Resource Description & Access (RDA)

RDA (Resource Description and Access) is the forthcoming revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2 (AACR2). The purpose of RDA is to enable information agencies to create records that are more flexible in meeting users’ needs, and shareable with other metadata communities.

The latest news is that RDA will be published in June 2010. The contents of the RDA Toolkit will be accessible at no charge for everyone to try from the RDA launch date in June 2010 through to August 31, 2010. The open access period will end on August 31, 2010 regardless of the actual launch date.

Specific details on how to register for the free open access period will be announced closer to the launch date. After the open access period ends, a 30 day trial subscription will be offered to users who want to further evaluate the RDA Toolkit before subscribing.

A good website with information and regular updates about RDA is located at: http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html

RiP: A remix manifesto

RiP: A remix manifesto is a documentary film about copyright and remix culture.

http://www.opensourcecinema.org/book/rip-remix-manifesto-1-meet-girl-talk

About the Film
In RiP: A remix manifesto, Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.
The film’s central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.
A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A remix manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.

For Teachers
Adam Hodgins, Music and Technology teacher at Selwyn House School (Montreal, QC) has compiled a study guide for RiP! that touches on music, media, the arts, social studies, law and current events.