James said:
>... we have seen >lots and lots of discussion among catalogers about
>the "D" (Description) but relatively little about "A" (Access).
Perhaps because RDA says nothing about indexing and display, both
vital for access?
>... what about new methods of access *using the data we already
>have*?
Yes, what we most need is development of ILS/OPACs, as opposed to new
rules or a new coding scheme.
I seem to recall a story of two medieval stone masons being asked what
they were doing. One replied that he was chipping at a stone. The
other replied that he was building a cathedral. As cataloguers, we
need to stop just chippping stones, and return to cathedral building,
a task we abandoned to the automation folk when we moved from card
catalogues. Our task should be to build catalogues, not just create
bibliographic records.
__ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca)
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