All,
I am extremely pleased to announce that the another final report is
available for your review. This one is of Hybrid Records Guidelines
Task Group:
Hybrid Records Guidelines TG Report
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/RDA%20Task%20groups%20and%20charges/PCC-Hybrid-Bib-Rec-Guidelines-TG-Report.docx
The group was chaired by Gene Dickerson and was asked to provide a
policy statement and guidelines in regards to hybrid bibliographic
records for the post-implementation period, including machine/batch
editing. In particular, they were asked to:
1. Prepare guidelines for PCC monograph and serial bibliographic records
to be followed after RDA implementation for the addition and changing of
elements when pre-RDA records are being edited.
2. Frame the guidelines within a definition and description of a "hybrid
record" so that both the concept and the details will be understood by
the PCC and broader professional community.
3. Review the six sets of interim guidelines prepared by the predecessor
Task Group.
4. Recommend an implementation strategy and timetable for these guidelines.
5. Recommend machine or batch-editing methods to accomplish addition or
deletion of elements on a large scale and a time frame in which such
batch editing could take place.
The report has made a number of excellent recommendations but there is
one in particular about which we are hoping for your thoughts. On page
23 in the section on updates to the PCC FAQ (sections 4.5 and 4.5), the
report recommends that after March 30, 2013 all authorities used to
support headings in PCC RDA cataloging must be explicitly coded as RDA.
This would mean that those headings which are RDA acceptable would need
to be evaluated. The evaluation might be as simple as changing the byte
to RDA but in a few cases the 1XX may have to be altered based on usage
in the 670. Please read the document carefully, we are very much
interested in all your comments. The comment period will be open until
the end of this month (Dec. 31st) and comments can be directed to
SurveyMonkey:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T5JCFJ9. All the best
--
Philip E. Schreur
Head, Metadata Department
Stanford University
650-723-2454
650-725-1120 (fax)
