This week we had a visiting lecturer from the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki in Greece. She presented a series of two sessions on Resource Description and Access (RDA).
RDA stands for Resource Description and Access. It is the new cataloging standard, replacing AACR2. RDA is based on the FRBR (functional requirements for bibliographic records) and FRAD (functional requirements for authority data) concept models. FRBR and FRAD are models which are internationally recognized as viable and valuable ways to conceptually structure and retrieve information.
In these sessions the lecturer explained that in many regards the rules have remained substantially the same, and an AACR2 record may not look that different than an RDA record. In some cases the rules have changed significantly, namley:
• AACR2 has a list of abbreviations that were used throughout the record. In RDA there are very, very few abbreviations used and most terms are spelled out.
• There is an emphasis in RDA to type what you see and to make our notes more explicative to the general public.
• In AACR2 a cataloger would list all the authors only if there were 3 or less. In RDA the cataloger has the option to list all the authors on the title page.
• There will also be changes to headings. In RDA the cataloger is allowed to qualify a name by a profession or occupation.
The Library of Congress and the British Library began to use the RDA with effect from 1st April 2013.
Information gathered from these sessions and also retrieved from http://librerossalalm.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/what-is-rda-and-how-will-it-impact-cataloging/
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