RDA With Less Stress Mary Mastraccio Manager Cataloging

RDA With Less Stress Mary Mastraccio Manager, Cataloging and Authorities MARCIVE, Inc. Booth 917 1

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Dancing the Two-Step • Step-one: Relax – Major workflow and policy changes are not required at this stage. Most systems will handle RDA or AACR 2 MARC records. – • Step-two: Divide and conquer – Booth 917 No one has to do it all. Make different entities responsible for different tasks. 3

System Vendors and Managers • Maintain the system so it will accept records with new fields – New MARC fields http: //www. loc. gov/marc – RDA-specific fields http: //www. loc. gov/marc/RDAin. MARC-1012. html • Define system requirements – Determine what your local system requires – Train staff to recognize, input, and use the new data • Design for the future: – Use all new fields – Index names properly, especially with different relator terms – Allow easy extraction or conversion of MARC data to another format Booth 917 4

Supervisors • Monitor the RDA evolution – Check LC routinely http: //www. loc. gov/aba/rda – Check Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA http: //rda-jsc. org/rdapresentations. html – Attend training sessions • Update your documentation • Evaluate training opportunities • Oversee the software & data updates Booth 917 Online! “The second time you use paper documentation, it will be obsolete. ” --PCC 5

Staff • Become familiar with RDA terminology, rules, and records – – Use LC RDA webinars. http: //www. loc. gov/catworkshop/ Attend national & local training sessions. Read ALA publications. Use the RDA Toolkit helps and global workflows and maps (under Tools tab). http: //access. rdatoolkit. org Check the blog http: //www. rdatoolkit. org/blog/category/all • Be familiar with your local system requirements • Practice cataloging – Use cheat sheets for Content/Media/Carrier – Use cheat sheets for core tags Booth 917 6

Automated changes • Are there global changes that would improve the usefulness of your library data? – – What can be done? By whom? One-time retrospective project Ongoing cataloging • Tools – What will your local system enable? – Will a freely available tool (e. g. , MARC Edit) work? – What work should be outsourced? Booth 917 7

MARCIVE RDA conversion options: What • • • Generation of Content/Media/Carrier terms Generation of GMD in 245$h Update authorized access points Spell out descriptive abbreviations Retagging of fields to new convention Booth 917 8

MARCIVE RDA conversion options: When • One time – Along with backfile authorities processing – Along with retrospective conversion or record upgrade • Ongoing – With current cataloging – With Notification for authorized access points Note: Deletion of GMD is optional. Booth 917 9

RDA Implementation Dancing the Two-Step Fun with the right partner! Booth 917 10