Library of Congress
News from CDS
Access to AACR2 via Cataloger's Desktop after March 31, 2013
In January 2012 the Library of Congress announced that it would
transition from AACR2 (Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, second edition)
to RDA (Resource Description and Access) on March 31, 2013. AACR2 is
currently available via LC's web-based cataloging documentation
subscription service, Cataloger's Desktop, as well as through RDA
Toolkit. In keeping with LC's decision to switch from AACR2 to RDA,
Cataloger's Desktop will simultaneously change how access to AACR2 is
provided.
On April 1, 2013, if you subscribe to both Cataloger's Desktop and RDA
Toolkit (which includes an online version of AACR2), you will continue
to have access to AACR2. If you subscribe to Cataloger's Desktop but not
to RDA Toolkit and want online access to AACR2, you will need to
establish an RDA Toolkit subscription at http://www.rdatoolkit.org/ .
Renew your Cataloger's Desktop subscription and continue your access to
more than 300 of the most important online cataloging and metadata
resources.
To ease the impact of the transition, current Cataloger's Desktop
subscribers will get an additional month for FREE upon subscription
renewal. That's 13 months access to Cataloger's Desktop at the regular
annual subscription rate. This offer is only valid for subscription
renewals from November 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013.
Still have questions? See our FAQ page
http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/webfaqs.html#QAs-RDA or call Customer
Service toll free at 1.855.266.1884
Note: AACR2 is the joint property of the American Library Association,
Canadian Library Association, and the Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals. Copyright (c) 2005, by ALA, CLA, and CILIP.
All rights reserved.
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