RDA and the Reference Librarian: What to Expect from the New Cataloging Standard

Reference librarians' work will be affected by the upcoming change in cataloging standards from the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules to the Resource Description and Access (RDA). Reference librarians were asked to give their perceptions about RDA records. They found that RDA records were compar...

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Published in:The Reference librarian 2012-04, Vol.53 (2), p.123-137
Main Author: McCutcheon, Sevim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AACR
AACR2
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Bibliographic records
cataloging rules
Clarity
Comparisons
Compatibility
Exact sciences and technology
Format
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Learning curves
Librarians
Library and information science. General aspects
Perception
RDA
reference librarians
Reference services
Resource Description & Access-RDA
Resource Description and Access
Sciences and techniques of general use
Sheds
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Summary:Reference librarians' work will be affected by the upcoming change in cataloging standards from the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules to the Resource Description and Access (RDA). Reference librarians were asked to give their perceptions about RDA records. They found that RDA records were comparable in terms of quality and quantity of information. However, terms used in new fields that provide format information lacked clarity. RDA records live compatibly with their Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules counterparts but do have distinctive differences. This study sheds light on what internal users of the catalog will find familiar in the new type of records and what will require a learning curve.
ISSN:0276-3877
1541-1117
DOI:10.1080/02763877.2011.607409