Standards Update Resource Description and Access Kevin Marsh Team Leader | Liaison, Acquisition and Description (Original Materials) State Library of Western Australia Australian Committee on Cataloguing , Incoming Representative to the Joint Steering

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Standards UpdateResource Description and
AccessKevin MarshTeam Leader Liaison,
Acquisition and Description (Original
Materials)State Library of Western
AustraliaAustralian Committee on Cataloguing ,
Incoming Representative to the Joint Steering
Committee for Development of RDA
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Outline

• Value of RDA
• US national libraries testing
• RDA revision process
• RDA implementation
• Training and materials
• Policy changes
• MARC21 changes and systems changes
• Libraries Australia
• RDA Toolkit and subscriptions
• ACOC RDA website and rdaaust
• Keeping in touch with RDA developments

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Value of RDA

• Resource Description and Access or RDA
• is the standard that replaces the Anglo-American
  Cataloguing Rules (AACR)
• is a web-based tool
• RDA offers
• Improved description of digital resources,
  unpublished resources and resources with multiple
  characteristics
• More guidance on the creation of authority
  headings
• Compatibility with a range of encoding schema
• Clearly defined data elements and improved
  granularity
• Opportunities for better catalogue displays and
  navigation
• Opportunities for more efficient data creation

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US testing of RDAs goals

• Goals that were met
• Provide a consistent, flexible and extensible
  framework for all types of resources and all
  types of content
• Be independent of the format, medium, or system
  used to store or communicate the data
• Goals that were mostly or partially met
• Be compatible with internationally established
  principles and standards
• Enable users to find, identify, select, and
  obtain resources appropriate to their information
  needs
• Be compatible with descriptions and access points
  in existing catalogues and databases
• Be readily adaptable to newly emerging database
  structures

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Outcomes of the test

• We believe that the long-term benefits of
  adopting RDA will be worth the short
• term anxieties and costs You may ask if this
  is the time to make a dramatic
• change in cataloging. Our collective answer is
  that libraries must create linkages to
• all other information resources in this Web
  environment. We must begin now.
• Indefinite delay in implementation simply means a
  delay in our effective
• relationships with the broader information
  community.
• Extract from Statement from the Executives of the
  Three National Libraries
• Final Report and Recommendations
• http//www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/
• Summary of Progress on US RDA Test
  Recommendations to JSC
• http//www.rda-jsc.org/summaryprog.html
• Bibliographic Transition Initiative
• http//www.loc.gov/marc/transition/

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RDA revision process

• http//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/propos
  al.html

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RDA implementation plan

• 2010
• June RDA Toolkit published
• July-December U.S. National Libraries RDA
  Test http//www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/
  rda/
• 2011 - 2013
• Mid 2011 The Library of Congress releases the RDA
  Test Report
• End 2011 MARC21 changes expected to be available
  on Libraries Australia
• Mid 2012 NLA conducts train-the-trainer sessions
  for Australian training agencies
• Late 2012 Expected rollout of training to
  Australian libraries by training agencies
• Early 2013 Expected implementation period

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NLA RDA implementation team

• Catherine Argus
• Manager , Standards training
• Jenny Stephens
• RDA Implementation officer
• Contact by email nlarda_at_nla.gov.au

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Training

• Training needs survey
• Australia http//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/a
  coc/rda.htmlsurvey
• New Zealand http//nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/R
  DA-page
• Library context Levels of current knowledge
  Content of training Training methods Time for
  training Training locations
• Request for Expressions of Interest in providing
  RDA training
• Trainers to provide
• Comprehensive face to face training courses for
  cataloguers
• Shorter courses, e.g. for library managers or
  reference staff
• Training Australia-wide
• National Librarys role

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Sample NLA training materials
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Training courses and seminars in Australia
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Policy changes

• Library of Congress Policy Statements
• Accessible via the RDA Toolkit or Cataloguers
  Desktop and listed at http//www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
• Shorter and fewer than the Library of Congress
  Rule Interpretations
• More cataloguers judgement
• Libraries Australia
• International policies

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MARC21 changes http//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/
grps/acoc/documents/MARC21changestosupportRDA.doc

• Content Types, Media Types and Carrier Types
• Attributes of Entities (Names and Resources)
• Relationships between Entities
• Other changes to MARC Bibliographic
• Indicating the use of RDA rules and ISBD
  punctuation

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Systems changeshttp//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/
grps/acoc/rdasystems.html

• Questions relating to systems changes
• What changes do I need to make to my local
  library system ahead of RDA implementation?
• Will I need to convert our existing records?
• What relationship will there be between RDA
  Toolkit and my library system?
• Will changes to catalogue displays be required?
• How do I keep informed?
• FAQ
• http//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/rdafaq
  system.html
• RDA implementation team
• nlarda_at_nla.gov.au

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Libraries Australia

• Support creation and exchange of RDA data from
  date of implementation
• Update policies and system documentation
• Provide a pre-implementation training system
• Continue to support AACR records while these are
  supported in MARC21
• Issue policy guidelines about upgrading records
• Investigate global changes

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RDA Toolkit

• http//www.rdatoolkit.org/
• Released 23 June 2010
• Instructions are part of an online package
• Instructions also available via Catalogers
  Desktop and in loose leaf print via Facet
  Publishing

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RDA Toolkit subscriptions

• http//www.rdatoolkit.org./pricing
• Solo user and site subscriptions are available at
  fixed prices
• Consortia and group purchase can be negotiated
• Access for training and classroom use is
  available at special pricing
• Double-user offer for subscribers before 31
  August 2012
• Prices are quoted in a range of currencies
  including Australian
• There are no plans for an Australia national
  license for RDA
• rdatoolkit_at_ala.org
• ALA Publishing manage subscriptions
• Contact ALA Publishing to be placed on their
  email list

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ACOC RDA website
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Rdaausthttp//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/aco
c/rda.html

• The Australian discussion list on RDA
• Discuss RDA implementation in an Australian
  context
• Keep informed
• Share information
• Raise issues
• Its your list!

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Publications on RDA

• Describing electronic, digital and other media
  using AACR and RDA a how-to-do-it manual /
  Mary Beth Weber and Fay A Austin
• Introducing RDA a guide to the basics / Chris
  Oliver
• Introduction to Resource Description and Access
  cataloguing and classification in the digital era
  / Shawne D Miksa
• Practical cataloguing AACR, RDA and MARC21 /
  Anne Welsh and Sue Batley
• Library technology reports understanding the
  semantic web and RDA vocabularies / Karen Coyle
• The RDA primer a guide for the occasional
  cataloguer / Amy Hart

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Keeping in touch with RDA developments

• Online product http//www.rdatoolkit.org/
• Print product http//www.facetpublishing.co.uk/rd
  a.php
• http//www.rdatoolkit.org/RDAPrint
• JSC website http//www.rda-jsc.org/
• US national RDA test http//www.loc.gov/bibliogra
  phic-future/rda/
• LC website http//www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
• ACOC website http//www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/gr
  ps/acoc/rda.html
• rdaaust discussion list via ACOC RDA site
• RDA team nlarda_at_nla.gov.au
• NZ Cataloguers wiki http//nznuc-cataloguing.pb
  works.com/RDA-page
• Incite (ALIA) http//alia.org.au/publishing/incit
  e/
• Gateways (NLA) http//www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways
  /about.html