# Resource Description and Access: Background / Overview

RDA (Resource Description and Access), the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment, is under development. This presentation provides background on its development and a general overview of the conceptual models, international principles, and structure of this new code.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687964/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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