Kia ora koutou
The latest release of our practical training resources in Official RDA is now available through Niche Academy. https://my.nicheacademy.com/natlib.gov.nz
The tutorials in this release are:
- Amalgamations
- Cartographic resources (draft)
The Amalgamations tutorial is part of our core practical training. It covers amalgamations that are a seamless mix of still image and text.
The Cartographic resources tutorial is a draft and is missing several lessons which we plan to add after the next Toolkit release in February 2026. We have released this tutorial as a draft as we are aware that some libraries are well on the way to implementing Official RDA and may be interested in our thinking for describing this type of resource.
As there are now a large number of tutorials they have been arranged in three categories. Training in the first category covers basic concepts. The second category is foundational practical training and assumes a good understanding of the concepts covered in the first category. Training in the third category covers optional additional formats. These are format-specific tutorials aimed at cataloguers already describing these types of resources and assume you have completed the training in the first and second categories so have a good knowledge of Official RDA.
Please contact nznb@dia.govt.nz if you have questions about our training materials, or just want to talk about RDA.
Ngā mihi
Teresa
Teresa Preston | Metadata Services Team Leader (Team 2)
National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Direct Dial: +64 4 462 3976 | www.natlib.govt.nz
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