Main entry:

El-Sherbini, Magda, author.

Title & Author:

RDA : strategies for implementation / Magda El-Sherbini.

Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2013.

Description:

x, 394 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-377) and index.
From AACR2 to RDA -- Differences between AACR2 and RDA -- RDA implementation strategies -- Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records -- Identifying manifestations and items -- Identifying works and expressions and the entity responsible for creating them -- RDA Toolkit -- Examples of RDA records -- Checklists.
English.
ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award, 2014

Summary:

As the Internet emerged as a tool of accessing information, libraries were confronted with the need to examine their tools for description. New electronic and digital resources became increasingly difficult to catalog and classify. This book is a discussion of key issues related to RDA, to help prepare catalogers for its implementation.

ISBN:

9780838911686 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0838911684 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
(PDF)
9780838996454
(PDF)
0838996450

Subject:

Resource description & access.
Recursos descripción y acceso.
Resource description and access

Holdings:

Location: Library cataloguing office 289126
Call No.: Z694.15.R47 E42 2013
Status: Available