I have also cataloged educational cards that have the "scratch-n-sniff" feature. Yes, if we are going to have tactile, we might as well also have the sense of smell.
Getting back to the pig lungs, they smelled REALLY bad. The intention was not to smell them, however. But they were very stinky. I don't think anything ever got cataloged quite so quickly as those pig lungs, just to get them off my desk and out of technical services. Julie On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Benjamin A Abrahamse <babra...@mit.edu>wrote: > Well, they come in several flavors, so you might have to do more than one. > (Does RDA support flavors?)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Benjamin Abrahamse**** > > Cataloging Coordinator**** > > Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems**** > > MIT Libraries**** > > 617-253-7137**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] *On Behalf Of *A. P. Laubheimer > *Sent:* Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:00 PM > *To:* RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca > *Subject:* Re: [RDA-L] Tactile three-dimensional form**** > > ** ** > > I can think of an item offhand that would be a "tactile three-dimensional > form", though I certainly agree that the phrasing is problematic at best. > A recent musical recording by the band The Flaming Lips was issued as .mp3 > files stored on a USB drive embedded in a seven-pound edible gummy skull. > Yes, it's a fringe item, but total flexibility in regards to the > representation of resources and their various manifestations seems to be a > large part of the goal of RDA, at least in spirit. It seems wise to > future-proof a metadata standard by being as format-agnostic as possible, > in my mind anyway. On the other hand, how many gummy skulls is anyone > likely to catalog? **** > > ** ** > > -- > A. P. Laubheimer**** > > On Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 8:03 PM, J. McRee Elrod wrote:**** > > Sunday afternoon I was at a delightful concert of 18th century French**** > > music. During one legato movement, I admit my mind wondered (as it**** > > sometimes does) to what the RDA media content term "tactile**** > > three-dimensional form" might apply. A baton? The only answer which**** > > has been suggested to me (offlist) is a dildo. (The more provocative**** > > messages I receive are offlist.)**** > > ** ** > > There has never been one of those for SLC to catalogue, but if there**** > > were, wouldn't "model" be a more intuitive term? Single intelligible**** > > words work better for me than difficult to comprehend, too long for**** > > display, phrases.**** > > ** ** > > For display purposes, SLC plans to reduce long phrases to one word,**** > > e.g., "cartographic". and "form". But "map", "globe", "model", and**** > > "object" seem better choices to me.**** > > ** ** > > The same applies to relationship terms, e.g., using "director" for the**** > > various phrases containing that word. It is obvious from other data**** > > in the record what has been directed.**** > > ** ** > > Among RDA terms, second only to those phrases in being objectionable,**** > > is calling electronic media "computer".**** > > ** ** > > The calm mood induced by the music did not last long!**** > > ** ** > > Stewingly yours, Mac**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca)**** > > {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/**** > > ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________**** > > ** ** > -- Julie Renee Moore Catalog Librarian California State University, Fresno julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com 559-278-5813 "In the end only kindness matters." -- Jewel
