Kia ora koutou,

The Oceania region RDA Committee (ORDAC) is pleased to present a series of three webinars exploring concepts from the Official RDA guidance, presented by ORDAC member and Oceania RSC representative Charlotte Christensen based at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.

The RDA Guidance chapters are key to understanding Official RDA works concepts and how to interact with the standard. These sessions provide the step before beginning to describe a resource, exploring terminology and structure that will be key to following more community-focused sessions in the future. The guidance is relevant to all descriptive institutions and communities, not just libraries, and no prior knowledge of Official RDA is assumed for attendees.

All are welcome to attend, whether your organisation has implemented RDA or you're just curious. The webinars are free, and will be recorded and made available afterwards.

Session 1

Covers: Official vs Original RDA: familiar and new; terminology; navigating element pages

7 June 3pm NZST / 1pm AEST / 12:30 ACST / 11am AWST

Session 2

Covers: entities; manifestation statements; transcription; sources of information

14 June 3pm NZST / 1pm AEST / 12:30 ACST / 11am AWST

Session 3

Covers: entity boundaries; diachronic works; aggregates; representative expressions; implementation scenarios; community resources

21 June 3pm NZST / 1pm AEST / 12:30 ACST / 11am AWST

Please use this link to register: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__5xg5EiIQomL7W4dz4uRdg

Anoushka

ORDAC Chair

Anoushka McGuire | Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1,

National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

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