Resource Description and Access in Europe: Implementations and perceptions

Abstract

This research explored the implementations and perceptions of the Resource Description and Access (RDA) cataloguing standard in Europe. It refers to the development and implementation of the standard among Anglo-American libraries and draws comparisons between them. It examines the spread and application of RDA throughout Europe both by analysing the available literature and by conducting interviews with professionals at 12 European national libraries.The results highlight the issues faced by the European institutions and the unique perspectives that emerge from implementing RDA in different languages and cultures. European institutions demonstrate a higher level of involvement and interest in the development of RDA and a stronger desire to work towards RDA interoperability and alignment with the cultural heritage sector. The European implementation drives forward the internationalisation of RDA by actively seeking solutions to the issues in the new standard arising from the cultural and linguistic diversity.

Промене У Каталошким И Сродним Стандардима У Светлу Развоја Семантичког Веба

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Roles of cataloguing librarians in the digital era

“…The literature also contains many articles that discuss the involvement of cataloguers in the application of the RDA standard in different libraries. Ducheva and Pennington (2017) explored implementations and perceptions of the RDA cataloguing standard in Europe.…”

An investigation into cataloguers’ experiences with RDA

“…The literature review findings indicate that previous research based on Autocat and RDA-L listservs has only been conducted in relation to the roles and competencies of librarians as reflected in job adverts (Park and Lu, 2009 and Park et al, 2009). On the other hand, studies that focused on the issues of RDA implementation or cataloguing were conducted as case studies of chosen institutions (Ducheva and Pennington, 2017; Moulaison, 2015; Perez-Lizano, 2016) or surveys around the time of RDA testing or readiness for implementation (Acedera, 2014; Lambert et al, 2013). The current research fills a gap by exploring the general views, issues and questions expressed by the international community of cataloguers already experienced with using RDA, in response to the substantive changes taking place in their field.…”