Resource Description and Access: a New Cataloging
Standard – Cutting Edge or Cutting Cataloging.
Magda El-Sherbini, Ohio State University
The Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC) is working towards a new standard “RDA” (Resource Description and Access), scheduled for release in early 2009. This presentation will focus on RDA as a new cataloging standard replacing AACR2. It will explain how the new code will enhance access to library materials by incorporating the FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) terminology and concepts. RDA will be discussed in relation to other standards such as ONIX and Dublin Core. Highlights of issues and concerns from the library community related to RDA will be addressed.