I will raise counterpoint that I have always disliked the format structure of AACR. Particularly annoying have been the plethora of format-specific rules that effectively say, "Record information about [insert element] as instructed in 1.[#.X]. This increasingly has become a source of frustration with digital reproductions where one has to flip back and forth between the primary format chapter of the content, augmented by the electronic resources chapter for the carrier, and returning to chapter 1. Order of element issues aside, I am very much looking forward to a set of rules where each element is coherently addressed in one section, across all formats. Further, I can only foresee that this rearrangement will highlight the hodge-podge of approaches each format has sometimes engendered for treating each individual element, leading to further resolution of the differences between them.
John F. Myers, Catalog Librarian Schaffer Library, Union College 807 Union St. Schenectady NY 12308 518-388-6623 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- J. McRee Elrod quoted Cherie Maderash-Hill: As ,,, noted earlier, the only thing you can do with [RDA] is to cut it up (with a pair of sissors) into sections, and then file it into the 3 ring binder containing _AACR2revised_ which is logically arranged by format.
