Re: [RDA-L] Feedback on RDA

[Jones, Bonnie]

I don't think "disinterest" is exactly the right word. Speaking for
myself, I am too busy keeping up with the everyday demands of my job to
have more than barely minimal time for all this. I have been paying what
attention I could, but fully understanding and giving meaningful
feedback about something this complex would have required a substantial
investment of time away from regular ongoing work. I'm willing to bet
that not many of us have that luxury.


Bonnie Jones
Cataloger
South Puget Sound Community College Library
2011 Mottman Road SW
Olympia, WA 98512-6292
USA
E-mail: bjo...@spscc.ctc.edu
Phone: (360) 596-5346




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[mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Mike Tribby
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 1:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Feedback on RDA

> Without taking a position one way or the other on the usability RDA as
a ruleset or the software ALA has wrapped it in, I'll just say that It's
not fair to say that there's been no feedback from the library community
about the content of the RDA instructions.  The content of RDA has been
in development since 2002, when the Joint Steering Committee began
revising AACR2, and there's been a lengthy review and comment period
after every draft.  The drafts were publicly available, and the means of
commenting on them were widely publicized in the library community as
they were happening.

This is indubitably so. It is also the case that there were frequent and
very public calls for input and comment, yet many catalogers seem to
have been unaware of the project at all, or at least as to the specifics
of what was being undertaken. I wonder if it might not have been
advantageous to take the lack of widespread feedback as an indication of
disinterest, whether in the process or in the need for radical change in
the first place. Then, of course, one could argue with whether what has
emerged is radical enough for those who seek change, I suppose. I do
think it's clear that a groundswell of approval has not ensued, but I'm
not sure that indicates anything more than more disinterest.




Mike Tribby
Senior Cataloger
Quality Books Inc.
The Best of America's Independent Presses

mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com