LibGuides: RDA 3R and RDA Toolkit: RDA 2021

Info/Updates

The PCC Policy Committee has said that PCC will not be implementing the new RDA Toolkit before July 2022. It is my understanding that LC would prefer to train their catalogers in the new RDA using BIBFRAME and not MARC, and this will take some time to do that and create the application profiles for BIBFRAME. Training in the new Toolkit will not start before fall 2021, and possibly later, so it will be some time before LC & PCC adopt the new Toolkit RDA. --posts to RDA-L, 4/23/2021

Educational Resources -- purchase from ALA Store

Introducing RDA: A Guide to the Basics after 3R, Second Edition
Christine Oliver’s primer guide to the RDA specifically covers the changes to RDA reflected in the official RDA Toolkit launched on December 15th.

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Available for purchase at the ALA Store website
https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/introducing-rda-guide-basics-after-3r-second-edition
Print RDA Glossary
Allows for easy offline access by students, instructors, and catalogers. "A useful tool for both training and daily reference." Available for purchase at the ALA Store https://www.alastore.ala.org/RDAglossary

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Includes two indexes: an RDA Elements Index, which organizes RDA elements by their domain entities to give users an idea of the structure of RDA, and an RDA Controlled Vocabularies Index, which is organized by element.
Kate James RDA in Practice: A Workbook
Available Spring 2021. "The only workbook created for the new RDA, this resource is an important tool that will help readers at any level of experience develop and strengthen their understanding of RDA content and structure. "
RDA Lab Series Returns
A weekly (Feb.-Aug.) presentation of live webinars on new (Bibframe oriented? Maybe not for everyday cataloging.) RDA concepts by cataloger and recent RDA Steering Committee member Kate James. Presented as 8 modules, 4 weeks each. Purchase from the ALA Store website https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/rda-lab-series $485

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Recordings of the series or individual modules can be purchased for viewing at your leisure from the ALA Store website https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/rda-lab-series

Robert Maxwell book--upcoming

Additional Educational Resources

Preparing for the New RDA (LC training)
PCC Standing Committee on Training (SCT) training materials to assist the community in preparing for the New RDA that is the result of the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project (3R Project). Last updated Feb. 2021; focuses on the new RDA concepts.