Re: [RDA-L] RDA a step in the right direction?
J. McRee Elrod wrote: and (b) RDA is a step in vaguely the right direction. I know of no person whose opinion I have come to trust, who agrees RDA is a step in the right direction. And besides, something as vast and complex as RDA cannot be called a step. Apart from its poor writing style, Let's be fair and wait to see what improvments the final draft will bring... (due any moment by now) What needs targeting is, (1) as Michael Gorman suggests, simplification of AACR2 (with special material provisions removed to supplementary codes, and more standardization (place of publication jurisdiction provision, treaty entry, etc.); All steps in the right direction. (2) as Mary of Marcive suggests, the creation of standards for authority records allowing linking of related manifestation records; which is what we in Europe have been doing and enjoying for a long time. Looked upon from this angle, it might have made more sense had the JSC decided to adopt the German code. Yet it is not a matter of the code but the coding. (3) as many have suggested, developing ILS software which utilizes the wealth of AACR2/MARC21 records (will Evergreen/Pine/Sitka achieve this?); and Indeed, much could still be gained without much change in MARC21. (4) to obtain the interoperability so many wish, the aggressive promotion of ISBD among all producers of bibliographic metadata. Whereas meanwhile bibliographic metadata take on so many shapes and styles - or the absence of such - if you look at all those environments where they deal with books and other resources that perhaps only aggressive promotion (including flashy ads and sponsored features on all channels) of an awesomely presented RDA might turn the table. From the start, it must appear in the global meta arena as a big player no-one can dare to ignore or hope to get around. In order to really make a splash, it will have to be boldly positioned as an all new brand in its own brand-new category of Revelatory Database Artifactor, or something like this. B. Eversberg
Re: [RDA-L] RDA a step in the right direction?
Bernard said:
Whereas meanwhile bibliographic metadata take on so many shapes and
styles - or the absence of such - if you look at all those environments
where they deal with books and other resources that perhaps only
aggressive promotion (including flashy ads and sponsored features on all
channels) of an awesomely presented RDA might turn the table.
One of our staff members, on site at an international agency in
Europe, conducted a seminar on MARC. They were astounded and very
pleased to learn they did not need to develop their own wheel to
describe their own publications.
We have not done a very good job of promoting our present tools
outside our own ranks.
I think the changes of promoting RDA are nill.
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[RDA-L] RDA a step in the right direction?
Owen Stephens said:
... there is still much work to be done to persuade people that (a)
change is needed
I know no one who does not think change is needed.
and (b) RDA is a step in vaguely the right direction.
I know of no person whose opinion I have come to trust, who agrees RDA
is a step in the right direction.
Apart from its poor writing style, fragmentation of descriptions, and
optional elements (as opposed to required if relevant), it addresses
the wrong target.
What needs targeting is, (1) as Michael Gorman suggests,
simplification of AACR2 (with special material provisions removed to
supplementary codes, and more standardization (place of publication
jurisdiction provision, treaty entry, etc.); (2) as Mary of Marcive
suggests, the creation of standards for authority records allowing
linking of related manifestation records; (3) as many have suggested,
developing ILS software which utilizes the wealth of AACR2/MARC21
records (will Evergreen/Pine/Sitka achieve this?); and (4) to obtain
the interoperability so many wish, the aggressive promotion of ISBD
among all producers of bibliographic metadata.
__ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
{__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/
___} |__ \__
