AACR2 is no longer being maintained, and is scheduled to be replaced by Resource Description and Access (RDA) in early 2013.

What replaced AACR2?

AACR2 is no longer being maintained, and is scheduled to be replaced by Resource Description and Access (RDA) in early 2013.

What is the difference between AACR2 and RDA?

AACR2: they are considered abbreviations and are followed by a full stop (e.g., cm.) RDA: they are treated as symbols and are not followed by a full stop (e.g., cm).

What does AACR2 stand for?

The second edition of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) is the most widely used cataloging code, designed for use in the construction of catalogs and other lists in general libraries of all sizes.

What is the difference between MARC and RDA?

RDA (Resource Description and Access) is being developed as a new content standard for resource description and access as a successor to AACR2; MARC 21 is a communications and exchange format which provides the structure for encoding the content of bibliographic and authority data.

Why is RDA better than AACR2?

RDA has more minimal requirements for bibliographic records than AACR2. However, there are many options for additional information. If patrons need access to additional information it is important that this need be communicated to the relevant metadata creators.

Why did RDA replace AACR2?

Why did the name change to RDA—Resource Description and Access? The name RDA—Resource Description and Access more appropriately reflects the changes both in format and scope envisioned by the JSC and CoP at our April 2005 meeting, and signifies that we are creating a standard that will be very different from AACR2.

Did RDA replace AACR2?

RDA, Resource Description and Access, is being adopted by most US Libraries. The national libraries in the US will have adopted RDA by April 1, 2013. This new code is quite different from AACR2 and there will be many changes made to bibliographic records both prospectively and retrospectively in OCLC.

Do libraries still use AACR2?

Despite predictions about the demise of the book it is still flourishing. Libraries look much the same as they do today. AACR also looks much the same but may be AACR4 or AACR5. The electronic version is more widely used but the print version is still popular.

What does RDA stand for in library?

Resource Description and Access
Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the successor to the cataloging rules, AACR2. RDA completely revamps the structure of the cataloging instructions by closely following the entity-relationship model used to construct databases.