A number of big research libraries in the US have already made the switch: Chicago, I remember, and certainly some others, though I don't remember who else off the top of my head.
My small academic library will not be contributing original RDA records until there is a larger pool of records to consider, when trying to determine what the consensus practice might be. (if there is one.) On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Kelleher, Martin <mart...@liverpool.ac.uk>wrote: > Hi all > > We're going through a 'library review' here at the University of > Liverpool, which will include a substantial change in responsibilities, > including a switch from predominantly professional staff cataloguing to > nonprofessional staff, at least for copy cataloguing. > > At the moment, the plan is to train everyone in AACR2, because RDA never > really seems to actually arrive. It officially arrived 2-3 years ago, yet > the cataloguing world and it's records barely appeared to register it - > first there was the lengthy wait for LoC, NLM the BL and all the other big > libraries to accept it, then the revision, and then there were > proclamations of when they were to be adopted... this year - April, I think? > > Is this genuinely going to be the case? Are there going to be further > delays?? I don't want to push for the implementation of RDA if we're still > predominantly going to get AACR2 records for another 3 years! > > Best wishes > > > Martin Kelleher > Electronic Resources/Bibliographic Services Librarian > University of Liverpool > -- Adger Williams Colgate University Library 315-228-7310 awilli...@colgate.edu
