Title: RDA: Resource Description and Access
1 RDA Resource Description and Access
- Matthew Beacom
- New York Technical Services Librarians
- May 20, 2005
- Based on work by Dr. Barbara Tillett
- 2005
2As Rosanne Rosannadanna said, Never mind.
- Before April 2005 JSC meeting
- These Old Rules Rebuilding AACR for the 21st
Century - After April 2005 JSC meeting
- Resource Description and Access (RDA)
- Draft of AACR3 Part 1 -gt Feedback -gt a course
correction -gt RDA
3Outline of this talk
- The feedback and the review process
- Draft of Part 1, responses, course correction
- A new content standard for resource description
and access RDA - Adjustments to the process for draft, review, and
production
4Review of AACR3 Part I Draft
- Structure and organization rework
- Closer connection to FRBR
- General instructions as well as supplementary and
special instructions applying to specific types
of content, media, or mode of issuance will be
grouped together under the relevant element of
the description.
5Review of AACR3 Part I Draft
- Focus for the description / Sources of
information - make this clearer - LC proposal and Editor follow-up document
- Generalization response generally positive,
some reservations - GMDs agree change needed, no agreed on
direction proposed - Working Group on type/form of content and
type/form of carrier
6Review of AACR3 Part I Draft
- Unpublished form too book-centric
- LC rule revision for archival/mss. needs
- Self-describing and not self-describing
- Successively issued parts integrating - avoid
separate chapters - Editor will place following general rule with
clear scope - Not use Area 3 numbering for multipart
monographs (return to use for serials only)
7Review of AACR3 Part I Draft
- Technical description - general rules separated
from specific rules for each type of
content/carrier criticism about the arrangement - Editor will combine with clear scope for each
- Separate type/form of content and type/form of
carrier from extent for more flexibility - Simplification didnt go far enough
- LC proposal (example) for publication area
8Review of AACR3 Part I Draft
- Responding to comments
- JSC to review Discussion guide (compilation of
comments) - Where consensus Editor will incorporate into
next draft - Where no consensus JSC will work on proposals
9Review of AACR3 Part I Draft --process evaluation
- Process was difficult for all
- Access to draft problematic for many
- Time for review too short for all
- Compiling comments crushing
- Outreach (beyond JSC constituent groups) limited
- Back channels used to reach JSC
- Using criticism well is challenging
10Review of AACR3 Part I Draft process evaluation
- Process was successful
- CCDA alone produced voluminous and critical
(insightful, thoughtful, etc.) comment - Editorial team--CoP, JSC, and editorused
feedback boldly and creatively to make
significant course correction - Editorial team revising content
- Editorial team revising process
- Thank you to everyone who participated!
- Please, stay engaged in the process.
11RDA is
- A new content standard for resource description
and access designed for the digital environment - Web-based product (also in print, loose-leaf)
- Description and access of all digital resources
(and analog) - Resulting records usable in the digital
environment (Internet, Web OPACs, etc.)
