Re: RDA rules availability

> Help please, my memory of ALA last summer has faded.  I attended a
> session (several really) about RDA. It seems to me in one of them we
> were told that the RDA rules would be available at no charge BUT to
get
> the comparison of AACR2, the bookmarking, workflows, etc. you'd have
to
> buy the online version (now called RDA Toolkit).

I participated in a webinar yesterday on the RDA Toolkit.  Perhaps the
"availability at no charge" you remember hearing about is the
complimentary open access period, from June-August 2010.  After that,
you will be able to arrange free trials for a month or so. 
For more information, see
http://rdaonline.org/

Christopher Thomas
Cataloging Librarian
Los Angeles County Law Library
cthomas@...

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