Contexto, gestores y caracterización de las Resource and Description Access (RDA)

Abstract

A characterization of RDA is presented, which is the international cataloging code currently being implemented in major libraries and library networks in the English language countries and the normative model of bibliographic cataloging digital information. The aim is obtaining a better understanding of the context, agents and scope of the RDA, that show the value of digital technology applied to the processes of representing and communicating bibliographic data and indexing relations. The article highlights the actions promoted by IFLA, the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSCR of AACR) or The European RDA Interest Group (EURIG).