[RDA-L] Fwd: Letter from Deanna Marcum and Joint Statement on RDA

2008-05-02 Thread Nathalie Schulz
[Forwarded with permission] May 1, 2008 Dear Colleagues, The Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control submitted its final report, On the Record , to me on January 9, 2008. I have distributed the document to three groups within the Library of Congress for analysis and comment. I

Re: [RDA-L] Most recent JSC outcomes

2008-05-02 Thread Nathalie Schulz
Hello everyone, I think that what Mac Elrod is quoting from is a handout that was distributed at a meeting of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging's Bibco and CONSER Operations Committees. The official outcomes are currently being drafted and reviewed and it is expected that they will be

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Barbara B Tillett
Just a quick response on the 'authority files on the Web' part of this query, the Virtual International Authority File is a reality, even if it is still in start up project mode - try http://viaf.org (for now it is just the personal name authority records from the Library of Congress, the

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Gene Fieg
VIAF, very cool. Will have to get in touch with my NACO liaison about its relation to NACO work. I just submitted a name for review for Agapius, Bishop of Hierapolis. DNB has it entered under the Arabic form of the name. What does that mean for NACO? Gene Fieg Cataloger Claremont School of

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Karen Schneider
VIAF -- definite coolness. I'd add the URL to my teeshirt. ;-) I realize ClassWeb is an essential revenue stream, but it would be nice to see those funded to be open for all. (Suppressing political comment about national priorities) K.G. Schneider -Original Message- From: Resource

Re: [RDA-L] Authority Files on the Web

2008-05-02 Thread Barbara B Tillett
DNB and others to eventually join VIAF will not necessarily follow the same cataloging rules or conventions or even the same scripts or language (we hope soon to add more non-Latin scripts) - records for the same entitity are mapped to each other using a computer algorithm that is about 95%

Re: [RDA-L] RDA Vocabularies Project

2008-05-02 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Properties table http://docs.google.com/View?revision=_latestdocid=dhpg2gtj_54fgnz8rfshl=en Someone did not take Philosophy 101. Almost every definition uses the term(s) being defined. The few instances in which examples are given are helpful; that should be done in each case. Of course the