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.
- Continue to practice creating RDA records using the manifestation, work and expression template.