12RDA is
- A multinational content standard for providing
bibliographic description and access - Developed for use in English language
communities it can also be used in other
language communities - Independent of the format (e.g. MARC21) used to
communicate information
13 Purpose of RDA
- Enable users of library catalogs, etc. to find
and use resources appropriate to their
information needs - Support FRBR user tasks
- Find, identify, select, obtain
- Extend beyond FRBR user tasks
- Use resources
- Manage collections
14Vision for RDA
- Easy to use and interpret
- Operates in an online, Web-based environment
- Applies to all types of media analog and digital
- Compatible with other standards for resource
description and retrieval - Useful and used beyond the library community
- Useful and used worldwide (but derived from
English language conventions and customs) - Principle-based
15RDA structure (Proposed)
- General introduction
- Part I - Description
- Part II - Relationships
- Part III Authority control
- Appendices
- ISBD display, OPAC display, other displays
- Abbreviations, capitalization, numbers
- Glossary
16General Introduction (Proposed)
- Purpose and scope of the code
- Underlying objectives and principles
- Related standards and guidelines
- Keep brief but possibly with links to full text
of the relevant principles and concept documents
17RDA Part I (Proposed)
- Introduction
- Data elements/attributes for description of
resources - Purpose and scope (FRBR user tasks)
- Source for the attribute
- How to record the attribute
- Attribute as access point
- Controlled
- Uncontrolled
18RDA - Part I (Proposed) Types of Content
- Text
- Music
- Cartographic Resources
- Graphics
- Three-dimensional Resources
- Sound
- Moving Images
- Data, Software, and Interactive Content
19RDA - Part I (Proposed)Type and form of carrier
- Print and graphic media
- Micrographic media
- Tactile media
- Three-dimensional media
- Audio media
- Projected graphic, film, video media
- Digital media
20RDA Part 1 (Proposed) What it might look like
Outline for Part I
- Introduction
- Chapter 0. General Instructions
- Chapter 1. Identification of the resource
- Chapter 2. Technical description
- Chapter 3. Content description
- Chapter 4. Related resources
- Chapter 5. Sourcing information
- Chapter 6. Item specific information
- Appendix A Presentation of descriptive data
-
21RDA Part 1 (Proposed) What it might look like
- Chapter 1. Identification of the resource
- 1.0 Purpose, scope, etc.
- 1.1 Title
- 1.2 Statement of responsibility
- 1.3 Edition
- 1.4 Numbering
- 1.5 Place of publication, distribution, etc.
- 1. etc.
22RDA Part 1 (Proposed) What it might look like
- 1.1 Title
- 1.1.0 Basic instructions for recording titles
- 1.1.1 Title proper
- 1.1.2 Parallel title
-
- 1.1.7 Notes pertaining to title
23RDA Part 1 (Proposed) What it might look like
- 1.1.1 Title proper
- 1.1.1.1 Definition
- 1.1.1.2 Sources of information
- Choosing the title proper
- 1.1.1.3 Titles in two or more languages
-
- Recording the title proper
- 1.1.1.9 Basic instructions for recording the
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- Change in the title
24RDA Part II (Proposed)
- Relationships
- Works
- Expressions
- Manifestations
- Items
- Persons
- Corporate bodies
- Families
- Citations
- Works
- Expressions
- Manifestations
- Items
- Simplify choice of primary access point for
citations of works
25RDA Part II (Proposed)
- Review AACR2 Ch. 21 special rules
- Musical
- Art
- Legal
- Religious
- Academic
- JSC proposals to eliminate, simplify, etc.
26Work/Expression Records
- Classics of literature vs. scientific studies
- Examples in the OCLC database
- Stephen King
- 102 works, 231 manifestations
- Shakespeares Hamlet
- 1 work, 2696 manifestations
- Rowling, J.K. (Harry Potter stories)
- 28 works, 300 manifestations
27RDA Part III (Proposed)
28Appendices (Proposed)
- ISBD and other display standards
- Abbreviations
- Capitalization
- Numbers
- Glossary
- Possibly hypertext links from text to glossary
terms
29RDA Timeline (Proposed)
- July 2005 Prospectus distributed (an outline
overview of RDA) - Oct. 2005-April 2006 Completion of draft of Part
I, and constituency stakeholder review - May-Sept. 2006 Completion of draft of Part II,
and constituency stakeholder review - Oct. 2006-Apr. 2007 Completion of draft of Part
III, and constituency stakeholder review - May-Sept. 2007 Completion of General
Introduction, Appendices, and Glossary - 2008 Publication (July 2008)
30Adjusting the review process
- Access to drafts remains limited
- Constituent group review continues
- Reaching out to stakeholders, etc.
- Vendors, ILMS, etc.
- Other metadata groups, DCMI, VRA, etc.
- Library administrators, PCC, Big Heads, etc.
- Other rule makers, RAK, IFLA, etc.
- JSC Outreach Group how to use it?
31Next JSC meeting
- October 10-13, 2005 in London, England
- Build on Prospectus responses to it
- Work on draft of RDA part 1
32JSC Public Web Site
- http//www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/index.html
33Summary
Authority control
Citations
Access points
Data elements
Consistency
Simplification
FRBR
Principles
Content standard
34Thank you!