Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft

2008-11-20 Thread Keith R. Trimmer
Is it possible to post the full draft anywhere other than on www.rdaonline.org? (And/or to convince the owners of that domain that it is critical that they allow full access to all comers?) Specifically (and I can't believe that we're the only ones affected here)... It is impossible for anyone

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft

2008-11-20 Thread Karen Coyle
Keith R. Trimmer wrote: Is it possible to post the full draft anywhere other than on www.rdaonline.org? (And/or to convince the owners of that domain that it is critical that they allow full access to all comers?) I didn't have this problem, but I was annoyed at having to download individual

[RDA-L] Delayed RDA decisions

2008-11-20 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Have you read the *long* list of decisions yet to be made concerning RDA provisions? http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/docs/5sec6.pdf It would seem to me that implementation is simply not possible prior to those decisions being made. I'm not sure I understand the significance of release

[RDA-L] RDA Glossary

2008-11-20 Thread J. McRee Elrod
The RDA Glossary is interesting reading: http://www.rdaonline.org/constituencyreview/Phase1Gloss_10_21_08.pdf An overwhelming number of the definitions include the terms(s) being defined, giving little additional information for the person who does not already know the meaning of the term(s),

Re: [RDA-L] RDA Glossary

2008-11-20 Thread Karen Coyle
J. McRee Elrod wrote: The RDA Glossary is interesting reading: http://www.rdaonline.org/constituencyreview/Phase1Gloss_10_21_08.pdf An overwhelming number of the definitions include the terms(s) being defined, giving little additional information for the person who does not already know the

[RDA-L] RDA full draft - access to site

2008-11-20 Thread Nathalie Schulz
ALA Publishing have confirmed that there are no blocks on the rdaonline.org site. They are investigating the problem experienced by people at the University of Southern California. Regards, Nathalie Nathalie Schulz RDA-L co-listowner At 11:28 20/11/2008, Keith R. Trimmer wrote: Is it

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft - access to site

2008-11-20 Thread Greta de Groat
I was able to print a few more chapters today before getting blocked again. Is it a problem with traffic or is something else going on here? greta Nathalie Schulz wrote: ALA Publishing have confirmed that there are no blocks on the rdaonline.org site. They are investigating the problem

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft - access to site

2008-11-20 Thread Miksa, Shawne
I found that IE worked much better than Mozilla when downloading the chapters, espcially if I had no other memory-hogging programs running on my computer. Overall, very little difficulty in grabbing all the files. Printing took some time, but I combined many of the chapters into one PDF using

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft - access to site

2008-11-20 Thread Ed Jones
I would recommend people download Karen Coyle's ZIPped copy. It's quick and easy. http://www.archive.org/details/ResourceDescriptionAccessrdaDraftNov.2008 Just click on the HTML link. Ed Jones -Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft - access to site

2008-11-20 Thread Karen Neville
PDF Split and Merge http://www.pdfsam.org/ is a great open-source option for combining the chapters into a single PDF if you do not own Adobe Acrobat. Karen Neville Technical Services Librarian Clifton Fowler Library Colorado Christian University 8787 W. Alameda Ave. Lakewood, CO USA 80226 (303)