Resource Description and Access (RDA): Meaning, Principles, Elements, Benefits, Challenges, and Role in Modern Libraries
INTRODUCTION Resource Description and Access (RDA) is an important standard in modern library cataloguing and bibliographic data management. It provides a framework for describing information resources and recording relationships among resources and the people, families, and organizations associated with them. Libraries manage many types of resources, including printed books, journals, electronic resources, audiovisual materials, websites, databases, digital images, and other information objects. RDA provides a structured approach to describing and discovering these resources across traditional and digital environments. RDA was developed as a successor to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2). While AACR2 was developed primarily within the context of traditional library catalogues, RDA was designed for a broader information environment in which bibliographic data can be created, exchanged, reused, and connected across different systems. What Is Resour...
