> -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kevin M Randall > Sent: November 15, 2011 4:59 PM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] "Computer" as media type redux > > Mac Elrod wrote: > > > Bernhard said: > > > > >In actual applications, like OPAC displays, codes can easily > > >be replaced by terms, and these may be changed anytime and > > >anywhere. > > > > This would a great advantage for media terms in libraries whose > > "language of the catalogue" is not English, or not one language only > > (as in Quebec and Switzerland). > > > > It is more work for cataloguers, since (for me at least) language > > terms become second nature, but codes must be looked up. > > Wow, wouldn't it be nice to have a system that, when the cataloger started to > type out "unmediated" in a 337 field, very quickly showed the cataloger a > phrase such as "unmediated = n", which the cataloger would then select, > causing the string "$bn$2rdamedia" to be input automatically into the 377 > field. But I guess I really shouldn't be dreaming that we have any chance of > incorporating late 20th century computer technology into our early 21st > century cataloging interfaces. What in the world am I thinking?!? >
We've been using "auto-suggest" for searching for about two weeks now after our recent system upgrade, which introduced the feature. Although not available for editing at this point, I've already found the feature to be a productivity boost in other tasks when cataloging. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
