Amanda,
unlike REICAT, RAK is pre-FRBR. It is, as it were, of the same
generation as AACR2. Still, there are some interesting differences
between RAK and AACR2.
In the mid-1990s, there was a project to develop a modernized version of
RAK under the working title "RAK2". Among other things, the concept of
main vs. added entry was to be abandoned in favour of having just
"access points", with all of them being of equal value. There also are
some striking similarities between RAK2 and RDA: RAK2 would already have
followed the principle of "what you see is what you transcribe", and it
would (unlike RAK) also have allowed for a lot of liberty with respect
to access points (only some of them were prescribed, but many more would
have been possible according to cataloger's judgement). This project was
abandoned in 2001 for a strategy of moving towards AACR2 (and later,
RDA). Many people (including myself) weren't too happy with this. The
collection of essays mentioned by John Hostage ("RAK versus AACR :
Projekte, Prognosen, Perspektiven : Beiträge zur aktuellen
Regelwerksdiskussion") stems from this time of heated discussions.
Unfortunately, we are sadly lacking in introductory texts on German
cataloging (especially, of course, those written in English). That's why
my idea for a project consists partly of a collection of essays covering
important aspects of German cataloging.
In addition to the sources Bernhard has already listed, maybe a good
starting point is indeed the 2003 collection "Historical aspects of
cataloging and classification" already mentioned by Charles Croissant,
which was also published as v. 35 of Cataloging & classification
quarterly. You can find the table of contents here:
http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/ccq35nr1-2.html
http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/ccq35nr3-4.html
In addition to Charles' own article ("RAK or AACR2? : the current
discussion in Germany on cataloging codes"), there is one on "The
development of descriptive cataloging in Germany" by Hans Popst and
another called "Serials cataloging in Germany: the historical
development" by Hartmut Walravens.
Heidrun
On 04.02.2013 21:42, Amanda Cossham wrote:
I have read articles that discuss REICAT (the Italian cataloguing code) and
compare the principles in it with the principles of the FRBR model. Could
anyone direct me to a similar comparison of the FRBR principles and RAK, or
cataloguing generally in Germany? I know very little about German cataloguing
but am trying to develop understanding of approaches beyond the Anglo-American.
I have made good use of Google Translate recently to translate French and
Italian articles; I'm sure I can do the same with German (studied both French
and German at secondary school, which is longer ago than I'd care to remember).
Google Translate certainly isn't always good with the syntax, but in articles
where the context and ideas are familiar, it's more than sufficient.
Amanda
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