RDA : strategies for implementation /

El-Sherbini, Magda.

RDA : strategies for implementation / Magda El-Sherbini. - x, 394 pages 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376) and index.

From AACR2 to RDA -- Differnces between AACR2 and RDA -- RDA implementation strategies -- Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records -- Identifying manifestations and items -- Identifying works and expressions and the entity responsible for creating them --RDA Toolkit -- Examples of RDA records -- Checklists.

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. Covers FRAD-driven tasks, FRBR-Group relationships, and principles of FRAD, including how FRAD impacts the RDA application. Analyzes the roles 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.

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Z 694.15.R47 / .El76 2013