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Non-Yale r​e​sources:

  • ARLIS Cataloging Section Home Page
  • ​Bibco RDA MAP (for graphic materials see pages 29-30)
  • Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21 (OLAC, 2023)
  • OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging Objects Using RDA and MARC21 (OLAC, 2020)
  • Categories for the Description of Works of Art (Getty)
  • Virginia Rare Book School Advanced Reading List for Visual Materials Cataloging 
  • Visual Resources Association Metadata Standards
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