rda is here: are you ready?
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RDA is Here: Are You Ready?
Emily Dust Nimsakont • Nebraska Library CommissionMarch 28, 2013
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What is RDA?
Why RDA?
A Foray into FRBR
What will be different now?
What might be different later?
How to prepare
What Is RDA?
• Resource Description and Access• Cataloging code to replace AACR2• Content standard, not display standard or
encoding standard
• Work started on AACR3
2003
• Focus changed to RDA
2005 • RDA published
2010
• RDA tested by national libraries
2010-2011
The Story So Far…
March 31, 2013
Implementation Date
What is RDA?
Why RDA?
A Foray into FRBR
What will be different now?
What might be different later?
How to prepare
It’s not the 1970s anymore…
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Our catalogs have changed.
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The things we catalog have changed.
And they will continue to change.Photo credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjc/3494515480/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdurwin/3082945477/
The information universe has changed.
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What is RDA?
Why RDA?
A Foray into FRBR
What will be different now?
What might be different later?
How to prepare
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
User Tasks
FindIdentifySelectObtain
FISO
User Tasks
“to find entities that correspond to the user’s search criteria”
User Tasks“to identify an entity (i.e., to confirm that the
entity described corresponds to the entity sought, or to distinguish between two or
more entities with similar characteristics)”
User Tasks“to select an entity that is appropriate to the user’s needs (i.e., to choose an entity
that meets the user’s requirements with respect to content,
physical format, etc. ...)”
User Tasks
“to acquire or obtain access to
the entity described (i.e., to acquire an entity
through purchase, loan,
etc., or to access an entity
electronically…)”
“a conceptual entity-relationship model … that relates user tasks of retrieval and access in online library catalogues and bibliographic
databases from a user’s perspective”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRBR
What’s an entity?
“a thing which is recognized as being capable of an independent existence and which can be
uniquely identified”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity-relationship_model
Entity
Entity
Entity
Entities have attributes.
Entity
Entity
EntityAttribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attributes modify entities.
Entities have relationships.
Entity
Entity
EntityAttribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Relationships are links between entities.
relationship
relationship
FRBR has three groups of entities.
Group 1
• Work• Expression• Manifestation• Item
Group 2
• Person• Corporate
Body
Group 3
• Concept• Object• Place• Event• Group 1 & 2
Entities
23
Work
Expression
Manifestation
Item
is realized through
is embodied in
is exemplified by
recursive
one
many
Group 1
Image credit: Barbara Tillett, Library of Congress
Image credit: http://www.frbr.org/2006/02/25/more-relationships-between-groups
What is RDA?
Why RDA?
A Foray into FRBR
What will be different now?
What might be different later?
How to prepare
RDA Structure
Recording AttributesSection 1 – Recording Attributes of Manifestation
and ItemSection 2 – Recording Attributes of Work and
ExpressionSection 3 – Recording Attributes of Person, Family,
and Corporate BodySection 4 – Recording Attributes of Concept, Object,
Event, and Place
RDA Structure
Recording Attributes• Recording Relationships
– Section 5 – Recording Primary Relationships Between a Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item
– Section 6 – Recording Relationships to Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Associated with a Resource
– Section 7 – Recording Subject Relationships– Section 8 – Recording Relationships Between Works, Expressions,
Manifestations and Items– Section 9 – Recording Relationships Between Persons, Families, and
Corporate Bodies– Section 10 – Recording Relationships Between Concepts, Objects,
Events, and Places
Elements instead of Areas
Chicago : American Library Association, 1999.
ChicagoAmerican Library Association1999
Core Elements
• Some elements defined as core in RDA• Some elements are core in certain
circumstances - “core-if”• Library of Congress treats additional elements
as core• Libraries can make their own local decisions
about core elements
Changes in TerminologyAACR2 RDAHeading Authorized Access PointSee Reference Variant Access PointSee Also Reference Authorized Access Point for
Related Entry
Physical Description Carrier DescriptionGeneral Material Designation Content Type; Media Type;
Carrier Type
Chief Source Preferred Source
Lack of Abbreviations
253 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
NOT
253 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Lack of Latin Abbreviations
[Chicago] : American Library Association, 1967.OR
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1967.
NOT
[S.l. : s.n.], 1967.
Lack of Latin Abbreviations
Micromagentic study of magnetoeleastic materials
Title should read: Micromagnetic study of magnetoeleastic materials
NOTMicromagentic [sic] study of magnetoeleastic materials
No Rule of Three in Statement of Responsibility
… / by Nancy Drew, George Fayne, Bess Marvin, and Ned Nickerson.
OR… / by Nancy Drew [and three others].
NOT
… / by Nancy Drew … [et al.].
More Transcription - “Take What You See”
Third edition
NOT
3rd ed.
(if that is how it appears on the item)
More Transcription - “Take What You See”
forward by Dr. John Smith
NOT
forward by John Smith
(if that is how it appears on the item)
More Transcription - “Take What You See”
Chicago, IL
NOT
Chicago, Ill.
(if that is how it appears on the item)
Content Type, Media Type and Carrier Type
two-dimensional moving image rdacontentvideo rdamedia
videodisc rda carrier
NOT
Avatar [videorecording]
Relator Terms
• Smith, John, approximately 1837-1896, author
Some Changes to Headings
Smith, John, approximately 1837-1896
NOT
Smith, John, ca. 1837-1896
Some Changes to Headings
Bible. Corinthians.
