RDA: Strategies for Implementation

RDA: Strategies for Implementation

Description of the first edition:In this important book El-Sherbini tackles key questions about how the new cataloging standard will be implemented by cataloging professionals, offering an orientation in the conceptual background and the structure of RDA: Resource Description and Access from a practical and technical perspective, including a detailed comparison with AACR2. Firmly rooted in the concrete application of RDA, with numerous sample records, this book* Covers FRBR-driven tasks, FRBR-Group relationships, and principles of FRAD, including how FRAD impacts the RDA application* Analyzes the roles of manifestations and items, such as pre-cataloging decisions, preferred sources of information, and mandatory elements of description* Discusses works and expressions for specific library materials, from methods of recording primary relationships to constructing the authorized access point and recording relationships* Offers advice for using RDA Toolkit, with tips for efficient navigation in RDA Toolkit using workflows and searching techniques* Digs deeply into a variety of technical issues, including RDAâ€™s effect on OPAC displays, implementation of the new RDA fields that represent adding new elements, adjusting systems to accommodate the new MARC21 fields, integrating new records using RDA with older records, when to re-catalog a set of manifestations, exporting an RDA-based bibliographic record from OCLC into the OPAC, choosing RDA elements to describe your library materials (core vs. full elements), upgrading OCLC records to RDA, and many moreEvery cataloger will want this volume close at hand as a comprehensive roadmap to the changes already underway.**An important addition in this revised edition will be a new chapter on the role of RDA in the world of linked data. See TOC in Edtior's notes.
Country USA
Brand ALA Editions
Manufacturer ALA Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, figures
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780838911686
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	ALA Editions
Manufacturer	ALA Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations, figures
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780838911686
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

RDA: Strategies for Implementation

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