Library of Congress (LC) RDA Training Materials
| Library of Congress RDA Training Plans: Classroom Training Plan (September 2012) [Word : 117 KB] Online Training Plan (November 2012) [Word : 158 KB] The tables listed below contain the Library of Congress Resource Description & Access (RDA) training materials used for internal training beginning in June 2012. As RDA changes, the materials will be updated to reflect the latest versions. |
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| Title | Slides, Manuals, Exercises |
|---|---|
| FRBR Fundamental Concepts | Recorded Webinar (Aug. 28, 2012) [MP4 : 63 MB]
Slides (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 1.34 MB] Trainees Manual (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 771 KB] Test yourself!: FRBR Terminology Quiz Test yourself!: Attributes of FRBR Group One Entities Quiz Test yourself!: Relationships of FRBR Entities Quiz IFLA FRBR Report [PDF : 1306 KB] IFLA FRBR Report: Section on Attributes [PDF : 131 KB] |
| FRBR Practicum: Applying the Concepts | Slides (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 3.72 MB] Trainees Manual (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 1041 KB] FRBR Practicum Exercises (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 514 KB] FRBR Practicum Exercises: Answers (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 227 KB] |
| FRBR, RDA, and MARC | Slides (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 1072 KB] Trainees Manual (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 883 KB] FRBR & RDA & MARC Exercises (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 1072 KB] |
| Using the RDA Toolkit | Recorded Webinar (Sept. 5, 2012) [MP4 : 68.2 MB]
Using the RDA Toolkit (April 2014) [Word : 1.3 MB] Test yourself!: RDA Toolkit Quiz |
| RDA Bibliographic Record Practice Workform | Workform (May 2012) [Word : 2 p. : 57 KB] |
| RDA: Module 1 -- Introduction to RDA; Identifying Manifestations and Items | Recorded Webinars: Module 1, part 1 (Oct. 2012) [1:17:14] [MP4 : 98 MB] Module 1, part 2 (Oct. 2012) [0:55:12] [MP4 : 71 MB] Slides (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 3.7 MB] Manual (Sept. 2012) [Word : 730 KB] Exercises 1-2 [Word : 40 KB] Exercises 1-2: Answers [Word : 44 KB] Test Yourself!: Identifying Manifestations and Items |
| RDA: Module 2 -- Describing Carriers and Identifying Works | Recorded Webinars: Module 2, part 1 (Oct. 2012) [0:32:36] [MP4 : 42 MB] Module 2, part 2 (Oct. 2012) [1:15:44] [MP4 : 97 MB] Slides (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 637 KB] Manual (Sept. 2012) [Word : 403 KB] Exercises 3-4 [Word : 35 KB] Exercises 3-4: Answers [Word : 37 KB] Exercises 5 [Word : 31 KB] Exercises 5: Answers [Word : 33 KB] Test Yourself!: Describing Carriers and Identifying Works |
| RDA: Module 3 -- Identifying Expressions and Describing Content | Recorded Webinar (Sept. 5, 2012) [1:15:07] [MP4 : 47.4 MB]
Slides (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 609 KB] Manual (Sept. 2012) [Word : 295 KB] Exercise 6 [Word : 30 KB] Exercise 6: Answers [Word : 32 KB] Exercise 7 [Word : 42 KB] Exercise 7: Answers [Word : 47 KB] Exercise 8 [Word : 33 KB] Exercise 8: Answers [Word : 33 KB] Test Yourself!: Identifying Expressions and Describing Content |
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Consolidated Answers to Exercises for Modules 1-3 (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 415 KB] | |
| RDA: Module 4 -- Relationships | Recorded Webinar (Nov. 16, 2012) [00:59:15] [MP4 : 47.4 MB] Slides (Aug. 2012) [PPT : 474 KB] Manual (Aug. 2012) [Word : 26 p. : 281 KB] Test Yourself!: Relationships |
| RDA: Module 5 -- Authorities I RDA: Module 6 -- Authorities II |
Slides (Sept. 2012): FRBR/FRAD [PPT : 215 KB] RDA Documentation [PPT : 783 KB] MARC 21 in RDA [PPT : 582 KB] RDA Toolkit [PPT : 232 KB] Identifying Persons [PPT : 376 KB] Identifying Families [PPT : 225 KB] Identifying Corporate Bodies [PPT : 508 KB] Identifying Places [PPT : 251 KB] FRBR Group One Entities and NARs [PPT : 364 KB] Link to the RDA in NACO Training Videos Authorities I Manual--Including slides (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 1.60 MB] Authorities I Manual--Exercises only (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 811 KB] Suggested Exercise Answers: Attributes [PDF : 369 KB] Suggested Exercise Answers: Authorized Access Points [PDF : 413 KB] Exercise Answers: RDA or AACR2? [PDF : 87 KB] Authorities II Manual--Including slides (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 1014 KB] Authorities II Manual--Exercises only (Sept. 2012) [PDF : 770 KB] Suggested Exercise Answers: Attributes [PDF : 328 KB] Suggested Exercise Answers: Authorized Access Points [PDF : 371 KB] Exercise Answers: RDA or AACR2? [PDF : 95 KB] Test Yourself!: RDA Authorities and MARC 21 Test Yourself!: Identifying Persons Test Yourself!: Identifying Corporate Bodies |
| Special Topics | Changes to the LC/NACO Authority File (Oct. 2012) [PPT : 276 KB] RDA Refresher Training at LC: Special Topics Follow-up sessions on special topics that were presented at the Library of Congress for those LC catalogers who had returned to cataloging with RDA in November 2011. |
| “R-documents” | R1: LC core elements [PDF : 10 p. : 115 KB] R4: Importing textual monographs (DCM B.13.13) [on Cataloger's Desktop] Classification and Shelflisting Manual Instruction Sheets |
| Guided Practice | Guided Practice Exercises (Sept. 2012) [Word : 156 KB] Guided Practice Answers (Sept. 2012) [Word : 173 KB] Guided Practice Answers (Sept. 2012) [PPT : 261 KB] |
| Guided Practice: Descriptive Only Version |
Descriptive Guided Practice Exercises (Feb. 2013) [Word : 219 KB] Descriptive Guided Practice Answers (Feb. 2013) [Word : 241 KB] |
| Copy Cataloging Using RDA | Trainee Manual (May 2013) [Word : 6.28 MB] Instructor Manual (May 2013) [Word : 6.30 MB] Exercise Answers (May 2013) [Word : 6.17 MB] Test Yourself!: RDA Copy Cataloging |
