I am no expert on RDA but, have been wanting to do something like that for some time.
Yes, it is work but, seems more in tune with the reality of what people want: I want this work (?), I will decide later if I want print, fiche, braille, PDF via the web... you fill in the blank. I don't care but, to me, they are all copies of the same thing. and a user would / could be most interested in the content first, format second. All in all, it means getting off the 'Biblio'graphic orientation that we have had for a long time. Which I think is part of what RDA is all about. Lawrence Wardroper Service de la bibliothèque | Library Services Service administratif des tribunaux judiciaires | Courts Administration Service 90, rue Sparks, Ottawa ON K1A 0H9 [email protected] Téléphone | Telephone 613-996-8735 -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 7:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Combining book & e-book bibs and RDA prep Megan Curran said: >Currently in our catalog (SirsiDynix Horizon) we have e-book records = >separate from the records of the same title in print, although in the = >print record we include a 856 that has the URL to the e-book version. = >Currently our e-book records do not have item records attached. We are = >considering changing our records so that the bib record for the print book = >will have item records representing both the print and electronic forms, = >with no e-book bib record. This would seem a backward step to me, and contrary to both AACR2 and RDA, which would have you catalogue the electronic resource, not its original. The need for a GMD in AACR2 electronic resource records, and different 3XX fields in RDA, as well as differing fixed fields (even if you use multiple terms in 3XX) would be a compromise. We do not yet have expression level records. Were I you I would use separate records with 530/776 in each. Although the provider neutral standard does not require 530, we find patrons understand 530 better than 776. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([email protected]) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________
