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 keyword searching all documents; the ability to create, store, and share personal and local cataloging documents; and an unlimited number of profiles that allow individual users to set and save personal preferences. It includes:
- RDA instructions in English, French, Finnish, German, Italian, and Spanish 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
- Policy statements from the several national libraries including the Library of Congress, British Library, and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Music Library Association Best Practices (MLA BP)
- 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
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Last updated: October 1, 2020
