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RDA: Resource Description & Access Training Materials

PCC RDA Training

  • RDA in NACO Training Modules
  • RDA BIBCO Training (Available Fall 2012)
  • RDA Serials Cataloging Training (Available Fall 2012)

RDA/FRBR Webcasts

  • RDA Changes from AACR2 for Texts Barbara Tillett (01/12/2010 : 75 minutes). This webcast explores the changes from AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed.) that the new code RDA: Resource Description & Access brings.
  • Resource Description and Access: Background / Overview Barbara Tillett (05/14/2008 : 67 minutes). This webcast provides background on its development and a general overview of the conceptual models, international principles, and structure of RDA: Resource Description & Access.
  • Cataloging Principles and RDA: Resource Description and Access Barbara Tillett (06/10/2008 : 49 minutes). This webcast deals with the cataloging principles that have influenced the development of RDA; the challenges they present to the international sharing of bibliographic and authority data; and the challenges they present to the developers of RDA.
  • FRBR : Things You Should Know, But Were Afraid To Ask Barbara Tillett (03/04/2009 : 57 minutes). This webcast for non-catalogers is intended to present basic concepts and benefits of using the FRBR conceptual model (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) in resource discovery systems.

FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

  • Library of Congress Training for RDA: Resource Description & Access
  • Module 1
    FRBR Overview and Application: Understanding Conceptual Relationships [PPT : 987 KB : Jan. 2012]
    IFLA FRBR Report [PDF : 1.27 MB]
    IFLA FRBR Report: Section on Attributes [PDF : 131 KB]
    Test your knowledge of FRBR Terminology
    Test your knowledge of Attributes of FRBR Group One Entities
  • Module 2
    FRBR Practicum [PPT : 4.09 MB : Feb. 2012]
    FRBR Practicum Exercises [PDF : 514 KB]
  • Module 3
    FRBR & RDA & MARC [PPT : 514 KB : Feb. 2012]

RDA Toolkit

  • Library of Congress Training for RDA: Resource Description & Access
  • Using the RDA Toolkit [Word : 36 p. : 867 KB : May 2012] In the series: Library of Congress Training for RDA: Resource Description & Access

RDA Record Examples

  • The RDA Records Task Group, under the auspices of the PCC Standing Committee on Training, collected a wealth of RDA bibliographic and authority records to be used for training and educational purposes. The task group was formed in October 2011 and completed its work on March 1, 2012.

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