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NOTE: The RDA test period is over and NCSU's RDA test documentation has been retired and archived. Staff in the Acquisitions & Discovery Department can access archived documentation at G:\Acquisitions & Discovery\Archive\Confluence\RDA Test Documentation. However, this documentation is no longer maintained or current and should not be used in cataloging work going forward. |
NCSU Local RDA Test Participant Information
- RDA Test Common Set Workflow
- Find your NCSU Tester ID
- Find your NCSU Common Set Cataloging Record Assignment
- Find your assigned record on the chart: US RDA Test Common and Copy Set Surrogates
- Catalog your title in RDA or AACR2, as assigned
- Complete a US RDA Test Survey (either Common Original Set or Common Copy Set, as appropriate)
- Complete the NCSU RDA Test Form
- RDA Test Extra Set Workflow
- Find your NCSU Tester ID
- Catalog in RDA anything (and everything) you find in your normal day-to-day world needing original cataloging. You may also upgrade copy that meets our criteria for upgrade to RDA (see policies below)
- Complete a US RDA Test Survey (either Extra Original Set or Extra Copy Set, as appropriate)
- Complete the NCSU RDA Test Form
- RDA Test Non-MARC Workflow
- Find your NCSU Tester ID
- Follow the instructions at: RDA Test Non-MARC Workflow
- Complete a US RDA Test Survey for the Extra Copy Set
(we are treating these as upgraded copy) - Complete the NCSU RDA Test Form
(under Format Cataloged and under Item Type choose "non-MARC")
- OCLC Information for the Test
- RDA Test Survey Summary
- Overall Instructions for the RDA Test (Testing Partners US RDA Test documentation)