> I think the vanguard of the RDA Armada should try to slow your roll and wait for implementation day--if not longer--on this.
Well said Mr. Tribby! Moreover, I hope the RDA enhancement efforts would exclude the descriptive portions of records coded "dcrb," "dcrmb," "dcrms" etc. Updating access points is all well and good, but the rare materials community has yet to reconcile those codes with some aspects of RDA. Will Evans Chief Rare Materials Catalog Librarian Library of the Boston Athenaeum 10 1/2 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108 Tel: 617-227-0270 ext. 224 Fax: 617-227-5266 www.bostonathenaeum.org -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Mike Tribby Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 3:59 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC I think the vanguard of the RDA Armada should try to slow your roll and wait for implementation day--if not longer--on this. Not all libraries and other users of OCLC are converting to RDA right now, and some may never do so. I admire your spirit and your desire to spread what you see as the unmitigated glories of RDA enhancement, but perhaps you could be a little patient. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com ________________________________ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Robert Maxwell Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:32 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC For the same reasons we might upgrade a pre-AACR2 record to AACR2. RDA records have lots of advantages over AACR2 records. The abolishment of the rule of three is an example that comes to mind quickly. Robert L. Maxwell Special Collections and Ancient Languages Catalog Librarian Genre/Form Authorities Librarian 6728 Harold B. Lee Library Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 (801)422-5568 "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842. From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Pat Sayre McCoy Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:25 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC My understanding was that we would not recatalog AACR2 master records to RDA. Why would we? Authority records will be updated but why bib records? Pat Patricia Sayre-McCoy Head of Law Cataloging and Serials D'Angelo Law Library 1121 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 p-mc...@uchicago.edu 773-702-9620 (office) 773-702-2885 (fax) From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Carras, Darla Black Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:55 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC At ALA annual, the announcement was made that the comments on the proposal to amend the policy were generally favorable and an announcement would soon be forthcoming. In the meantime, the original policy is still in place. Darla Carras Head, Catalog Management Unit University Library System University of Pittsburgh 412-648-9465 dcar...@pitt.edu From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kadri, Carolyn J Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:40 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC Nor have I seen anything to the contrary and I have been keeping my eyes open looking for an update from OCLC on this policy. Therefore, we are not upgrading any I level OCLC existing record to RDA as instructed by OCLC in their policy statement release in 2011. Carolyn Kadri Head Cataloger Special Collections University of Texas at Arlington From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Paige G Andrew Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 1:33 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC I have not seen a change in this policy yet, so am assuming the answer is No. Paige ________________________________ From: "Jacqueline Jo Byrd" <b...@indiana.edu> To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:14:37 PM Subject: [RDA-L] AACR2 records in OCLC I am preparing to train some of our catalogers on RDA, and I have a question: Are we now allowed to change a full-level AACR2 record to RDA and replace the master record in OCLC? I know that at one time we were not supposed to do this, but I am wondering whether this has changed. Thanks! Jacqueline Byrd Head, Area Studies Cataloging Section Technical Services Department Herman B Wells Library Indiana University 1320 E. 10th St. Bloomington, IN 47405 TEL: 812-855-4310 FAX: 812-855-7933 b...@indiana.edu
