Tag: RDA
A New Video Series from The Library of Congress: “Conversations About RDA”
The Library of Congress has just released online, “Conversations About RDA”, a new series of five training videos providing, “tips and strategies for working with the RDA.” The videos were recoded on May 20, 2015. Presenter Bios Paul Frank is acting coordinator of the Name Authority Cooperative (NACO) and Subject Authority Cooperative (SACO) programs in […]
GPO Cataloging Update: Full RDA Implementation Expected by April, 2013
From the Federal Depository Library Program Desktop: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has created a Resource Description and Access (RDA) implementation team to ensure a smooth transition from AACR2 to RDA. GPO cataloging staff are continuing their training efforts, and are now working on sample record creation, the identification of local practices and formal […]
Linked Data: The Library of Congress Announces Modeling Initiative, Will Work With Zepheira
From an LC Announcement: The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that it has contracted with Zepheira to help accelerate the launch of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative. A major focus of the project is to translate the MARC 21 format to a Linked Data (LD) model while retaining as much as possible the robust […]
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New Report from OCLC Research: A Crosswalk from ONIX Version 3.0 for Books to MARC 21
Title A Crosswalk from ONIX Version 3.0 for Books to MARC 21 Author Jean Godby, Ph.D. OCLC Research Summary A Crosswalk from ONIX Version 3.0 for Books to MARC 21 describes the crosswalk developed at OCLC for mapping the bibliographic elements defined in Version 3.0 of ONIX for Books to MARC 21 with AACR2 encoding. […]
Free: Cooperative Cataloging at Library of Congress Launches RDA Cataloger Training
From the LC Announcement: The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Secretariat staffed by the Library of Congress has launched a free, comprehensive and authoritative web-based training series for catalogers making the transition to the new Resource Description and Access (RDA) protocol. “RDA for NACO Catalogers” on the Library’s Cataloger’s Learning Workshop website is a self-paced, […]
Cataloging/Metadata: OCLC-MARC Format Update 2012 (Technical Bulletin 261)
New from OCLC (May 2012) Why Review the Bulletin: To learn about changes to OCLC-MARC records, many of which are related to Resource Description and Access (RDA), the proposed successor to AACR2. Direct to OCLC Technical Bulletin 261 (28 pages; PDF)
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National Library of Malaysia Plans to Utilize RDA By Next Year
From BERNAMA.com: National Library of Malaysia] director-general, Datuk Raslin Abu Bakar said with the influx of digital resources or linking metadata from multiple formats like hardcover, print books and audio books, there was a need for the library to change its current standard of cataloguing the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) to a more user friendly […]
Metadata: SkyRiver Announces Novel Approach to RDA Adoption
From SkyRiver: SkyRiver has announced a unique approach to implementing RDA (Resource Description and Access) that allows libraries to adopt this new cataloging standard on a schedule that fits their circumstances. Effective December 1, 2011, SkyRiver users have three options for viewing and exporting bibliographic data: RDA Mode for libraries preparing for or ready to […]
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New from the Library of Congress: A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age
From LC: The Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control, as it examined technology for the future, wrote that the Library community’s data carrier, MARC, is “based on forty-year-old techniques for data management and is out of step with programming styles of today.” The Working Group called for a format that will “accommodate and […]
UPDATE: Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the Implications of RDA for Federal Depository Libraries
From the FDLP Desktop: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has been keeping track of the upcoming implementation of the new cataloging standards, Resource Description and Access (RDA). The RDA project page has been updated with new information about changes to the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) as a result of RDA implementation at […]
