Maxwell's handbook for RDA, resource description & access : explaining and illustrating RDA: resource description and access using MARC21

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Title:

Other title:

Handbook for RDA

Resource description & access

Author:

Maxwell, Robert L., 1957- author

ISBN:

9780838911723

Publication:

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

Physical Description:

x, 900 pages ; 26 cm

Contents:

Describing manifestations and items -- Describing persons -- Describing families -- Describing corporate bodies -- Describing geographic entities -- Describing works -- Describing expressions -- Recording relationships -- Printed books and sheets -- Cartographic resources -- Unpublished manuscripts and manuscript collections -- Notated music -- Audio recordings -- Moving image resources -- Two-dimensional graphic resources -- Three-dimensional resources and objects -- Digital resources -- Microform resources -- Bibliographic records serials and integrating resources -- Analytical description.

Abstract:

This comprehensive handbook illustrates and applies the new cataloging rules in the MARC21 environment for every type of information format -- from books to electronic materials to music and beyond.

Subject Term:

Descriptive cataloging -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Descriptive cataloging -- Standards. (OCoLC)fst00891130

Title Subject:

Resource description & access -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Resource description & access. (OCoLC)fst01791077

Genre:

manuals (instructional materials)

handbooks.

Handbooks and manuals.

Local Subject:

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE COLLECTION

Available:

Library	Call Number	Material Type	Status
Searching... State Library of Oregon	025.32 MaxweM2	4-Week Loan	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Winner of several prestigious honors, including the 2014 ABC-CLIO Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature, the first edition of this clear and comprehensive handbook has become an essential resource for catalogers, LIS students, and cataloging instructors. Now, in this second edition, Maxwell explains the changes to RDA: Resource Description and Access brought about by 3R, and brings his handbook fully in line with all the new developments. Designed to interpret and explain RDA, this resource illustrates the cataloging standard for every type of information format. From books to electronic materials to music and beyond, Maxwell

explains the alignment of the new RDA with the IFLA's Library Reference Model (LRM), offering value to library and cultural heritage communities; incorporates the changes made to the RDA Toolkit after the completion of the 3R Project that allow for greater personalization and accessibility; addresses the new structural changes to RDA that allow for greater flexibility and reuse; explores the new emphasis on relationships between entities and what it means for RDA users; and provides abundant sample records to illustrate RDA principles.

Summary:

This comprehensive handbook illustrates and applies the new cataloging rules in the MARC21 environment for every type of information format -- from books to electronic materials to music and beyond.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Maxwell's (special collections and formats catalog dept., Brigham Young Univ.; Maxwell's Guide to Authority Work) handbook is intended to help practitioners understand RDA as well as to learn how to apply the rules in conjunction with MARC21. Through full and numerous cataloging examples, the author covers FRBR (functional requirements for bibliographic records) basics and how to record the attributes for entities such as manifestations, items, persons, corporate bodies, places, expressions, and works. The examples are not limited to just the print format but also include electronic materials, music, series, and maps. Supplementary material consists of 14 appendixes such as "Series Authority Records," "Printed Books and Sheets," "Notated Music," "Audio Recordings," "Moving Image Resources," and "Digital Resources." This very comprehensive resource is designed to be used as a supplement to, not a substitute for, RDA: Resource Description and Access Print (ALA Editions). VERDICT An essential tool for catalogers in all libraries and cataloging instructors.-Susan E. Ketcham, Long Island Univ. Post Lib., Brookville, NY (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.