RDA Training Part Four

RDA Training Phase Four

Training sessions are conducted once per week, for a period of 4 hours, and include a mix of presentations, discussion, individual reading and individual practice. Each session ends with a 30 minute question and answer session.

RDA Policy for the NLNZ now sits in the global workflow section of the RDA toolkit as NLNZ RDA Attributes Policy.

Module 1: Manifestations and Items

Week 1

• Module 1 Presentation: slides 40-63. 
• Read slides 1-39 in Module 1 Presentation.
• Practice: Use the toolkit to find the rules referred to in the slides.
• Still have more time? Look at the RDA seminar presentations here. 

Week 2 

• Module 1 Presentation: slides 64-113
• Practice creating sample records using the manifestation template. 
  • Use only the elements covered in this sesion.

Week 3 

• Module 1 Presentation: slide 114 to end of module 1
• Look at RDA seminar presentation no. 8, Activity: Identifying RDA Records
• Do RDA training exercises no. 1-2 found here.
• Look at RDA seminar presentation no. 6,  Future Scenarios for RDA Records and the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative
• If more time is available, continue to practice using the manifestation template. 

Module 2: Describing Carriers and Identifying Works

Week 4

• Discuss exercise from week 3
• Round the group for questions and issues
• Module 2 presentation:  Slides 1-27.
• LC quiz on manifestations and items
• Do RDA training exercise no. 3 found here.
• More practice using the manifestation template. 

Week 5 

• Discuss exercise from week 4
• Round the group for questions and issues
• More practice using the template and applying RDA to less formal print publications 
• Look at presentations from the Catsig RDA Seminar if you haven't seen them all yet.

Week 6 

• Discuss questions and issues from week 5
• Module 2 presentation: Slides 28-68.
• Practice using the new manifestation and work template. 

Module 3: Works and Expressions

Week 7 

• Module 3 presentation 
• Complete the Module 3 exercise
• Practice using the manifestation, work and expression template. 
• Discussion.

Module 4: Attibutes of persons, families and corporate bodies  

Week 8

• Module 4 presentation
• Complete the Module 4 exercise 
• Continue to practice using the manifestation, work and expression template. 
• Discussion. 

Module 5: Relationships 

Week 9

• Module 5 presentation
• Complete the Module 5 exercise 
• Continue to practice using the manifestation, work and expression template. 
• Discussion. 

Consolidation 

Week 10

• No presentation this week 
• Discuss relationships module from the previous week
• Continue to create full RDA records, using the sample template from last week and any monograph resource of your choice

Week 11 

• Week 11 exercise. 
  • Use the scans available here and here to complete this exercise.
• Continue to practice creating RDA records using the manifestation, work and expression template.