Cataloging with RDA
Goodbye AACR2 and hello RDA. The test results are in, three national libraries (LC, NLM and NLA) plan to implement the new standard "no sooner than January 2013." This workshop will bring you the latest news on RDA and give you a thorough overview of the new content standard. Topics include: FRBR review; RDA Core elements for description, preferred titles and names; changes from AACR2; articulating relationships between resources and entities; RDA Toolkit functionality; using workflows and mappings to catalog materials with RDA. Through exercises and hands-on cataloging experiences, participants will receive a thorough grounding in RDA.
Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish among work, expression, manifestation and item as they apply to describing and providing access to resources and understand their roles in enabling users to find, identify, select and obtain resources
- Build descriptions of resources using RDA Core elements
- Create authorized access points using preferred names for persons, families and corporate bodies and preferred titles for works
- Articulate relationships among works, expressions, manifestations and items and among resources and persons, families and corporate bodies using RDA vocabularies
- Use the RDA Toolkit and workflows to identify rules relevant to describing resources and creating access points
Target Audience:
Library catalogers with experience in cataloging with AACR2 and MARC
Prerequisites:
- Working knowledge of AACR2 and experience applying rules to cataloging situations
- Working knowledge of the MARC 21 and/or OCLC MARC bibliographic formats
- Desire to learn; openness to change
- Students must have access to the RDA Toolkit through institutional or personal subscription
Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements:
Students will hand in exercises reinforcing RDA concepts and will complete MARC-based descriptions for resources, applying RDA rules.
It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.
Technical Requirements:
Live Online System Requirements
Session Duration:
This course consists of four 2-hour sessions.
Instructor: Bill Walker - walker@amigos.org
Continuing Education Credit:
Contact Hours: 8
IACET CEUs: 0.8
May 20
- 23, 2014
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
Online Classroom
United States
United States
| Event Fee(s) | |
| Non-member Early Bird | $420.00 |
| Amigos Member Early Bird | $280.00 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 8 Learning Passport Hours | $0.00 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 10% Discount | $252.00 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 15% Discount | $238.00 |
