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In this important book El-Sherbini tackles key questions about how the new cataloging standard will be implemented by cataloging professionals, offering an orientation in the conceptual background and the structure of RDA: Resource Description and Access from a practical and technical perspective, including a detailed comparison with AACR2. Firmly rooted in the concrete application of RDA, with numerous sample records, this book
- Covers FRBR-driven tasks, FRBR-Group relationships, and principles of FRAD, including how FRAD impacts the RDA application
- Analyzes the roles of manifestations and items, such as pre-cataloging decisions, preferred sources of information, and mandatory elements of description
- Discusses works and expressions for specific library materials, from methods of recording primary relationships to constructing the authorized access point and recording relationships
- Offers advice for using RDA Toolkit, with tips for efficient navigation in RDA Toolkit using workflows and searching techniques
- Digs deeply into a variety of technical issues, including RDA's effect on OPAC displays, implementation of the new RDA fields that represent adding new elements, adjusting systems to accommodate the new MARC21 fields, integrating new records using RDA with older records, when to re-catalog a set of manifestations, exporting an RDA-based bibliographic record from OCLC into the OPAC, choosing RDA elements to describe your library materials (core vs. full elements), upgrading OCLC records to RDA, and many more
Every cataloger will want this volume close at hand as a comprehensive roadmap to the changes already underway.
"Presents a plethora of information and strategies that libraries can use in making the switch to RDA … I consider El-Sherbini's book a must-have guide and training resource for libraries who have implemented RDA and for those contemplating the transition."
— Catholic Library World
"An excellent resource for catalogers who are in the midst of implementing RDA. It will also be useful for managers and trainers, who can use the many tips for implementation and the checklists. Libraries that have already implemented RDA would also find this book useful to have in their cataloging reference collections."
— Library Resources & Technical Services
"A very useful work … well-constructed."
— Technicalities
"This book is not just about practical strategies to assist with the implementation of RDA in cataloging agencies. It is also a general introduction to both the theory and practice of RDA cataloging. For this reason it should prove useful for catalogers not only during the current transition period but also as a reference work once the transition is over and the new standard is firmly established."
— Australian Library Journal