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Making the move to RDA : a self-study primer for catalogers / Chamya Pompey Kincy ; with Sara Shatford Layne.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2014.Description: xiv, 332 p. : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780810887695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.32 23 K51
Contents:
1. Development, objectives, and principles -- 2. Underlying models and organization -- 3. Major differences between RDA and AACR2 -- 4. Attributes of manifestations and items -- 5. Attributes of works and expressions -- 6. Attributes of persons, families, corporate bodies, and places -- 7. Recording relationships -- 8. Creating and interpreting bibliographic records for books -- 9. Creating and interpreting bibliographic records for non-book resources -- 10. Creating and interpreting authority records -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.
Summary: Making the Move to RDA: A Self-Study Primer for Catalogers is aimed at catalogers working in the MARC environment who currently create records using AACR2 and need to transition to using the new standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA). Since both RDA's structure and content differ from AACR2 in many respects, this primer details the development and rationale for RDA as well as its intended goals, principles, and objectives. It then explains RDA's theoretical underpinnings - collectively known as the FRBR Family of Models. Framing the text along these lines provides readers the context for understanding the similarities and differences between AACR2 and RDA, both in terms of content and structure. With this foundation in place, the book takes the reader on a survey of RDA elements used to describe bibliographic and authority records and demonstrates how the MARC code has been expanded to accommodate new elements. Finally, it leads the reader field-by-field through MARC bibliographic records for book and non-book resources as well as through authority records for works, expressions, persons, families, and corporate bodies, describing the similarities and differences between AACR2 and RDA for each field. Examples are provided throughout the text to help the reader visualize the concepts presented.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Development, objectives, and principles --
2. Underlying models and organization --
3. Major differences between RDA and AACR2 --
4. Attributes of manifestations and items --
5. Attributes of works and expressions --
6. Attributes of persons, families, corporate bodies, and places --
7. Recording relationships --
8. Creating and interpreting bibliographic records for books --
9. Creating and interpreting bibliographic records for non-book resources --
10. Creating and interpreting authority records --
Bibliography --
Index --
About the authors.

Making the Move to RDA: A Self-Study Primer for Catalogers is aimed at catalogers working in the MARC environment who currently create records using AACR2 and need to transition to using the new standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA). Since both RDA's structure and content differ from AACR2 in many respects, this primer details the development and rationale for RDA as well as its intended goals, principles, and objectives. It then explains RDA's theoretical underpinnings - collectively known as the FRBR Family of Models. Framing the text along these lines provides readers the context for understanding the similarities and differences between AACR2 and RDA, both in terms of content and structure. With this foundation in place, the book takes the reader on a survey of RDA elements used to describe bibliographic and authority records and demonstrates how the MARC code has been expanded to accommodate new elements. Finally, it leads the reader field-by-field through MARC bibliographic records for book and non-book resources as well as through authority records for works, expressions, persons, families, and corporate bodies, describing the similarities and differences between AACR2 and RDA for each field. Examples are provided throughout the text to help the reader visualize the concepts presented.

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