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Making the move to RDA : a self-study primer for catalogers / Chamya Pomey Kincy with Sara Shatford Layne.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kincy, Chamya Pompey, 1976-2013, author.
Layne, Sara Shatford, author.
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Resource description & access.
Resource description & access--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Descriptive cataloging--Standards.
Descriptive cataloging--Standards--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Descriptive cataloging.
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (347 p.)
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2014.
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Making the Move to RDA: A Self-Study Primer for Catalogers</span><span> is aimed at catalogers working in the MARC environment who currently create records using AACR2 and need to transition to using the new standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA). Since both RDA's structure and content differ from AACR2 in many respects, this primer details the development and rationale for RDA as well as its intended goals, principles, and objectives. It then explains RDA's theoretical underpinnings-collectively known as the FRBR Family of Models. Framing the
Contents:
Development, objectives, and principles
Underlying models and organization
Major differences between RDA and AACR2
Attributes of manifestations and items
Attributes of works and expressions
Attributes of persons, families, corporate bodies, and places
Recording relationships
Creating and interpreting bibliographic records for books
Creating and interpreting bibliographic records for non-book resources
Creating and interpreting authority records.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-316) and index.
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
979-82-16-42630-1
0-8108-8770-3
OCLC:
869281790

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