Rare Book Cataloging with the New RDA Toolkit and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (RDA Edition)

DCRMR is a new cataloging standard for the description of rare materials that is aligned with Resource Description and Access (RDA). DCRMR is a revision of the DCRM manuals and distills the RDA Toolkit into clear, concise instructions in workflow order. DCRMR is one of the first standards aligned with the new Toolkit and one of the first cataloging standards developed and published in GitHub. In this session, attendees will learn about DCRMR, the history of rare materials cataloging, major changes from DCRM(B), and future directions. Catalogers and non-catalogers alike will benefit from learning about DCRMR.