2.6 Resource Description and Access (RDA)
RDA is a successor to Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2 (AACR 2) which is designed
for the digital environment. As NLM is the coordinator and also the leading agency in the
implementation of RDA in Malaysia, two (2) NLM’s librarians were send to the National
Library of Australia to study the implementation of RDA standards in 2013. Thus, to ensure
that NLM is in line with the international standard for documentation of library materials,NLM has implemented the Resource and Description Access (RDA) in March 2014. In this
context, NLM has published a Guidebook on RDA Implementation in Malaysia and was
launched on 3rd April 2014. NLM share its knowledge and expertise on RDA with other
libraries by conducting Training of Trainers Workshop.