AN ANSWER TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE: THE LIBRARY STANDARD RDA: RESOURCE DESCRIPTION AND ACCESS BY MAURO GUERRINI AND CARLO BIANCHINI MOSCOW, OCTOBER 6-8, 2015

RDA: RESOURCE DESCRIPTION AND ACCESS Objectives  Identify  Relate Content standard (not display)

TRADITIONAL CATALOGING Description following ISBD to produce catalog Authority work

RDA CATALOGING Identify (Describe entities)  What data to record (register attributes)  But not form and order of the data Relate (Help user navigate) Re-use of data in any environment Display context appropriate data  Card catalog, online catalog, Web applications

NOT JUST “BIBLIOGRAPHICAL” Find recorded knowledge on any media and in any form Across all cultural institutions  Libraries  Archives  Museums  Publishers  Etc.

RDA’S USER FOCUS Anyone, anywhere, any time Designed for the Web/digital environment  Ontologies

RDA AS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD International participation  Share data  Share work methods  Share in the development and maintenance of the international standard

RDA TRAINING New generation of librarians and cultural operators  Assist with development of IT systems and new tools for the future

HISTORIC STEP FOR THE CATALOGING TRADITION Entrance into the digital age

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