RDA - Resource Description and Access will be a new standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital world.
Based on the tradition of AACR2 and built on IFLA's FRBR and FRAD conceptual models and the International Cataloguing Principles developed by the IME ICC, RDA will provide a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media.
RDA will enable users of library catalogues and other systems of information organization to find, identify, select, and obtain resources appropriate to their information needs.
To help inform the international community about this exciting project, the IFLA Section on Cataloguing in conjunction with the RDA team will present a one-day Satellite Meeting on RDA.
The Program
The speakers and program topics will include the following.
| SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D. (Library of Congress, JSC member) |
An overview of RDA development to include its history, the use of FRBR/FRAD conceptual models as its foundation, and its relationship to the IME ICC |
| Deirdre Kiorgaard (Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA) |
RDA structure and content |
| Gordon Dunsire (University of Strathclyde, RDA Outreach Group member) |
RDA Vocabularies and concepts, including relationships with ONIX, Dublin Core, FRBR and Semantic Web Communities |
| Christine Oliver (McGill University, RDA Outreach Group chair) |
Demonstration of RDA Online |
| Anders Cato (Kungl. biblioteket -- National Library of Sweden, IFLA Section on Cataloguing, Chair), Renate Goempel, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek |
The international community's reaction to RDA |
| Pamela Gatenby (National Library of Australia, CoP member) |
Future plans for RDA |
Cost of registration: $100 (Canadian)
cost includes lunch and breaks
For assistance in registration, please e-mail: bshields@cla.ca
For further information, please contact:
Marjorie Bloss
RDA Project Manager
marjorie_bloss@msn.com
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