Resource Description and Access RDA information session Deirdre

Resource Description and Access (RDA) information session Deirdre Kiorgaard Australian Committee on Cataloguing Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA AGLIN RDA information session + Q&A 2 November 2009

AACR to RDA

AACR is a robust standard, but … ‘Class of materials’ approach is no longer valid • Need for principles-based instructions • Need for extensibility Designed for the card catalogue not digital world • Data needs to be usable in the web environment

Brave new world? Ø The power of the search engine – New search algorithms, relevance ranking, synonym control … Image of Earth from space on website by Liz Strauss http: //www. successful‐blog. com/2007/09/

Next generation catalogues • tagging • links • reviews • full text • synonym control • table of contents Seattle Public Library” by Jeff Maurone http: //www. flickr. com/photos/jeffmaurone/2505572445/

The (not so) secret life of catalogue data (1) “metadata increasingly appears farther and farther away from its original context” Shreeves, Riley and Milewicz (2006). ØShared library databases ØDigitisation projects ØInstitutional repositories

The (not so) secret life of catalogue data (2) Ø The GLAM sector Galleries, libraries, archives and museums Ø The Internet Catalogue records have jumped the fence Ø Leading to: Services based on data aggregations Sharing of library data with other sectors Exposure of library data to the internet

What RDA is Ø A new standard to replace AACR Ø 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 Ø Broader scope – Includes ‘authorities’ Ø Better coverage of resource types – Online resources, visual resources

What RDA isn’t Ø Not a replacement for MARC 21 or the ILMS – Not an encoding standard or library system Ø 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) Ø Not (necessarily) simplified cataloguing, but. . – It will offer the potential of improved efficiency of data creation & maintenance

Advantages of RDA Ø Clearly defined element set – better granularity, improved mapping to other schema, e. g. Dublin Core, ISBD, MODS/MADS, MARC 21 Ø Greater emphasis on relationships – Better navigation and displays Ø Better interoperability - common vocabularies – Content type, carrier type, media type; Relationship designators; Encoding formats, etc. – Making vocabularies accessible Ø RDA and the semantic web

Tentative Timeline 2009 June July - August September+ Final text submitted to ALA Publishing Keying of Final text into XML Product development (Alpha testing; Proofreading; Beta testing using Final text; bug fixes) 2010 June? +3 months Release of RDA Prep. period for US National libraries testing US National libraries formal assessment Mid 2011 Earliest date for implementation

Preparing for RDA ACOC & the National Library will help prepare Australian libraries with information and advice on: ØTraining ØDocumentation (transitional materials plus updates to LA manuals and standards) ØMARC changes ØLibrary system changes (data conversions, exchange of records)

Learning about … FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records ACOC seminar http: //www. nla. gov. au/lis/stndrds/grps/acocseminar 2004. html FRBR: Things You Should Know, but were afraid to ask http: //www. loc. gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc. php? rec=4554 FRBR Bibliography http: //www. ifla. org/VII/s 13/wgfrbr/bibliography. htm FRBR and FRAD as implemented in RDA http: //presentations. ala. org/images/b/b 2/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 catalogues http: //www. information-online. com. au/

Learning about … RDA JSC site http: //www. rda-jsc. org/rda. html Easy to read article on Changing to RDA http: //www. rda-jsc. org/docs/felicitervol 53 no 7 p 250 -253. pdf RDA Prospectus http: //www. rda-jsc. org/docs/5 rda-prospectusrev 7. pdf Draft of RDA http: //www. rdaonline. org/constituencyreview/ Changes to AACR 2 Instructions http: //www. rda-jsc. org/docs/5 sec 7 rev. pdf Using RDA with bibliographic and authority records http: //www. rda-jsc. org/docs/5 chair 14. pdf

Learning about … RDA in MARC 21 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/f 9/ALA. 7 -09 -final. ppt Proposals and discussion papers http: //www. loc. gov/marc/marbi/an 2009_age. html Information on approved changes for vendors http: //www. loc. gov/marc/formatchanges-RDA. html.

Keeping up to date Ø Information from US national libraries testing http: //www. loc. gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ Ø Australian information http: //www. nla. gov. au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/index. html • FAQ • Upcoming presentations & Training courses • RDA-AUST discussion list • Australian implementation • ACOC conferences

RDA product Ø Information on the product: http: //www. publishing. ala. org/rdaonlinedot org/ Ø Sample RDA screens are available at: http: //www. publishing. ala. org/rdaonlinedot org/rda_samples. html.

RDA as a cataloguing tool ØInteractive, online ØIntegrated with policies and processes ØSample – RDA instructions

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