The emergence and development of kinds of digital formats in the 21st century made cataloguing rules for printed formats less usable. In addition, traditional information sources have been emerged in numerous formats, transferring those to web-based and digital formats has reduced the prominence of library cataloguers in the organization of information. The second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules doesn't have that much efficiency in resource description and organization of new sources so more review on this inadequate standard seems needed. The standard of Resource Description and Access (RDA) has been designed to meet current problems related to the organization of digital resources. This research provides a survey on the weak points and capabilities of the 2nd edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and gives an introduction to the standard of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and discusses its goals and basic features. Some of the features of this standard are its adaptability with MARC21, Dublin core, FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRDA (Functional Requirements for Authority Data).
Khasseh, A. (2009). A farewell to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules: RDA: a
tool for cataloguing of digital resources. Librarianship and Information Organization Studies, 20(3), 321-336.
MLA
A. Khasseh. "A farewell to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules: RDA: a
tool for cataloguing of digital resources". Librarianship and Information Organization Studies, 20, 3, 2009, 321-336.
HARVARD
Khasseh, A. (2009). 'A farewell to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules: RDA: a
tool for cataloguing of digital resources', Librarianship and Information Organization Studies, 20(3), pp. 321-336.
VANCOUVER
Khasseh, A. A farewell to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules: RDA: a
tool for cataloguing of digital resources. Librarianship and Information Organization Studies, 2009; 20(3): 321-336.
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