RDA Toolkit demonstration Jenny Stephens, National Library of Australia July 2010, revised November 2012 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License Logo used by permission of the Co-Publishers for RDA (American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, and CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
Overview Access Navigating the Toolkit Understanding the functionality of the Toolkit. Personalising Toolkit and using advanced features Getting help and providing feedback NOT: Structure of RDA How to catalogue using RDA
ACCESS TO THE TOOLKIT
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Subscriptions (Cont.) Solo user – Single user – Single profile – Manual login Institutional – Concurrent users – Unlimited profiles – Manual login, IP authentication or referring URL
Subscriptions (Cont.) Consortia and group subscriptions – Contact publisher and discuss needs. Classroom access – Existing subscription + extra users for a set time. – Contact publisher and discuss needs.
Access via Catalogers’ desktop But Text of RDA and LC-PCC PS only No Toolkit functionality Need a separate subscription to Toolkit From April 2013, AACR2 only in Toolkit.
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Table of Contents 10 Sections 37 Chapters Parts within the chapters, Eg. Chapter 2, part 3.1 = Appendices and Glossary
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User menu RDA Quick Search “Go” Advanced Search Login to personal profile Create personal profile password for personal profile Logout Support Document menu Previous hit (Search) Next hit (Search) Synch TOC Return to results View text Bookmarks Print
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Tools Tab
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Resources Tab
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Searching
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Personalising the toolkit
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Help, support and other resources
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RDA Toolkit Website
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Acknowledgements Screen images from the RDA Toolkit( used by permission of the Co- Publishers for RDA (American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, and CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) Also consulted: Library of Congress Training for RDA: Resource Description & Access : Using the RDA Toolkit : Revised for the Toolkit release of May 8, 2012 For use by non-LC staff Prepared by Tim Carlton, Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division with the assistance of Kate James and Judith Kuhagen, Policy and Standards Division, Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division Library of Congress. June RDA Toolkit Essentials Presented by James Hennelly, ALA Digital Reference American Library Association, May 16, 2012 (
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