RDA Made Simple: A Practical Guide to the New Cataloging Rules

Looking for a comprehensive, all-in-one guide to RDA that keeps it simple and provides exactly what you need to know? This book covers planning and training considerations, presents relevant FRBR and FRAD background, and offers practical, step-by-step cataloging advice for a variety of material formats.

• Supplies an accessible, up-to-date guide to RDA in a single resource

• Covers history and development of the new cataloging code, including the results of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Report

• Presents the latest information on RDA cataloging for multiple material formats, including print, audiovisual, and digital resources

• Explains how RDA's concepts, structure, and vocabulary are based on FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data), both of which are reviewed in the book