Re: [RDA-L] Feedback on RDA

[Marjorie Bloss]

The short answer is an unfortunate "no" to both questions.  There are always 
variables that enter into the fray -- cost not being the least.  And these 
costs are both in terms of software development and what is the customer 
willing to pay.

Regarding vendor preparation for RDA, it would have been difficult to 
develop a system to accommodate RDA out of the box when RDA wasn't available 
until June 23rd of this year.  However it would indeed have been possible 
for ILS vendors to redesign their systems to support relational databases 
perhaps even using the FRBR/FRAD conceptual models as their basis.

Marjorie

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Tribby" <mike.tri...@quality-books.com>
To: <RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Feedback on RDA


>But would ILS vendors develop their systems first, without new 
>instructions/cataloging code on which to base their work?  With the 
>exception of one vendor that I'm aware of, it seems to me that most vendors 
>have waited until RDA was pretty much a reality before deciding to move 
>forward with a redesign of their systems

Two tangential questions occur from Marjorie's posting:
A. Are you saying that ILS vendors have taken our cataloging codes fully to 
heart in the past? I thought most complaints about ILS vendors was that they 
don't pay that close of attention to cataloging codes whether new or old.
2. And you're saying that there is at least one vendor currently working on 
an ILS that will accommodate RDA right out of the box? Kudos to them.


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

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