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TRY 2013: RDA Matters: A Snapshot at Ryerson Library

  • Doris Lovadina-Lee,
  • Aileen Farray,
  • Lies Weijs, Ryerson Library

Historical Overview

  • AACR from 1967, AACR2 from 1978
  • mostly print based
  • AACR3 development began in mid-90s

Proposed Changes

  • efficient and easier
  • new media types e.g. mp3
  • more compatible with other standards
  • more international, not so anglo
  • become a metadata standard so other organizations can use it
  • web-based, interactive interface for presenting information

Beginning of RDA

  • renamed from AACR3 to RDA because new concept
  • new relationships between parts of metadata
  • help users find, identify, select and obtain items
  • based on FRBR (by IFLA)

FRBR Vocabulary

  • entities – class of things e.g. works, people
  • relationships – association among entities e.g. between 2 works, works and people
  • attributes – characteristics of entities
  • Work: realize through – intellectual/artistic content
  • Expression: embodied in – kind of work e.g. French translation, audiobook
  • Manifestation: exemplified by – format
  • Item – specific copy

RDA

  • new cataloguing standard
  • compatible with AACR2
  • flexible for future

Changes

  • short term will be small changes
  • when describing supporting user tasks reflects what data, how
    • no more latin e.g. [s.n.] -> publisher not identified
    • don’t introduce abbreviations e.g. ill. -> illustration
  • can look in whole book, not just specific parts of item
  • see more detailed information, fewer square brackets
  • take what you see, accept what you find (faithful representation) e.g. spelling error, can make note of it
  • option to put every creator name, or specific number of others
  • GMD gets to go, because unclear, can mean more than one format e.g. sound recording = audiobook or mp3 file?
  • 3 new RDA elements
    • content type: how to perceive it e.g. 2D
    • media type:  e.g. video
    • carrier type: breaks down media type further, where that thing you use is housed e.g. videodisc
    • not being displayed in catalogue, yet

RDA Implementation

  • started in-house in 1993, using AACR2 then AACR2 Update, now RDA
  • 2 librarians and 6 cataloguers – extensive training weekly, using exercises from LC
  • July 1, 2013 – stop adding AACR records
  • in-house policies record on staff intranet
  • current software (Millenium) allow implementation
  • no recon project, but looking at global updates
  • LC Policy Statements for all cataloguers to review

Hybrid Environment

  • catalogue/database: AACR and RDA records
  • record: AACR2 description and RDA access points
  • probably add new fields (content, media, carrier types) to generate format icons
  • finding a lot of records coming in from vendors are hybrid records

Conclusion

  • all libraries will need to work on these issues
  • implementation is a constant work in progress

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Author Cynthia NgPosted on May 7, 2013October 12, 2024Categories EventsTags metadata, TRY Conference

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