The role of education and training in adopting Official RDA
Keywords:
RDA, AACR2, Cataloguing EducationAbstract
As well as providing links to resources for training, this article outlines the centrality of training to implementation and highlights the position of RDA education within the longer history of cataloguing education within the Anglo-American cataloguing tradition.
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