Re: [RDA-L] Time and effort

[Brenndorfer, Thomas]

MARC Updates 9, 10, and 11 include all the changes to accomodate RDA.

The number of changes is not burdensome. I found doing format integration in 
the 1990s daunting, and these changes appear to be less difficult:

http://www.loc.gov/marc/RDAinMARC29.html

Our ILS vendor has indicated it will support all new RDA elements in upcoming 
maintenance upgrades, at least at the MARC validation level. Display and search 
filter issues need to be sorted out, but that seems like a neverending process 
for many library system software providers anyways. I view the RDA-related 
authorized access point updates to be part and parcel of regular maintenance, 
such as the Cookery--Cooking subject heading changeover.

For those who want some immediate FRBR-like benefits, there are solutions like 
LibraryThing for Libraries,  Syndetics Indexed Content Enrichment with 
Aquabrowser (http://www2.serialssolutions.com/aquabrowser/index.html), and VTLS 
FRBR SaaS to look at. Two years ago, I compared searching on an Aquabrower 
catalog and my library's catalog, and our lack of FRBRization was painfully 
self-evident.

For those who want a brief history of how FRBR fits in the continuum of 
cataloging, William Denton's FRBR and the History of Cataloging is an excellent 
primer:

http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10315/1250/denton-frbr-and-the-history-of-cataloging.pdf?sequence=1

Thomas Brenndorfer
Guelph Public Library


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From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access 
[rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Brenda Parris Parker 
[...@calhoun.edu]
Sent: September-01-10 3:22 PM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Time and effort

This is true--it's what I've been wondering about.  Some have they aren't
implementing RDA, some have said there is time, or that there is a choice
to do so or not,  but how can we not if we are pulling records from OCLC?

A cataloger AND reference librarian,

Brenda

Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
    <RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA> writes:
>What is worrisome is that we may need to work it out sooner than later
>if as in October RDA records from test libraries will be showing up in
>the OCLC without OCLC allowing the option of parallel AACR2 record -
>there are going to be a lot of catalogers in a tough position without
>the backup of the full library team.


Brenda Parris Parker
Technical Services/Reference Librarian
Brewer Library
Calhoun Community College
Decatur, AL