RDA Essentials
2nd Edition
Published on 13. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-8389-4630-5 (ISBN)
Description
This second edition by Brenndorfer will continue to be a guide to cataloging with RDA: Resource Description and Access that addresses changes to RDA as a result of the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project, better known as the 3R Project. This edition will also address RDA changes related to IFLA’S Library Reference Model (LRM). Current with RDA instructions through the April 2019 update to RDA, this guide makes an excellent primer while also serving as a bridge to more complex cataloging. Brenndorfer's guide continues to support training and classroom use in any size institution.
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Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8389-4630-5 (9780838946305)
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Thomas Brenndorfer began his career in cataloging at the National Library of Canada in 1990. While working at the Guelph Public Library in 1997 he learned about FRBR, which had been presented at a conference on the future of AACR2 in nearby Toronto. He followed the development of FRBR to its full incorporation into a draft of RDA ten years later in 2007. Having seen the importance of FRBR for the future of catalogs he began giving presentations introducing FRBR and RDA concepts to catalogers (and others eager to learn) at conferences hosted by the Ontario Library Association and Canadian Library Association.