Welsh, Anne and Sue Batley. Practical Cataloguing: AACR2,
RDA and MARC 21. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2012. 025.32
Welsh ISBN 978-1555707439
The impending launch of Resource
Description and Access: RDA will undoubtedly transform cataloging standards
that have been virtually unchanged for 30 years, and little guidance is
available to help catalogers make a smooth transition to RDA. Practical
Cataloging: AACR2, RDA and MARC21 fills this gap by offering a step-by-step
guide for mapping these new standards onto existing rules for description. The
book thoroughly covers FRBR (Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records)
and FRAD (Functional Requirements of Authority Data), on which the new rules
are built, and explores how RDA elements can be incorporated into MARC21.
Authors Anne Welsh and Sue Batley provide readers with an introduction to
current catalogs and standards, and examine publication formats, bibliographic
elements, access points, and headings. Theirs is a complete guide to RDA,
including its development, structure, and features, plus a section that
addresses its similarities and differences with AACR2. The authors also explain
the MARC21 record, studying tags, indicators, and sub-field codes.
