Tag: Digital resources

As of March 31, 2013, the Library of Congress and other major libraries officially adopted Resource Description and Access (RDA) as their primary cataloging standard. The central concept that defines RDA is its role as a flexible, user-centered framework for describing library and cultural heritage resources in the digital environment. It provides guidelines for creating structured metadata that reflects the relationships between entities, moving beyond the limitations of its predecessor, AACR2.

According to the New Mexico State Library, Resource Description and Access (RDA) is a content standard, not a data value standard. This distinction is crucial for understanding its role in descriptive cataloging within the modern digital environment.