Update on RDA & cataloguing standards developments

1. Update on RDA & cataloguing standards developmentsDeirdre KiorgaardAustralian Committee on Cataloguing Representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA Cataloguing and Metadata Futures @ Libraries Australia Forum 6 November 2009

2. Standards update • MARC – upcoming proposals http://www.loc.gov/marc/development.html • Non-Roman script data in authority records http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/nonlatingeneral.html • DDC – current proposals http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/EPCexhibits.html • LCSH – Genre/Form project http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/genreformgeneral.html • IFLA names of persons

3. 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

4. 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

5. Tentative Timeline 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 2009 June July - August September+ 2010 June? +3 months +3 months +3 months Mid 2011

6. 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)

7. Learning about … FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records ACOC seminar http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acocseminar2004.html FRBR: Things You Should Know, but were afraid to ask http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4554 FRBR Bibliography http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/wgfrbr/bibliography.htm FRBR and FRAD as implemented in RDA http://presentations.ala.org/images/b/b2/FRBR_and_FRAD_as_implemented_in_RDA.ppt Resource Description and Access Paper presented at Online 2009 – useful for examples of FRBR in databases, library systems and catalogues http://www.information-online.com.au/

8. Learning about … RDA JSC site http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html Easy to read article on Changing to RDA http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/felicitervol53no7p250-253.pdf RDA Prospectus http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5rda-prospectusrev7.pdf Draft of RDA http://www.rdaonline.org/constituencyreview/ Changes to AACR2 Instructions http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5sec7rev.pdf Using RDA with bibliographic and authority records http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5chair14.pdf

9. Learning about … RDA in MARC21 Mappings in RDA : RDA to Bibliographic format (Appendix D), Authority Format (Appendix E). MODS->RDA mapping and MADS->RDA mappinghttp://www.loc.gov/standards/mads/ and http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods// Presentation to ALA July 2009http://presentations.ala.org/images/f/f9/ALA.7-09-final.ppt Proposals and discussion papershttp://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/an2009_age.html Information on approved changes for vendorshttp://www.loc.gov/marc/formatchanges-RDA.html.

10. Keeping up to date • Information from US national libraries testing http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ • Australian information http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/index.html • FAQ • Upcoming presentations & Training courses • RDA-AUST discussion list • Australian implementation • ACOC conferences

11. RDA product • Information on the product: http://www.publishing.ala.org/rdaonlinedotorg/ • Sample RDA screens are available at: http://www.publishing.ala.org/rdaonlinedotorg/rda_samples/rda_samples.html.

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

13. Thank you Montage of shelves etc by Brungrrl http://www.flickr.com/photos/brungrrl/2246691272/

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

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

16. Appendices Appendix A Capitalization Appendix B Abbreviations Appendix C Initial articles Appendix D Record syntaxes for descriptive data Appendix E Record syntaxes for access point control Appendix F Additional instructions on names of persons Appendix G Titles of nobility, terms of rank, etc. Appendix H Dates in the Christian calendar Appendix I Relationship designators: relationships between a resource and persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with the resource Appendix J Relationship designators: relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items Appendix K Relationship designators: relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies Glossary