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1.2.1: Descriptive Cataloging Using RDA

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    The table below contains the training materials for “Descriptive Cataloging Using RDA,” a 9-module curriculum created by the Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division (COIN) at the Library of Congress. The curriculum targets novice and beginning catalogers with little education or experience in cataloging. 

     

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    Module Slides, Manuals, Exercises, Online Quizzes
    1 - Introduction, Concepts, and Tools Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 1.2 MB)
     
    2 - Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
     
    Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 1.1 MB)
     
    3 - RDA Toolkit Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 100 KB)

    Using the RDA Toolkit (PDF : 1.22 MB)
     
    4 - RDA Introduction and Background; Identifying ManifestationsUsing the RDA Toolkit Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 3.9 MB)

    Ex. 1: Identifying Manifestations (PDF : 86 KB)

    Ex. 1: Answers (PDF : 88 KB)
     
    5 - Other Elements of Manifestations and Items; Describing Carriers; Describing Content Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 585 KB)

    Ex. 2: Describing Carriers (PDF : 83 KB)

    Ex. 2: Answers (PDF : 86 KB)

    Ex. 3: Describing Content (PDF : 84 KB)

    Ex. 3: Answers (PDF : 82 KB)
     
    6 - Identifying Works and Expressions Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 564 KB)

    Ex. 4: Identifying Works (PDF : 11 KB)

    Ex. 4: Answers (PDF : 14 KB)

    Ex. 5: Identifying Expressions (PDF : 11 KB)

    Ex. 5: Answers (PDF : 11 KB)
     
    7 - Relationships in RDA;
    Authority Control
    Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 1.7 MB)

    Ex. 6: Creators and Contributors (PDF : 90 KB)

    Ex. 6: Answers (PDF : 91 KB)
     
    8 - Identifying Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 437 KB)

    Ex. 7: Relationships (PDF : 633 KB)

    Ex. 7: Answers (PDF : 40 KB)
     
    9 - Comprehensive Exercises Teaching Slides (PowerPoint : 98 KB)

    Comprehensive Exercises (PDF : 145 KB)

    Comprehensive Exercises: Answers (PDF : 156 KB)
     
    Supplemental Materials Curriculum Outline (PDF : 54 KB)

    Bibliographic Record Practice Work Form (Word : 20 KB)

    “Legacy Records” (PDF : 1.2 MB)

    “Legacy Records” Answers (PDF : 1.2 MB)
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