructions

Thank you

Montage of shelves etc by Brungrrl http://www.flickr.com/photos/brungrrl/2246691272/

RDA Table of Contents0 Introduction

Section 1 - Recording attributes of manifestation and item1 General guidelines on recording attributes of manifestations and items2 Identifying manifestations and items3 Describing carriers4 Providing acquisition and access information

Section 2 - Recording attributes of work and expression5 General guidelines on recording attributes of works and expressions6 Identifying works and expressions7 Describing content

Section 3 - Recording attributes of person, family, and corporate body8 General guidelines on recording attributes of persons, families, and corporate

bodies9 Identifying persons10 Identifying families11 Identifying corporate bodies

Section 4 - Recording attributes of concept, object, event and place16 Identifying places

Section 5 - Recording primary relationships between a work, expression, manifestation, and item

17 General guidelines on recording primary relationships between a work, expression, manifestation, and item

Section 6 - Recording relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource

18 General guidelines on recording relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource

19 Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a work20 Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with an expression21 Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a manifestation22 Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with an item

Section 7 - Recording relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items

24 General guidelines on recording relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items

25 Related works26 Related expressions27 Related manifestations28 Related items

Section 8 - Recording relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies29 General guidelines on recording relationships between persons, families, and corporate

bodies30 Related persons31 Related families32 Related corporate bodies

AppendicesAppendix A CapitalizationAppendix B AbbreviationsAppendix C Initial articlesAppendix D Record syntaxes for descriptive dataAppendix E Record syntaxes for access point controlAppendix F Additional instructions on names of personsAppendix G Titles of nobility, terms of rank, etc.Appendix H Dates in the Christian calendarAppendix I Relationship designators: relationships

between a resource and persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with the resource

Appendix J Relationship designators: relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items

Appendix K Relationship designators: relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies

Glossary