In RDA Improvers / Refreshers Day, Anne Welsh will look at some examples of more complex publications, such as related works (films of books and soundtracks from films, for example).
We’ll also look at versioning and the way that some works are combined and recombined with others. In old money (AACR2) we often dealt with these using a combination of contents notes (MARC 505), added entries (700 author / title / 730 added uniform title / 246 alternative title) and analytical entries (MARC 740).
The good news continues to be that if we are working in a MARC environment or a non-MARC LMS that is not BIBFRAME, we can still use these solutions. However, in response to community needs, RDA provides a different way to consider this issue conceptually, which once we are eventually working in a BIBFRAME or other Linked Data cataloguing environment should allow us to reap new rewards.
We will also discuss where your institutions are with the move to Official RDA and look at some of the things to consider if you are moving towards implementation.
This training is suitable for those who attended LAI CMG’s RDA 2026 training or earlier trainings, or for those already familiar with the basics of RDA (how to catalogue monographs with straightforward titles, authors and edition statements). You do not need to know MARC or AACR2 since we will be working in MARC on paper / a Word document, but where there is a process that relates to older Anglo-American procedures, the trainer will refer to them in passing for the benefit of those who have catalogued in AACR2.
LAI Cataloguing and Metadata Group 