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Multilingual RDA

Tue, 14 May 2013 - 2:32 pm e — jhennelly

With the May release to RDA Toolkit, RDA: Resource Description and Access became a multilingual standard, and RDA Toolkit became a multilingual website. French and German language versions of RDA are now accessible to all subscribers of RDA Toolkit. In 2012 ALA Publishing, on behalf of the RDA Co-Publishers, entered into an agreement for the French language translation of RDA with ASTED (Association pour l’avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation).

Rewording RDA

Tue, 14 May 2013 - 1:17 pm e — jhennelly

The following post was written by Chris Oliver, Copy Editor for the Rewording of RDA.

The aim of the rewording project was to improve the readability of the text of RDA while preserving the exact meaning and intent of all the instructions. The original RDA had a distinctive rhythm, a consistent style, and a well-planned structure. While working on readability, it was also important to ensure that the reworded text would fit as smoothly as possible with the text that was left unchanged.

Some Useful RDA Documentation

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 - 3:01 pm e — jhennelly

Last week Cathy Lamoureaux of Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh posted a very helpful collection of RDA documents to AUTOCAT. For those who might have missed this posted, we have included it here with the author's permission. The value of the documents for RDA training is readily evident and requires no further explanation from me.

British Library announces implementation of RDA

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 - 4:19 pm e — jhennelly

An April 2 post to the RDA-L user list by Alan Danskin announced the British Library's implementation of RDA effective April 1, 2013. The full text of the post follows.

Revised RDA Toolkit Release Schedule for 2013

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 - 2:13 pm e — jhennelly

The RDA Toolkit release schedule for 2013 has been revised. RDA Toolkit releases will take place in May, July, and November in 2013. Releases always take place on the second Tuesday of a release month.

2013 RDA Toolkit Release Schedule

  • May 14
  • July 9
  • November 12

The May release is expected to include French and German translations of RDA as well as the complete rewording of RDA as requested by the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee.

The July release is expected to include the RDA Update from the JSC.

RDA Toolkit Update - February 2013

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 - 3:48 pm e — jhennelly

Recent RDA Toolkit Improvements

Over the last 6 months the co-publishers for RDA have released the following updates and improvements to RDA Toolkit. Follow the links below to read more about each improvement.

RDA at Midwinter 2013

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 3:43 pm e — jhennelly

Policies for handling hybrid records and copy cataloging after the March 31st implementation day were a key topic of RDA discussions at ALA's 2013 Midwinter Meeting that wrapped up yesterday in Seattle.

About Our Growing Video Help Page

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 - 12:14 pm e — jhennelly

What better way to discuss our growing library of help videos than with a video blog entry.

Questions from the 1.16 RDA Toolkit Essentials webinar

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 - 10:04 pm e — jhennelly

Yesterday's RDA Toolkit Essentials webinar generated quite a few questions and there were several that we were not able to address within the allotted time. So we are using the blog post to both share the questions and our answers.

Question: Are examples provided in the Element Set within the Tools Tab? [Sally]
Answer: Yes, full record examples of RDA cataloging in MARC can be found on our site at http://rdatoolkit.org/examples/MARC.

Getting Ready for RDA without Panicking

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 - 12:13 pm e — jhennelly

Day One for RDA implementation is March 31, 2013. Scary, I know. The date sounds so definitive and dread-inducing, as if the stroke of midnight that day will bring chaotic change and the end of AACR2! Of course, this is not the case at all. Many libraries, including the Library of Congress, have been creating RDA records for many months, and after March 31st there will be plenty of libraries that still do AACR2 cataloging. The March 31 date really means that the Library of Congress and a few other major libraries will be cataloging exclusively (or nearly exclusively) in RDA, so you will be seeing a lot more RDA records.