Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

Marjorie Bloss wrote: (1) *Availability of the final draft*: The final draft in its online format will be freely available to all. It will be available live at a unique URL. And can anything be said about the expected cost of access thereafter? How long will the draft be available? Has

Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

Does this mean that the final (e.g., published) version of RDA will be freely available or only the final draft? If there is a cost, what will it be? I am writing a cataloguing textbook at the moment would like to include this information. Best wishes, Jean Weihs Marjorie Bloss wrote:

[RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

hi, could someone explain what will be forthcoming shortly means? --ralph p. majorie bloss said: *** The full draft was originally scheduled for release on August 4, 2008. Instead, it will now be issued in October 2008. The three month time period

Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

Bernhard Eversberg wrote: And can anything be said about the expected cost of access thereafter? How long will the draft be available? Has any date been named? The question of cost came up at the RDA update meeting at ALA. Don Chatham, of ALA publishing, said that they do not yet have an

Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:57 AM To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed Karen Coyle wrote: In terms of

Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

Given Karen and Bob's postings about the form in which RDA will manifest, maybe it should be asked who the intended audience for RDA is at this point. Is it intended only for libraries that can afford, utilize, and maintain an online subscription? If so, why don't we just give up the illusion

Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

I think one thing to bear in mind is that RDA is a publication of the several national library associations, and the costs of its publication will be borne either by those who purchase it (if the pricing model works) or by them and the memberships of those associations (if it does not). The world

Re: [RDA-L] Full Draft of RDA Delayed

Robert Maxwell wrote: Bob Maxwell: I was at this meeting and he did not say that there isn't enough of a market to make printing the whole thing economical. He said they would have to consider the market, etc. This came up at CC:DA Monday and I think it was pretty clear that a print version

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