Please sign me up. Thanks,
Jianrong Wang [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kate Harcourt Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA Toolkit Open Access Sign up If an institution has librarians who are testers and others who are not testers, should we sign up for institutional access for those who are not involved in the test process ? Thanks Kate On Thu, 20 May 2010, Troy Linker wrote: > Sign up now and you'll be ready for the start in mid-June of free open > access to the RDA Toolkit! > > > > The Co-Publishers invite you to try the RDA Toolkit at no cost from the > launch in June through August 31, 2010. Sign up now and we'll send you > an email with your login information as soon as open access becomes > available in mid-June. We are opening the sign-up process early to allow > institutions time to coordinate their requests for institutional access. > > > > > Please sign up the same way you plan to subscribe. > > > > * Institutional access if there will ever be more than one user > at your site (institutional access typically uses IP authentication or a > referring URL). > > * Solo-user access if you will only have one user at your site > (login/password authentication only). > > > > Most users should sign up for institutional access. Why? > > * Your institution can have an unlimited number of concurrent > users during the open-access period > > * You and your colleagues can test the sharing of workflows and > mappings within your institution > > * You and your colleagues can take advantage of IP > authentication or a referring URL to avoid institutional login (users > will just log in to access their personal profile) > > * You and your colleagues can participate more smoothly in your > institution's decisions regarding RDA implementation > > > > Sign up now and look forward to getting your login information in > mid-June. > > > > RDA Toolkit www.rdatoolkit.org > > The resource to help you navigate from AACR2 to RDA-the new, unified > standard for resource description and access, designed for the digital > world and an expanding universe of metadata users. As you use the RDA > Toolkit, you'll notice ongoing improvements and additions. > > ________________________________________ > > Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the RDA Toolkit are published > by the Co-Publishers for RDA (the American Library Association, the > Canadian Library Association, and Facet Publishing, the publishing arm > of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information > Professionals). > > Kind regards, > > > > Troy Linker > > Publisher, ALA Digital Reference > > American Library Association > > (312) 280-5101 > > > > www.rdatoolkit.org www.guidetoreference.org > > > > Kate Harcourt Director, Original and Special Materials Cataloging 102 Butler Library Columbia University Libraries phone: 212.854.2714 fax: 212.854.5167
