RDA and Music: an Overview of the Differences from AACR2

This presentation exposes the main changes that the new standard that is RDA (Resource Description and Access) will bring in the cataloguing of scores and music sound recordings in comparison with the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2). The presentation addresses successively the changes affecting the bibliographic description, the choice of access points and the uniform titles. Examples of MARC 21 records for a score and a sound recording are also reviewed. For each resource, two MARC records have been prepared, one according to AACR2 and the other according to RDA, in order to highlight some of the differences between the two cataloguing codes.