In 2012 ALA Publishing, on behalf of the RDA Co-Publishers, and National Library of China Publishing House announced an agreement for the translation of RDA: Resource Description and Access into the Chinese language. The National Library of China Publishing House will translate and publish a print version of RDA in Chinese and distribute it in China and globally.
This is the training resources page.
In 2012 ALA Publishing, on behalf of the RDA Co-Publishers, and Rojas Eberhard Editores announced an agreement that granted the Bogotá-based publisher permission to translate RDA: Resource Description and Access into Spanish and to publish and distribute the print version of Spanish-language RDA.
Print resources included here may be available in multiple formats including bundles of print/electronic formats. Please follow the links for further details.
An online version of AACR2 has been included in the RDA Toolkit subscription since its launch in July 2010. As catalogers and other metadata professionals prepare to implement RDA, having access to both RDA and AACR2 through the same subscription should increase efficiency and productivity.
The webinar RDA Toolkit Essentials serves as an introduction and guide to using RDA Toolkit. Unlike past webinars, it is not a one-off event.This is the MARC Examples page.
In order to facilitate RDA education and training, the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) issued the examples of RDA cataloging in 2016. The links below will download PDF files of RDA cataloging examples based on Original RDA. Each document is bookmarked to allow for easy navigation between examples.
A new release of RDA Toolkit was published on August 9, 2016. Releases typically contain updates to content and metadata, enhancements to RDA Toolkit functionality, and fixes to existing bugs. You can subscribe to our RSS development feed to get notification of releases. The details of the August release follow.
The RDA Board and RDA Steering Committee (RSC) are seeking a qualified library professional with expertise in RDA and cataloging to take on the role of RSC Secretary. The purpose of the role is to support and coordinate processes which support the development and promotion of RDA.