rda : the inside story the genesis ola, february 2, 2008 ingrid parent library and archives canada
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RDA : the Inside StoryThe Genesis
OLA, February 2, 2008
Ingrid Parent Library and Archives Canada
Overview
Why a new standard? RDA principles and goals Who develops and supports RDA? Timeline
From Panizzi’s rules to AACR2
1841: Panizzi’s rules for the British Museum 1876: Cutter’s rules 1902-1949: Separate U.S. and U.K. rules 1961: Lubetsky, IFLA and “Paris Principles” 1967: AACR, North American/UK differences 1969: IFLA and International Standard
Bibliographic Description 1978: AACR2
AACR2 1978 1988 1998 2002
1997 International Conference on the Principles & Future Development of AACR, Toronto
Worldwide experts identified issues: Principles Content vs. carrier Logical structure of AACR2 Seriality Internationalization
FRBR
Published by IFLA in 1998 Reinforces basic objectives of catalogues and importance of relationships for users to carry
out basic tasks – find, identify, select, obtain Structure allows collocation at Work/Expression level Conceptual model of entities, relationships and attributes
[FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/frbr/frbr.pdf]
IME ICC IFLA updates and reaffirms Paris Principles,
2003-2007 series of regional meetings - IFLA Meeting of
Experts on an International Cataloguing Code increase the ability to share cataloguing
worldwide by promoting standards develop “Statement of International
Cataloguing Principles”
New standard: why?
Align with conceptual models (FRBR, FRAD) to build well-formed metadata Encourage application of FRBR/FRAD Encourage use as a content standard for metadata
schema Encourage international applicability Address current problems
Provide more consistency Principle-based
To guide cataloguer’s judgment
[FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data http://www.ifla.org/VII/d4/FRANAR-ConceptualModel-2ndReview.pdf]
New Cataloguing Environment
Need to provide access to a wider range of information carriers: wider depth & complexity of content
Metadata (bibliographic information) created by a wider range of personnel in and outside libraries (authors, administrators, cataloguers, computers, publishers, etc.)
Descriptive data in digital form (ONIX, etc.)
RDA Objectives and Principles Objectives
Responsiveness to user needs Cost efficiency Flexibility Continuity
Principles Based on IME ICC draft statement of principles:
Differentiation, Sufficiency, Relationships, etc. Draft IME ICC statement:
http://www.loc.gov/loc/ifla/imeicc/pdf/statement-draft3_apr06cleancopy.pdf
Strategic PlanGoals for RDA
A new standard for resource description and access Designed for the digital environment
Description and access of all digital and analog resources
Resulting descriptions usable in digital environment (Web-based catalogues and resource discovery services)
Web-based tool paper also available
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/jsc/stratplan.html
RDA will be … “A multinational content standard providing
bibliographic description and access for the variety of media and formats collected by libraries today”
Designed to be used in all language communities Intend to remove English-bias
MARC 21
Replacement of GMD Other changes to accommodate new elements MARBI discussion paper – January 2008
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2008/2008-dp04.html
MARBI proposals – June 2008
RDA and DC (Dublin Core) “Data Modeling Meeting” - London 2007
development of an RDA Element Vocabulary
development of an RDA Dublin Core Application Profile based on FRBR and FRAD
identification of RDA Value Vocabularies for Semantic Web
Who’s developing and supporting RDA?
Committee of
Principals
AACR FundTrustees/
Co-Publishers
Joint SteeringCommittee ...
ALACC:DA
ACOC BL CCC CILIP LC
The supporting cast
JSC constituencies Canada – Canadian Committee on Cataloguing
Working Groups – Examples, Appendices, etc.
Outreach Group Other communities (e.g., DC, MARC) Other rule making bodies
RDA timeline Dec. 07-Mar. 2008: Review of access
point control chapters July-Sept. 2008: Review of complete
draft of RDA Dec. 2008: RDA text finalised early 2009: Release of RDA late 2009: Implementation