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About this Site and How to Use It:
This is a cooperative site originally created by James Weinheimer as an alternative to accepting RDA. The basic idea is to have a site where the current rules can continue to be updated. There are also the related Google Groups site, and the Blog. For more information, see the Official Announcement
Nice presentation on RDA from Rick J. Block, Head, Special Collections Metadata and Cataloging, Columbia University
A nice listing of links related to RDA
New website for the JSC
"In a series of webcasts, Dr. Barbara Tillett, Chief, Policy and Standards Division of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate, presents information about Resource Description and Access (RDA), the next generation cataloging code. Presentations currently available include one providing background and an overview of RDA, and one on the cataloging principles of RDA. Future presentations will focus on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements of Authority Data (FRAD), and the content and structure of RDA. "
The full draft of RDA is now available for comment.
Heidi Hoerman's presentation on RDA from the 2008 OLAC/MOUG/NOTSL Conference. She reviews RDA and predicts:
"RDA will die a quiet death.
AACR2r2010 will be published.
RDA's aims will be realized in due time."
Worth viewing the slides--wish I could have heard the presentation!
A prototype of how RDA might work as an online tool
6/13/07 The co-publishers of RDA have created a short survey on user preferences for a print version of RDA.
* March-June 2007: Review of revised chapter 3
* July-September 2007: Review of revised chapters 6-7
* December 2007-March 2008: Review of part B
* July-September 2008: Review of complete draft of RDA
RDA is scheduled for release in early 2009.