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Relax, Don't [Be] Anxious: Rda At The Ball State University Libraries (Muncie, In), C. Jeremy Barney Nov 2016

Relax, Don't [Be] Anxious: Rda At The Ball State University Libraries (Muncie, In), C. Jeremy Barney

Faculty Presentations

Provides an overview of how librarians in the Cataloging and Metadata Services (CAMS) department at the Ball State University Libraries (Muncie, IN) prepared for and implemented cataloging in RDA. Also covers the presenter’s training and evaluation of copy catalogers using RDA for monographic cataloging (books, ebooks, video recordings, maps) and the writing of local procedures.


Resource Description And Access: Internationalizing, Teaching And Learning Rda Cataloging Abroad, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao Sep 2016

Resource Description And Access: Internationalizing, Teaching And Learning Rda Cataloging Abroad, Sheau-Yueh J. Chao

Publications and Research

This article presents the history and development of cataloging codes, an overview of the Resource Description and Access (RDA) training courses, the author’s experiences in library teaching and learning, cultural exchanges with the Chinese librarians at the National Central Library (NCL), international librarianship in cataloging, library technology and development in Taiwan as well as the National Central Library and the Library Association of China (LAC), and key findings of RDA in its development and transition, implementation, and implications.