Implementing RDA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Abstract

In this article the authors present a case study implemented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library that trained catalogers in Resource Description and Access (RDA), a new cataloging code. The authors provide detailed descriptions of the library's in-house training sessions and the strategies behind these sessions. They also discusses the creation of digital tools used to facilitate the creation of quality RDA bibliographic records. The authors close by contextualizing RDA training within the library linked data initiative.

KEYWORDS:

• Resource Description and Access (RDA)
• cataloging training
• RDA training
• OCLC Macro Language (OML)
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank all members of the RDA Training Task Force, who have contributed to the implementation of RDA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library.