Introducing RDA : A Guide to the Basics After 3R.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (213 pages)
- ALA Special Report .
- ALA Special Report .
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. What Is RDA? -- 1.1. The 3R Project -- 1.2. Based on a Theoretical Framework -- 1.3. Designed for the Digital Environment -- 1.4. A Global Standard Appropriate for Use in Many Contexts -- 1.5. Impact -- 2. RDA: An International Standard -- 2.1. Alignment with International Principles, Models, and Standards -- 2.2. Capacity for Use in an International Context -- 2.3. Integration of Translations and the Translation Workflow -- 2.4. Shared Governance -- 3. The IFLA Bibliographic Conceptual Models -- 3.1. Overview of FRBR, FRAD, and FRSAD -- 3.2. IFLA Library Reference Model -- 3.3. Role of the Models -- 4. RDA's Background: Evolution from AACR2 into RDA -- 4.1. Building on the Foundations of AACR -- 4.2. Deconstruction of AACR2 -- 4.3. Continuity with AACR2 -- 4.4. Moving away from AACR2 -- 5. RDA: Some Key Aspects -- 5.1. Focus on the User -- 5.2. Structure of RDA -- 5.3. Content and Carrier -- 5.4. RDA Elements -- 5.5. Aggregates -- 5.6. Shortcuts -- 5.7. Nomen -- 5.8. New Ways of Thinking about Resource Description -- 5.9. Summary -- 6. Using RDA -- 6.1. Navigation in the RDA Toolkit -- 6.2. Recording Methods -- 6.3. Element Reference -- 6.4. Condition/Option -- 6.5. Encoding Schemes: Vocabulary Encoding Schemes and String Encoding Schemes -- 6.6. Policy Statements and Application Profiles -- 6.7. Data Provenance -- 6.8. Examples -- 6.9. Glossary -- 7. RDA after the 3R Project -- Sources for Further Information -- Index.
Since Oliver's guide was first published in 2010, thousands of LIS students, records managers, and catalogers and other library professionals have relied on its clear, plainspoken explanation of RDA: Resource Description and Access as their first step towards becoming acquainted with the cataloging standard.