Resource Description and Access: From AACR to RDA

Authors

F. Tim Knight, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

Cataloging; Resource Description & Access

Abstract

The new cataloguing guidelines Resource Description and Access (RDA) have recently been released and are set to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. An evaluation period led by the Library of Congress is currently underway and it is likely that the implementation of RDA will begin sometime in mid- 2011. This paper looks briefly at the origins of RDA, provides a high level overview of RDA and reviews some of the major differences that cataloguers and library users can expect to find between RDA and AACR2.

Repository Citation

Knight, F. Tim, "Resource Description and Access: From AACR to RDA" (2011). Librarian Publications & Presentations. 33.
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/librarians/33

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