Where Did It Go?
The new beta Toolkit includes some significant differences in how the instructions are organized and arranged. Some may have trouble locating where some instructions have moved to.
RDA
Broken-World Vocabularies
A new article by Daniel Lovins and Diane Hillmann looks at RDA and Bib frame in the context of vocabulary maintenance and repair. Check it out at D-Lib Magazine.
Full Record Examples of RDA Cataloging
In order to facilitate RDA education and training, the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) issued the examples of RDA cataloging in 2016. The links below will download PDF files of RDA cataloging examples based on Original RDA. Each document is bookmarked to allow for easy navigation between examples.
The Lang-athon: a multilingual Jane-athon
Inspired by the Jane-athons presented by the RDA Development Team and ALA Publishing in 2015 and earlier this year, TBLC, in cooperation with Gordon Dunsire (Chair of the RSC) and TMQ (creators of
Thing-athon: strings and things in RDA and linked data
The Thing-athon is a hackathon for metadata created using RDA: Resource Description and Access and the RDA editor RIMMF, where catalogers, developers, and vendors get together to explore RDA and its application beyond the MARC environment.
Looking back at the second Jane-athon
The second Jane-athon, also known as the Jane-In, was held this past Summer in San Francisco. the session sought to build upon the curated r-ball started at the first Jane-athon.