新內容標準RDA初探

An Introduction of the New Content Standard RDA

RDA(Resource Description and Access)是AACR修訂聯合督導委員會（Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR，簡稱JSC）即將取代AACR2R，專為數位世界設計，預定2008年出版的新內容標準。我國圖書館西文編目向以AACR為著錄依據。中文編目雖然依據《中國編目規則》，但是《中國編目規則》的發展深受AACR的影響，因此AACR的動向尤其受到國內編目人員的關注。日前RDA草案第一部分已經公布於網路，徵求各界意見。筆者除先睹為快外，擬蒐集相關文獻，探討其歷史背景、修訂機制、目標原則、內容大綱及其他新特點，或可供國人未來修訂《中國編目規則》之參考，並呼籲國人亟需重新思考我們的編目規則未來何去何從，今後如何更有效於迎接網路環境的大挑戰。

In Taiwan, for decades librarians have adopted AACR for cataloging western resources and CCR for cataloging Chinese materials. Since AACR has a deep impact on CCR, catalogers in Taiwan have great concerns about the development of AACR revision. RDA (Resource Description and Access) is a new content standard that will replace AACR2. Developed by the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR (JSC), RDA is designed for the digital world, whose publication in 2008 is in prospect. At the present time, part one of the RDA draft is available online for the purpose of soliciting for public opinions. Through reviewing the background, the revising mechanism, the context, and other new features of the RDA draft, this paper seeks to explore possible future strategies for developing CCR.