Re: [RDA-L] The meaning of 372 Field of Activity

Hello, I'd like show us one Authority Record of our virtual library, where we are using 372 Field of Activity and how the users see it in the web. Maybe, this may seem simple because it isn't complicated, but for us is effective. In this link you see it in differents formats

Re: [RDA-L] The meaning of 372 Field of Activity

Robert I once asked a colleague at LC, what they thought about a person's name being recorded as the field of activity for a conference about the person; the reply was Like you, I think it looks a little odd and probably is best handled by subject headings, but I don't see anything that

[RDA-L] Remove GMD subfields (in Millenium Library Automation System)

Dear Colleagues, I would like to ask a question about GMD removing process from 245 responsibility area. We are using Millenium automation system and couldn't success to remove the subfield *_|h[electronic resource]_* statement. Thank you in advance for your support and suggestions. BR,

Re: [RDA-L] The meaning of 372 Field of Activity

I should add--I had no idea that Stevens and Einstein were born and died the same year until after I wrote this email. And I picked those two names more or less randomly. Weird. b Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions and Discovery Enhancement MIT Libraries 617-253-7137

Re: [RDA-L] The meaning of 372 Field of Activity

Benjamin If I were writing the best practice guidelines, I’d be inclined to use “Physics” and “Poetry” in 372; the Einstein Symposium is (I assume) concnered with Einstein, and with Physics. We’ve tried to give our cataloguers a bit of guidance on the use of LCSH in NARs, in the BL

Re: [RDA-L] The meaning of 372 Field of Activity

Someone pointed out to me off-list that $y 20th century cannot be directly applied to headings for classes of persons. My apology for the error. --Ben Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions and Discovery Enhancement MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and

Re: [RDA-L] RDA imprint revision

J. McRee Elrod m...@slc.bc.ca wrote: Why would one wish to do that? Nobody has suggested 264 1 $bGod for a rock. All we need is 264 2 for the seller of the rock. Like manuscripts, equipment and naturally occurring objects are not published, and should have the appropriate 264 indicator for

Re: [RDA-L] RDA imprint revision

M. E. m.k.e.m...@gmail.com wrote: Don't confuse RDA's production statement, which refers to man-made stuff, with what might be similar statements in another universe for naturally occurring objects. Thinking this over, I should qualify that the production statement would also apply to

Re: [RDA-L] RDA imprint revision

Bernhard said: RDA, to my knowledge, doesn't define the term, although why not? I mean, in the light of RDA's ambitions... In light of RDA's ambitions to be used outside the bibliographic world, there certainly needs to be better provisions for objects. Museums for example could use 264 0

[RDA-L] Additional documents from JSC meeting

The follow-up documents listed below, based on discussions at the November 2013 JSC meeting, are available on the public website ( http://www.rda-jsc.org/workingnew.html): 6JSC/ISBD/Discussion/3/JSC response 6JSC/BL/13/LC follow-up Regards, Judy Kuhagen JSC Secretary

[RDA-L] Deadlines reminder

Dear JSC, Because there are so many deadlines floating around in emails, Gordon agreed that I should send a listing of current deadlines. I'll update the list via email as deadlines are added. The list below includes dates from the 2013 meeting actions table plus dates assigned after the

[RDA-L] Apologies: deadline reminder

Dear RDA-L subscribers, I apologize to you for sending an internal JSC document to the RDA-L list. Please ignore this message. Judy Kuhagen JSC Secretary