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Slides from the 01/18/12 presentation of RDA Toolkit Essentials
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RDA Toolkit Essentials
Presented by
James Hennelly ALA Digital Reference
American Library Association
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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 Element Set
• AACR2
• Library of Congress Policy Statements
• RDA Mappings
• User-Created Content
Free Content
At www.rdatoolkit.org
• Subscription and pricing information
• Blog
• Development Blog
• Training Material (Calendar and Archive)
Subscriptions
• Solo-User
• Institutional
– Concurrent users
Logging In
Log in at http://access.rdatoolkit.org/
Solo-User Account
Institutional Account-IP authentication-Referring URL-User Name authentication
Authentication
Profiles
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Members of an Institutional account must create a profile in order to take full advantage of RDA Toolkit’s content and functionality.
Profiles
Navigation
• Icons• Pages• Expandable/Collapsible Table of Contents• Print Table of Contents• Full/Core• Examples• Synch Table of Contents• Tabs• Links
Navigation
Navigation
Navigation
New Table of Content opens to chapter level for faster browse.
Navigation
Navigation
Search
• RDA Quick Search
• Advanced Search (all documents)– Filters
– Search RDA by AACR2 number
– Save Search
• Search Results– Return to Results
– Previous/Next Hit
Search
User-Created Content
• Workflows
• Mappings
• Bookmarks
User-Created Content
User-Created Content
Where Do I Start?
• Other Documents
– RDA Element Set
– AACR2
– RDA Mappings
• Workflows
– Shared
– Private
• Advanced Search
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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RDA Toolkit Essentials
Thank you for attending RDA Toolkit Essentials.
Email us at [email protected]