NOT
Bible. N.T. Corinthians.
Some Changes to Headings
Nebraska. Department of Roads.
NOT
Nebraska. Dept. of Roads.
New MARC Fields
• 336, 337, 338• Content type, media type, carrier type
336 _ _ $a text $2 rdacontent337 _ _ $a unmediated $2 rdamedia338 _ _ $a volume $2 rdacarrier
336 _ _ $a two-dimensional moving image $2 rdacontent337 _ _ $a computer $2 rdamedia337 _ _ $a video $2 rdamedia338 _ _ $a online resource $2 rdacarrier
New MARC Fields
336 _ _ $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent337 _ _ $a unmediated $b n $2 rdamedia338 _ _ $a volume $b nc $2 rdacarrier
336 _ _ $3 book $a text $2 rdacontent336 _ _ $3 CD $a spoken word $2 rdacontent337 _ _ $3 book $a unmediated $2 rdamedia337 _ _ $3 CD $a audio $2 rdamedia338 _ _ $3 book $a volume $2 rdacarrier338 _ _ $3 CD $a audio disc $2 rdacarrier
New MARC Fields
• 264• Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture
and Copyright Statements
• First indicator:– Sequence of statements
# - Not applicable/No information provided/Earliest2 - Intervening3 - Current/latest
New MARC Fields
• 264• Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture and
Copyright Statements
• Second indicator:– Function of entity
0 - Production1 - Publication2 - Distribution3 - Manufacture4 - Copyright notice date
New MARC Fields
• 344 – sound characteristics• 345 – projection characteristics of moving
image• 346 – video characteristics• 347 – digital file characteristics
New MARC Fields
• 040 $e = rda
OCLC Connexion
OCLC Connexion
Differences in Authority Records
• 046 - Special Coded Dates• 368 – Other Corporate Body Attributes• 370 - Associated Place• 371 - Address• 372 - Field of Activity• 373 - Associated Group• 374 - Occupation• 375 - Gender• 376 - Family Information • 378 - Fuller Form of Personal Name
Examples of RDA Records
Examples on RDA Toolkit Websitehttp://www.rdatoolkit.org/examples/MARC
Examples of RDA Records
• OCLC Records
• Search “rda” in descriptive conventions (dx:)• Add limiters (format, year, material type)• Can add limiter for your own library• Can add limiter of date created as MARC (dm:)
and write the date as YYYYMMDD
What is RDA?
Why RDA?
A Foray into FRBR
What will be different now?
What might be different later?
How to prepare
OLAC Moving Image Discovery Interfacehttp://blazing-sunset-24.heroku.com/
Scherzo, Indiana Universityhttp://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/scherzo/
AustLithttp://www.austlit.edu.au/subscribe/samples.xml
New Search Options
Richer Authority Records
Jane AustenWomen authorsFrom EnglandWrote in 1800s
Semantic Web/Linked Data
Wikipedia says…
“Linked Data describes a method of publishing structured data, so that it can be interlinked and
become more useful. It builds upon standard web technologies, such as HTTP and URIs - but rather than using them to serve web pages for
human readers, it extends them to share information in a way that can be read
automatically by computers.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data
resource
resource
resource
resource
resource links to
links to
links to
links to
data links to
links to
links to
links to
data data
data
datadata
datadata
datadata
data
data
HTML
<h1>This is a heading.</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
RDF/XML
<rdf:Descriptionrdf:about="http://www.recshop.fake/cd/Empire Burlesque"> <cd:artist>Bob Dylan</cd:artist> <cd:country>USA</cd:country> <cd:company>Columbia</cd:company> <cd:price>10.90</cd:price> <cd:year>1985</cd:year></rdf:Description>
http://www.w3schools.com/rdf/rdf_example.asp
Relationships are key
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We are used to connecting pieces of information based on their context.
Title: A Christmas CarolAuthor: Charles Dickens
Linked Data makes the relationships explicit.
subject object
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
has author
predicate
<rdf:Descriptionrdf:about="http://www.recshop.fake/cd/Empire Burlesque"> <cd:artist>Bob Dylan</cd:artist> <cd:country>USA</cd:country> <cd:company>Columbia</cd:company> <cd:price>10.90</cd:price> <cd:year>1985</cd:year></rdf:Description>
http://www.w3schools.com/rdf/rdf_example.asp
What is RDA?
Why RDA?
A Foray into FRBR
What will be different now?
What might be different later?
How to prepare
Decide When You Will Implement
• Be prepared to deal with RDA records in copy cataloging
Decide How You Will Access RDA
• RDA Toolkit (http://rdatoolkit.org)• Print version
Talk to Your ILS Vendor
• How to display and index new fields
Vendor Interviews on the RDA Toolkit Website
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/blog/category/29
Think about Authority Control
• If you outsource this, talk to your vendor• If not, make decisions about what you will do
Plan for Training
• Who? • How? • When?
Resources
ALCTS RDA Webinars: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AAFB573158DC4A1&feature=plcpChanges from AACR2 to RDA: http://faculty.washington.edu/aschiff/Library of Congress RDA site: http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/RDA Practice Group Wiki:http://rdapractice.pbworks.com
