Not to mention the fact that On the Record claims that "LC enjoys
neither a mandate to be a national library, nor funding concomitant with
playing such a role" and yet LCCN Vol. 16, no. 4 clearly identifies LC
as a national library.
J. McRee Elrod wrote:
Don't these two statements from the most recent LCCN contradict
each other?
Dr. Marcum states: "The Library of Congress embraces the
Working Group's recommendations ..." which as I recall suggested
suspending work on RDA.
On the other hand: "The three U.S. national libraries agreed on
a joint commitment to the further development and completion of
RDA, with decisions on implementation to be made jointly after review
and testing of the completed code."
What happened to the four Anglo national libraries' joint implementation
group?
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