Awareness, Perceptions, and Expectations of Academic Librarians in Turkey about Resource Description and Access (RDA)


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ATILGAN D., ÖZEL N., ÇAKMAK T.

CATALOGING & CLASSIFICATION QUARTERLY, cilt.52, ss.660-676, 2014 (ESCI) identifier identifier

Özet

Resource Description and Access (RDA), as a new cataloging standard, supports libraries in their bibliographic description processes by increasing access points. The increasing importance of RDA implementation requires adaptation to a new bibliographic universe. Furthermore, many initiatives have been launched by countries who would like to keep themselves up-to-date by using and implementing RDA in their library catalogs. This study points out the awareness and expectations of catalogers in academic libraries in Turkey about the transition from Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2) to RDA and their potential problems in adapting RDA. The situation in Turkey in terms of academic libraries is evaluated and reported.