Update on RDA & cataloguing standards developments Deirdre Kiorgaard Australian Committee on Cataloguing Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA Cataloguing and Metadata Libraries Australia Forum 6 November 2009

Standards update  MARC – upcoming proposals  Non-Roman script data in authority records  DDC – current proposals  LCSH – Genre/Form project  IFLA names of persons

What RDA is  A new standard to replace AACR  Designed for the digital world –Instructions will be a Web tool –Instructions cover description of digital resources –Resulting records to be used in web environment  Broader scope –Includes ‘authorities’  Better coverage of resource types –Online resources, visual resources

What RDA isn’t  Not a replacement for MARC21 or the ILMS –Not an encoding standard or library system  Not a panacea for every ill afflicting the catalogue, but … –It will enable improved navigation of the catalogue and improved catalogue displays (more organised, less cluttered)  Not (necessarily) simplified cataloguing, but.. –It will offer the potential of improved efficiency of data creation & maintenance

Tentative Timeline 2009 June July - August September June? +3 months Mid 2011 Final text submitted to ALA Publishing Keying of Final text into XML Product development (Alpha testing; Proofreading; Beta testing using Final text; bug fixes) Release of RDA Prep. period for US National libraries testing US National libraries formal testing US National libraries formal assessment Earliest date for implementation

Preparing for RDA ACOC & the National Library will help prepare Australian libraries with information and advice on:  Training  Documentation (transitional materials plus updates to LA manuals and standards)  MARC changes  Library system changes (data conversions, exchange of records)

Learning about … FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records ACOC seminar FRBR: Things You Should Know, but were afraid to ask FRBR Bibliography FRBR and FRAD as implemented in RDA _in_RDA.ppt Resource Description and Access Paper presented at Online 2009 – useful for examples of FRBR in databases, library systems and catalogues

JSC site Easy to read article on Changing to RDA RDA Prospectus Draft of RDA Changes to AACR2 Instructions Using RDA with bibliographic and authority records Learning about … RDA

Learning about … RDA in MARC21 Mappings in RDA : RDA to Bibliographic format (Appendix D), Authority Format (Appendix E). MODS->RDA mapping and MADS->RDA mapping and Presentation to ALA July Proposals and discussion papers Information on approved changes for vendors

Keeping up to date  Information from US national libraries testing /  Australian information FAQ Upcoming presentations & Training courses RDA-AUST discussion list Australian implementation ACOC conferences

RDA product  Information on the product: org/ org/  Sample RDA screens are available at: org/rda_samples/rda_samples.html. org/rda_samples/rda_samples.html

RDA as a cataloguing tool  Interactive, online  Integrated with policies and processes  Sample – RDA instructions

Thank you Montage of shelves etc by Brungrrl

RDA Table of Contents 0Introduction Section 1 - Recording attributes of manifestation and item 1General guidelines on recording attributes of manifestations and items 2Identifying manifestations and items 3Describing carriers 4Providing acquisition and access information Section 2 - Recording attributes of work and expression 5General guidelines on recording attributes of works and expressions 6Identifying works and expressions 7Describing content Section 3 - Recording attributes of person, family, and corporate body 8General guidelines on recording attributes of persons, families, and corporate bodies 9Identifying persons 10Identifying families 11Identifying corporate bodies Section 4 - Recording attributes of concept, object, event and place 16Identifying places

Section 5 - Recording primary relationships between a work, expression, manifestation, and item 17General guidelines on recording primary relationships between a work, expression, manifestation, and item Section 6 - Recording relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource 18General guidelines on recording relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource 19Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a work 20Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with an expression 21Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a manifestation 22Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with an item Section 7 - Recording relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items 24General guidelines on recording relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items 25Related works 26Related expressions 27Related manifestations 28Related items Section 8 - Recording relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies 29General guidelines on recording relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies 30Related persons 31Related families 32Related corporate bodies

Appendices Appendix ACapitalization Appendix BAbbreviations Appendix CInitial articles Appendix DRecord syntaxes for descriptive data Appendix ERecord syntaxes for access point control Appendix FAdditional instructions on names of persons Appendix GTitles of nobility, terms of rank, etc. Appendix HDates in the Christian calendar Appendix IRelationship designators: relationships between a resource and persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with the resource Appendix JRelationship designators: relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items Appendix KRelationship designators: relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies Glossary