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Understanding the Why: A Case Study in Managing the RDA Implementation

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2014
This article describes in detail the management of a Resource Description and Access (RDA) implementation process by an academic library that was an early adopter of RDA. It identifies the necessary decisions to be made and discusses the rationale behind these decisions during the implementation process.
Margaret Beecher Maurer, Roman S. Panchyshyn   +1 more
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Evaluation of RDA as an Implementation of FRBR and FRAD

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2012
Resource Description and Access (RDA) is based on the original entity-relationship statements of the conceptual models Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD). This article reviews the degree of alignment of RDA with FRBR and FRAD, covering user tasks, entities, attributes and ...
Pat Riva, Chris Oliver
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A Look at How We Got Here: RDA Implementation at Central Connecticut State University

Journal of Library Metadata, 2014
The purpose of this study is to review the preparation for and implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) at the Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University. The Elihu Burritt Library is the only library supporting the scholarly community of Central Connecticut State University, a medium-sized 4-year public institution ...
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Implementing RDA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Technical Services Quarterly, 2014
In this article the authors present a case study implemented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library that trained catalogers in Resource Description and Access (RDA), a new cataloging code. The authors provide detailed descriptions of the library's in-house training sessions and the strategies behind these sessions.
Qiang Jin, Jane A. Sandberg
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RDA Planning, Implementation and Use: A Comparison of Two Academic Libraries

Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues, 2013
Since the Library of Congress announced it would move forward with full RDA implementation on 31 March 2013, libraries in the United States have been working hard on planning, training and implementing RDA in their own libraries' cataloguing workflow.
Melanie Wacker, Myung-Ja Han
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RDA Implementation Issues in the Iranian National Bibliography: An Analysis of Bibliographic Records

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2014
The goal of this research is investigating the situation of existing bibliographic records in the online public access catalog of the National Library of Iran in order to use Resource Description and Access (RDA). A sample of 111 bibliographic records was selected for this purpose. These records were analyzed according to the RDA codes.
Fatemeh Pazooki, Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini, Sholeh Arastoopoor   +2 more
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RDA Training and Implementation at the University of Chicago: An Interview with Christopher Cronin

Serials Review, 2013
In December 2012, Eric Hanson interviewed Christopher Cronin, director of technical services at the University of Chicago, about their participation as an RDA test partner and issues surrounding RDA training and implementation.
Eric Hanson,, Bonnie Parks,
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RDA Training and Implementation at Duke University Libraries: Minimizing the Distraction

Journal of Library Metadata, 2014
This report is a case study of training in and implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) at Duke University Libraries. The first part of the report summarizes national debate about the cost effectiveness of the new rules and gives the reasons for Duke's decision to conduct training for both bibliographic and authority records in early ...
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Impact of FRBR on Cataloguing Standards and RDA Implementation

RDA integrates the FRBR conceptual model with cataloguing principles to establish a framework that enhances cataloguers judgment and improves future systems. FRBR is not a cataloguing code in itself. It illustrates how users can gain advantages from a meticulously organized system centered on the FRBR entities and their interrelations. As an IFLA study
Nwachi, Chiegonu B, Obidike, Nnenna A. PhD   +1 more
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The art of RDA: the Courtauld’s experience of implementing a new cataloguing standard

Art Libraries Journal, 2014
RDA, RDA, RDA: a three-letter initialism which has both tormented and engaged cataloguers over the last few years. The Courtauld Institute of Art was among the first UK libraries to implement RDA; however, it is not a typical UK RDA early adopter being both small and specialist.
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