This indispensable Special Report helps catalogers and other metadata users by:
* Concisely explaining RDA and its expected benefits for users and catalogers, presented through topics and questions
* Placing RDA in context by examining its connection with its predecessor, AACR2, as well as looking at RDA's relationship to internationally accepted principles, standards, and models
* Detailing how RDA positions us to take advantage of newly emerging database structures, how RDA data enable improved resource discovery, and how we can get metadata out of library silos and make it more accessible