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Resource Description and Access
About: Resource Description and Access is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1859 publications have been published within this topic receiving 10957 citations. The topic is also known as: RDA & Resource Description & Access.
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01 Mar 2007
TL;DR: The Library and Archives Canada (LAC) as mentioned in this paper is a federal government institution that was created from two predecessor institutions, the National Library and the National Archives, both of which enjoyed highly respected, long-standing professional traditions.
Abstract: Library and Archives Canada, more commonly known by its acronym, LAC, is a federal government institution. It was created in 2004 from two predecessor institutions, the National Library and the National Archives, both of which enjoyed highly respected, long-standing professional traditions. The former National Library was founded in 1953. It could be compared to the Library of Congress, though it was about ten times smaller and did not have a mission to serve the Parliament, which has its own library. The National Library existed to serve Canadians and Canadian libraries. The former National Archives, founded in 1872, could be compared . . .
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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: Provides a progress report on the current project to produce a new English-language cataloguing code called Resource Description and Access that will replace Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed.).
Abstract: Provides a progress report on the current project to produce a new English-language cataloguing code called Resource Description and Access that will replace Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed.). RDA is scheduled for final publication in 2009.
Part of the "Beyond Limits : Building Open Access Collections" Preconference sessions of the 2007 British Columbia Library Association Conference entitled "Beyond 20/20 : Envisioning the Future".
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15 Oct 2001
TL;DR: The Traditional Ideals of Cataloging and the New Revision on the Use of Form Headings in an Alphabetical Catalog and the Function of the Main Entry in the Alphabetical Catalogue-One Approach are discussed.
Abstract: Preface Introduction Crisis in the Catalog Capital Punishment for Catalogers? Titles: Fifth Column of the Catalog Manual of Descriptive Cataloging Analysis of Current Descriptive Cataloging Practice The Cataloging of Publications of Corporate Authors Cataloging Rules and Principles Comments on Discussion of Cataloging Rules and Principles Development of Cataloging Rules Non-Author Headings: A Negative Theory Panizzi vs. the "Finding Catalog" Some Observations on Revision of the Cataloging Code The Current Revision of ALA Rules Fundamentals of Cataloging Code of Cataloging Rules: Author and Title Entry Smoke Over Revision The Function of the Main Entry in the Alphabetical Catalogue-One Approach On Teaching Cataloging Background and Underlying Principles Principles of Cataloging, Final Report. Idealogy of Bibliographic Cataloging: Progress and Retrogression The Fundamentals of Bibliographic Cataloging and AACR2 The Traditional Ideals of Cataloging and the New Revision On the Use of Form Headings in an Alphabetical Catalog
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TL;DR: Although it is being developed for use primarily in libraries, RDA aims to attain an effective level of alignment with the metadata standards used in related communities such as archives, museums and publishers, and to provide a better fit with emerging database technologies.
Abstract: RDA: Resource Description and Access is in development as a new standard for resource description and access designed for the digital world. It is being built on the foundation established for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR). Although it is being developed for use primarily in libraries, it aims to attain an effective level of alignment with the metadata standards used in related communities such as archives, museums and publishers, and to provide a better fit with emerging database technologies.
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