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(a) True
(b) False
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(a) True
The RDA Toolkit is an integrated browser-based online product that includes a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources.
RDA Toolkit is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources including RDA: Resource Description and Access. RDA Toolkit is published by the RDA Copyright Holders, viz. the American Library Association, Canadian Federation of Library Associations, Facet Publishing, the publishing arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.² ALA Publishing is responsible for the day-to-day management and development of RDA Toolkit.
RDA Toolkit includes:
- RDA instructions in English, French, and German that are searchable and browsable
- AACR2 Rule Number Search of RDA instructions through the Advanced Search menu.
- Workflows and other procedural documentation that is created by subscribers and can be shared within an organization or with the entire community of subscribers.
- Mappings of RDA to different schemas, including MARC 21.
- Two views of RDA content—by table of contents and by element set
- Full text of AACR2
- Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements(LC-PPC PS)
- National Library of Australia Policy Statements (NLA PS)
- British Library Policy Statements (BL PS)
- Anwendungsrichtlinien für den deutschsprachigen Raum (D-A-CH AWR)
- Music Library Association Best Practices (MLA BP)
- MARC Record Examples of RDA Cataloging
- What you need to evaluate and implement RDA; to make cataloging decisions based on principles; to increase efficiency; to facilitate collaboration; and to help position the community for the future by making bibliographic data accessible on the Web.
- RDA Toolkit
- Resource Description and Access (RDA)
- Library and Information Science Questions Answers Quizzes
REFERENCES
- Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/LC%20RDA%20Training/Captivate-RDA%20Toolkit%20Quiz/Using%20the%20RDA%20Toolkit.htm (accessed February 3, 2020).
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