CATALOGING REVOLUTION 1

That was then… 2

This is now… 3

Who do we catalogue for? Patrons in the library Staff of the library The home/remote user. (Not necessarily a local user) 4

The ‘next-generation’ catalogue Acts less like an inventory list and more like a finding aid. With the advent of the Internet, people’s expectations regarding search and access to information has changed. GOOGLE has become a verb! 5

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1978… When this car and AACR2 were new Why change to RDA? 7

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RDA is on the way! replace AACR2 RDA is the new international cataloguing standard that will replace AACR2 9

[Photos from and Google images] 10

History in brief Late 1990s – future of AACR2? 2004 – AACR3 draft 2005 – Decision to develop RDA 2010 – RDA published. Background 11

RDA explained RDA is a set of guidelines that indicates how to describe a resource, focusing on the pieces of information (or attributes) that users most likely need to know. RDA facilitates the description of relationships between related resources and between resources and persons or bodies that contributed to creation of that resource 12

Content standard “What” to record, not “how” Independent of encoding schema Adaptable and sharable in a digital world Purpose 13

Focus on user Each section explicitly related to user tasks Fewer abbreviations and omissions No limitations on number of access points Purpose 14

New way of thinking about data Application of FRBR/FRAD Format neutral More cataloguer’s judgement Purpose 15

FRBR/FRAD MARCISBD RDA International Cataloguing Principles Metadata standards International Context 16

The cataloguing community is at a Crossroads navigating the transition from years of creating bib records using the AACR rules within a print dominant environment to RDA, a new content standard that reaches beyond the library domain to cover all types of content and media. 17

Don’t stress Don’t stress! Cataloguers will interact with RDA as a fully interactive and customizable online tool. There will be different ways to access RDA:  through searching or browsing the contents of the ‘RDA toolkit’  through the existing MARC tag, or  through schemas that guide you through the process of creating a record. (templates) 18

Ease of use RDA will feature schemas which will be freely downloadable. The schemas are record templates of sorts, expressing the data structure for a record Schemas will include a display of controlled vocabulary with definitions. RDA ‘rules’ will be online and searchable in many different ways. No more trying to remember what Rule 1.1F5 says… 19

Ease of use There will be an -based support system when the online help fails you Some in the profession see RDA as a way of ‘dumbing down’ the cataloging process, making it possible for people with little or no training to catalogue. However, any cataloguer MUST maintain a sound knowledge of cataloguing before applying RDA or any other rule set. 20

Sources International Federation of Library Associations Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Editeur 21

Sources Oliver, Chris, Introducing RDA : a guide to the basics (London, Facet Publishing, 2010) Argus, Catherine, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic records (FRBR), Functional requirements for Authority Data (FRAD). [Powerpoint presentation, 2010] Kiorgaard, Deirdre, RDA : Resource description and access, [RDA information session for QUT students, August 31, 2010] 22

Acronyms RDA Resource Description and Access JSC Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA COP Committee of Principals (JSC’s governing body) IFLA International Federation of Library Associations ICP International Cataloguing Principles (2009) ISBD International Standard Bibliographic Description FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records FRAD Functional Requirements for Authority Data DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 23

Acknowledgements Jenny Stephens, (National Library of Australia) Tina Grover ((Library & Archives Canada) Tom Delsey (Former RDA editor) Chris Oliver (McGIll University) Adam Schiff (University of Washington) Lynne LeGrow (Halifax Public Libraries) Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress) 24

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