RDA Toolkit EssentialsPresented by

James Hennelly ALA Digital Reference

American Library Association

Chat and Ask Questions

• Ask questions via Questions box

• Report technical issues via Questions

• Q&A session at the end of presentation

What is RDA?

RDA: Resource Description and Access is …

• a standard for bibliographic description, not a display standard

• a standard based on the FRBR conceptual model

What is RDA?

FRBR Entities• Group 1: Work, Expression,

Manifestation and Item• Group 2: Person, Family, and Corporate

Name

What is RDA?

Familiarize yourself with FRBR concepts and terminology.

ResourcesJSC - www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html

IFLA - http://www.ifla.org/en/frbr-rg

Also consult resources at your national library.

What is RDA Toolkit?

RDA Toolkit is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources including RDA.

What is RDA Toolkit?

• RDA• RDA Update History• RDA Element Set• AACR2• LC-PCC Policy Statements• Examples of RDA Cataloging• RDA Mappings• User-Created Content

Free Content

At http://www.rdatoolkit.org/• Subscription and pricing information• Blog• Development Blog• Training Material (Calendar and Archive)• Videos

Logging In

Log in at http://access.rdatoolkit.org/

Solo-User Account

Institutional AccountIP authenticationReferring URLAccount ID authentication

Authentication

Authentication into RDA Toolkit leads to partial access to the content and functionality.

Access: all public documents and search

No access: private and institutional content, bookmarks, and create functions

Profiles

Solo-User accounts are automatically logged into their profiles.

Members of an Institutional account must create a profile in order to take full advantage of RDA Toolkit’s content and functionality.

Concurrent Users

Concurrent users are the number of users from an account who are logged into RDA Toolkit at one time.

-Institutional accounts are allowed a specified number of concurrent users.

-Institutional accounts are allowed an unlimited number of profiles.

Navigation

• Icons• Pages• Expandable/Collapsible Table of Contents• Print Table of Contents• Full/Core/Basic• Examples• Synch Table of Contents• Tabs• Links

Search

• RDA Quick Search• Advanced Search (all documents)– Filters– Search RDA by AACR2 number– Save Search

• Search Results– Return to Results– Previous/Next Hit

User-Created Content

• Workflows• Mappings• Bookmarks• Linking

How Do I Start?

• Other Documents– RDA Element Set– AACR2– RDA Mappings

• Workflows– Shared– Private

What Should I Do Now?

• Sign up for Free Trial (if you haven’t yet)• Study FRBR• Take a training class and ask for Post-Event

Access• Connect with the RDA Community through the

blog, Virtual User Group, RDA-L, etc.

Blogs

• http://www.rdatoolkit.org/blog• http://www.rdatoolkit.org/development

Q & A

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