The RDA primer : a guide for the occasional cataloger

This guide provides an introduction to the history, structure, rules, and future of the new cataloging code Resource Description and Access (RDA) that will be invaluable to general librarians and catalogers.

This book traces the development of RDA, explaining why it was needed and how it was developed. The basics of the conceptual models for RDA are covered, showcasing the origins of the structure and vocabulary of RDA. It then compares AACR2 to RDA and looks at specific changes in the cataloging code. The author also addresses how this development may enable library data to be housed on the Semantic Web and provides practical advice that librarians and catalogers can act upon now to prepare for RDA.

* Five-page bibliography cites works and provides links to source documents and reference works

* Includes chapters on the conceptual models on which RDA is based.

* A comprehensive index offers direct access to key terms and concepts of RDA

* 18 graphs, figures, and screenshots illustrate concepts for FRBR and FRAD, RDA's structure and vocabulary, and linked data on the Semantic Web

• Figures p. vii
• About the Author p. ix
• Introduction p. xi
• Who Is This Book For? p. xi
• How Is This Book Organized? p. xi
• A Special Note p. xiii
• How to Use This Book p. xiii
• Chapter 1 History and Development of RDA p. 1
• Machiavellian Intrigue p. 1
• Who Writes Cataloging Rules Anyway? p. 2
• Why Did We Need New Rules? p. 3
• AACR3 to RDA p. 4
• RDA Reorganized: From AACR2 to FRBR p. 6
• LC'S Quiet Bombshell p. 6
• Chapter 2 What Is FRBR? Who Is FRAD? p. 9
• A Conceptual Model p. 10
• Entity-Relationship Analysis p. 10
• Making User Needs Their Focus p. 11
• Chapter 3 FRBR and FRAD Entities p. 13
• Group 1 Entities The Promise of WEMI p. 13
• Group 2 Entities Responsible for Works p. 16
• Group 3 Entities Subjects of Works p. 17
• Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) Entities p. 18
• Chapter 4 FRBR and FRAD Relationships p. 21
• Logical Relationships in FRBR p. 21
• Other Group 1 Relationships in FRBR p. 23
• FRAD Relationships p. 25
• Conclusion p. 28
• Chapter 5 AACR2 to RDA p. 29
• FRBR/FRAD-Based Vocabulary and Concepts p. 29
• RDA Structure p. 31
• AACR2 Structure p. 31
• RDA and AACR2: Part 1 p. 32
• RDA and AACR2: Part 2 p. 33
• Chapter 6 Changes from AACR2 to RDA p. 35
• Principles and Objectives p. 35
• Separation of Content and Presentation (RDA 0.1) p. 37
• Core Elements (RDA 0.6) p. 37
• Break from "Classes of Material" Approach p. 38
• Transcription of Data p. 38
• Less Use of Abbreviations p. 39
• Relationship Designators p. 39
• Rule of Three an Option, Not the Rule p. 40
• Content and Carrier Instead of GMD p. 40
• Conclusion p. 43
• Chapter 7 MARC Changes p. 45
• Bibliographic Format: Content, Media, and Carrier Changes p. 45
• Bibliographic Format: 007 and 008 p. 48
• Name-to-Resource Relationships p. 48
• Resource-to-Resource Relationships p. 49
• Authority Format: Name-to-Name Relationships p. 50
• Additional MARC Fields for Name and Resource Attributes p. 50
• Conclusion p. 51
• Chapter 8 Putting It All Together p. 53
• RDA Attributes [Part 1]: Table of Contents and Structure p. 53
• Section 1: Attributes of Manifestation and Item p. 54
• Section 1: Chapter 1: General Guidelines p. 54
• Section 1: Chapter 2: Identifying Manifestations and Items p. 55
• Section 1: Chapter 3: Describing Carriers p. 56
• Section 1: Chapter 4: Acquisitions and Access Information p. 57
• Section 2 p. 57
• Section 2: Chapter 5: General Guidelines p. 57
• Section 2: Chapter 6: Identifying Works and Expressions p. 58
• Section 2: Chapter 7: Describing Content p. 58
• Sections 3 and 4 p. 59
• Using the RDA Toolkit p. 59
• Chapter 9 RDA and Library Systems p. 61
• MARC Changes p. 62
• Indexing Issues p. 62
• Retrospective Changes p. 62
• Public Catalog Possibilities: Content, Carrier, and Media Type p. 63
• Integration of RDA Online into Cataloging Modules p. 63
• Database Changes and FRBR-ization p. 63
• Post-MARC p. 64
• Semantic Web p. 64
• Conclusion p. 64
• Chapter 10 The Metadata Community p. 65
• How We Got Here: The DCMI/RDA Task Group p. 65
• What Is the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative? p. 66
• What Is the NSDL Registry? p. 66
• What Is the Semantic Web? p. 66
• What Is RDF? p. 67
• Uniform Resource Identifier References p. 68
• XML Namespace and Qname p. 68
• RDF/XML p. 69
• RDF Vocabularies and the RDF Schema p. 69
• Conclusion p. 70
• Chapter 11 RDA and Metadata p. 71
• DCMI/RDA Task Group p. 71
• Development of an RDA Element Vocabulary p. 71
• An RDA Dublin Core Application Profile Based on FRBR/FRAD p. 73
• Disclosure of RDA Value Vocabularies Using RDF/RDFS/SKOS p. 74
• Library of Congress Authorities and Vocabularies Service p. 75
• A New Catalog Record? p. 77
• Chapter 12 RDA and YOU p. 79
• Planning p. 79
• Implementation p. 80
• The Future p. 81
• Works Cited p. 83
• Index p. 87