Can anyone create an RDA record without carefully studying the rules for doing so??
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Adam L. Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu>wrote: > Sarah, > > Another reason for adopting RDA: new catalogers coming out of library > schools will very likely be taught RDA and not AACR2 once RDA becomes the de > facto national standard. Eventually expertise in AACR2 will die out, just > as expertise in AACR1 has. There are plenty of pre-AACR2 records out there, > but could anyone create a new record now using those rules without carefully > studying them? > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Adam L. Schiff > Principal Cataloger > University of Washington Libraries > Box 352900 > Seattle, WA 98195-2900 > (206) 543-8409 > (206) 685-8782 fax > asch...@u.washington.edu > http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Simpson, Sarah wrote: > > >> I have only a general knowledge of RDA and have been following the >> discussion the best I can, but without >> understanding a lot of the more technical side of things. My >> administrators know almost nothing about RDA, except >> that they are proposed new cataloging rules. I am trying to come up with >> something for them to see to help them >> think about the decision we?ll need to make about RDA. Here is my first >> effort, and I suspect it is na?ve beyond >> >> words. Any help in doing better, while keeping it simple, would be >> greatly appreciated! >> >> >> >> Reasons for adopting RDA: >> >> >> >> ? If the national libraries adopt RDA, it could become the de >> facto cataloging standard, and not making the >> change would mean we would need to spend a great deal more time modifying >> the records we get from OCLC or other >> utilities, and may make it more difficult or impossible for us to >> contribute records to those utilities; >> >> ? If RDA becomes the de facto standard, vendors may shift their >> cataloging to providing RDA records, and we >> may incur additional charges or not be able to purchase MARC records >> produced to AACR2 rules; >> >> ? One of the reasons for RDA is to make library data more >> web-friendly, allowing our data to be used more >> successfully in 3rd party products, web services, and mashups, and this >> may become desirable in the future; >> >> ? RDA is based on the FRBR principles, and if vendors do start or >> continue down the road of providing >> FRBR-ized catalogs (with some benefits to customers), the data will work >> more successfully if it is RDA data. >> >> >> >> Reasons for not adopting RDA (at least at this time): >> >> >> >> ? There will be a substantial cost investment in purchasing RDA >> (much more expensive than AACR2, and on an >> ongoing subscription basis) and a substantial cost and time investment in >> providing the necessary training to >> develop our cataloger?s ability to successfully use RDA; >> >> ? Vendors are not yet able to show us how they will incorporate >> the new rules into our ILS, how they will work >> with the new data in order to provide adequate display for new fields, or >> how we will handle split headings >> resulting from the new rules, or how future development will take >> advantage of RDA changes; >> >> ? If the FRBR-ization of the catalog is not actually the future of >> the OPAC, there is no discernible benefit >> to our customers from the change to RDA; >> >> ? Because of the cost of RDA (and possibly other reasons as well), >> it is possible that RDA will not be >> accepted generally as the new standard, but will simply become one of many >> standards used in cataloging, including >> AACR2 and some newly developing open source standards based on AACR2; >> >> ? We have not identified any real need or perceived desire that >> will actually be addressed by RDA, so we may >> want to wait to adopt the standard until that happens. >> >> >> >> I know, I know ? almost hate to put this in front of this group, so if the >> above requires you to tell me that >> everything above is wrong, please feel free to email me directly at >> ssim...@tulsalibrary.org. >> >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Sarah Simpson >> >> Technical Services Manager >> >> Tulsa City-County Library >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Gene Fieg Cataloger/Serials Librarian Claremont School of Theology gf...@cst.edu
