Responding on behalf of the Library of Congress to clarify statements made at recent ALA meetings.
All LC authorities will be created using RDA beginning on March 31, but units like NUCMC and Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, etc. will continue to create bibliographic records using their current non-AACR2 standards. It should also be clarified that NAL is implementing RDA for Authorities on March 31, but as of last Friday (25 Jan. 2013) had not announced an implementation date for bibliographic records. Sincere apologies for any confusion caused by these remarks made at ALA. Ana Lupe Cristán Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division 101 Independence Ave. Washington, DC 20540-4305 Tel. +1.202.707.7921 fax +1.202.707.6629 Email: a...@loc.gov<mailto:a...@loc.gov> [cid:image003.jpg@01CDFFCB.FA51EF10] From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Shana McDanold Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:01 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] GMD revisited While this is correct, it is notable that the Library of Congress is switching all bibliographic work over to RDA on the same date. Per Beacher Wiggins at the RDA Update Forum at ALA Midwinter this past weekend: "everything coming out of LoC will follow RDA" (they will ensure access points in copy are RDA, but they are not recataloging/recoding existing bib records). The other national libraries (Agriculture, Medicine) are targeting the same time frame for bibliographic implementation. Thanks, -Shana ***** Shana L. McDanold Head, Metadata Services Georgetown University Library 37th and O Streets, N.W. Washington, DC 20057 (202) 687-3356 sm2...@georgetown.edu<mailto:sm2...@georgetown.edu> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Adam L. Schiff <asch...@u.washington.edu<mailto:asch...@u.washington.edu>> wrote: Julie, The "RDA cutover date" applies only to authority records. PCC libraries may continue to describe resources after March 31 using AACR2, but any new name authorities created for the LC/NACO Authority File must be formulated according to RDA instructions. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409<tel:%28206%29%20543-8409> (206) 685-8782<tel:%28206%29%20685-8782> fax asch...@u.washington.edu<mailto:asch...@u.washington.edu> http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 30 Jan 2013, Julie Moore wrote: Please excuse the cross-posting ... Dear All, It is safe to say that many catalogers are disastisfied with the 336-338 as a replacement for the GMD. I know that many people are opting to do some sort of awkward work-around to insert a GMD into RDA records that come into their systems. (I really do not want to do that.) I know that some people are continuing to catalog using AACR2 and adding in the RDA fields, creating a hybrid record ... mainly so that they can keep the GMD ... until some more satisfactory solution comes about. (I'd rather not do that, either.) Has anyone come up with any other options or solutions as the RDA cutover date for the national and PCC libraries nears? (2 months to go!) Cheers, Julie Moore -- Julie Renee Moore Head of Cataloging California State University, Fresno julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com<mailto:julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com> 559-278-5813<tel:559-278-5813> "Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves."... James Matthew Barrie
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