A blog on Resource Description & Access (RDA) and latest developments in Library Cataloging Theory & Practice. *http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.in/*http://resourcedescriptionandaccess.blogspot.in/ Excerpt from Wikipedia about RDA: *Resource Description and Access* (*RDA*) is a standard for cataloguinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataloguingthat provides instructions and guidelines on formulating data for resource description and discovery. Intended for use by librarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librariesand other cultural organizations such as museums and archives, RDA is the successor to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Ruleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-American_Cataloguing_Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), the current cataloging standard set for English language libraries. RDA was initially released in June 2010. In March 2012, the Library of Congress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congressannounced it will have fully implemented RDA cataloging by March 31, 2013. Several other national libraries including the British Libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library, Library and Archives Canadahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_and_Archives_Canada, National Library of Australiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Australia, and Deutsche Nationalbibliothekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Nationalbibliothekalso planned to implement RDA in 2013. *Salman Haider* *Librarian (Cataloging)* -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.