the us rda test: status & next steps
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The US RDA Test: Status & Next Steps. For the Authority Control Interest Group, American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, January 9, 2011 Presented by Beacher Wiggins Director for Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access Library of Congress. Status. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The US RDA Test:Status & Next Steps
For the Authority Control Interest Group, American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, January 9, 2011
Presented by Beacher WigginsDirector for Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of Congress
Status Library of Congress (LC), National
Agricultural Library (NAL), and National Library of Medicine (NLM) planned and carried out U.S. testing24 formal participants selectedDocumentation preparedTraining offeredTest commenced on October 1, 2010
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Status 27 formal test partners, including LC, NAL,
NLM Partners included cross-section:
Types, sizes, formats, content, content codes used
Libraries, consortia, educators, vendorsProgram for Cooperative Cataloging librariesOCLC
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Status Titles cataloged in the test
Common original set 25 titles
Common copy set 5 titles
Extra set Regular cataloging receipts
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Status 25 common titles cataloged twice by all:
1) using RDA 2) using current content code
Range of analog and digital: Textual monographs (10)AV materials (5)Serials (5—print & other) Integrating resources (5)
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Status 5 resources copy cataloged
Printed text, in English: Monograph Serial Translation Compilation Novel
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Status Test partners cataloged regular receipts
using RDA (at least 25 items)Foreign languagesCartographic materialsMusic scoresLaw materials
Authority data created if normally done for both common and regular titles
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Status LC worked with Program for Cooperative
Cataloging to review former LC Rule Interpretations (LCRIs)Almost 500 LCRIs existedReduced to less than 200Some incorporated into RDA ToolkitNow called LC Policy Statements
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Status Conscious decision to catalog in real
environment, recognizing inherent inconveniences that might be caused
Decisions made that would have the least amount of impact
Recording RDA headings in 7XX fields on AACR2 authority records
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Status Test ended December 30, 2010 8 survey instruments crafted to solicit test
data from formal and informal testers 27 participants created
+9,000 original MARC records+100 copy recordsSeveral non-MARC records+13,000 authority records
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Status Questions to be answered
Survey instruments to address: Level of personnel Source of answers
Type of answers/data, e.g., Objective Subjective Local management decision
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Status Questions address
Record creationRecord useTraining & documentationUsing an online toolSystems & metadataTechnical feasibilityWorkflowsCosts & benefits
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Status At least 5 participants are continuing to
create RDA records LC/NAL/NLM ceased creating RDA
records on December 30 Interim guidelines issued—
LC and national libraries OCLC PCC
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Status Interim guidelines
LC and national libraries Accept RDA & AACR2 records
OCLC Accept RDA & AACR2 records
PCC Accept RDA & AACR2 records Already established AACR2 headings to be used
on bibliographic records—code as “pcc”
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Status Next steps
Analysis of data Matrix of Evaluative Factors RDA records
Common Original and Common Copy sets Survey responses
Contract to assist with data analysis? Report & recommendations to LC/NAL/NLM
senior management: March 31, 2011
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Status Decision by ALA Annual Conference, June
2011 Possible decisions
Do not implement RDAPostpone pending certain changes Implement RDA Implement RDA with specific changes/policy
decisions
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Status Mixed current & future bibliographic data
environment, regardless of implementation decisionRDA records from some test participantsRDA records from some OCLC membersRDA records expected from international
colleagues, even if LC/NAL/NLM do not implement
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Status Interim guidelines will serve cataloging
operations until implementation decision Different guidelines will need to be
determined after implementation decision
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Status New/refined guidelines will be developed if
decision is to implement RDALC and national libraries will make policy
decisions, in consultation with PCC and OCLC
What are compatible RDA headings? Which 7XX headings to flip to RDA? Data and responses gleaned from the test will help
inform policy decisions
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Contact/more information LC Policy Decisions
Email: [email protected] MARC 21 standards
http://www.loc.gov/marc/ RDA—Resource Description and Access
http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html Joint Steering Committee for the Development of
RDA http://www.rda-jsc.org/
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Contact/more information (continued) U.S.Testing Resource Description and
Access (RDA) http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ Beacher Wiggins
Director for Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of [email protected]
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LC Webcasts Resource Description and Access:
Background/Overview (May 14, 2008. 67 minutes) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4320
Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access. (June 10, 2008. 49 minutes) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4327
FRBR: Things You Should Know but Were Afraid to Ask. (March 4, 2009. 57 minutes) http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4554
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Thank you!
Questions/comments?
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