International Conference on the Principles & Future Development of AACR
Initial work on RDA was based on the development of a product with the working title of AACR3 : Resource Description and Access. After consideration at the April 2005 meeting of the feedback from the review of the draft of part I of AACR3, the JSC decided on a change of direction.
AACR2 prefaces for 1978-1998 were not published in the 2002 revision and are provided here for information.
For background information on RDA see the following presentation:
[Note: This is a historic document and will not be updated.]
JSC encourages the translation of RDA Supporting Documentation by national bibliographic agencies or other interested parties. RDA Supporting Documentation refers to documents produced by JSC to support the development and implementation of RDA. Examples of RDA Supporting Documentation include: 5JSC/Sec/6 [Deferred issues]; 5JSC/Sec/6 [AACR2 Changes]; 5JSC/RDA/Element Analysis.