Melissa, Perhaps as a consultant you can speak to directors/deans of libraries with that "DUH" attitude, but I can say that as a cataloger, I would never approach my dean with that attitude. As James stated, there are *always* "options" ... and in this economic environment where we are being stretched too thin, administrators do have to plan on figuring out what to let go of in order to pay for X ... and I do value being employed! :-) Julie
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Melissa Powell <meli...@biblioease.com>wrote: > This cataloging consultant/trainer who works with small libraries is piping > in. I am grateful for the price reduction for the rest of us--with the new > pricing structure I can actually get RDA access to these small and rural > libraries. > > On the other hand: makes it tough for us on the consortial level because > the > costs have changed for larger places.. > > As far as the comment early in this discussion about how hard it was to > convince administrators, here is where we as catalogers need to be better > about communicating what we do. There is no 'choice', the rules have > changed. This is the first step to compliance with the rest of the > information industry. > > When I tell directors that, they are shocked. Duh. Then they comply. > > > Melissa > "What will kill our profession is not ebooks, Amazon, or Google, but a lack > of Imagination". R. David Lankes > > Melissa M. Powell, MLIS > Independent Librarian > www.biblioease.com > 970-218-4753 > > Webcast Producer/Publishers Weekly > Instructor/Lyrasis > Editor/Biblio Tech Review > > LinkedIn > Facebook > Twitter > Skype: thelibrarygirl > Google+: Melissa Powell > -----Original Message----- > From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of James Weinheimer > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:42 AM > To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA > Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA Toolkit Price Change > > On 11/23/2013 12:53 AM, J. McRee Elrod wrote: > <snip> > > James said: > >> Of course, when the time comes for retrospective conversion of the > >> millions of records in that awful, terrible "legacy data" ... > > Surely you jest. Most of our library clients prefer the "awful > > terrible 'legacy data'" to the strange (to them) RDA records. Our > > AACR2 compatible export is very popular. > > > > Most of our e-publisher and aggregator clients feel they must be "with > > it", and go with the new standard. > </snip> > > Yes, I am joking. But if we are to make all of these relators and > relationships useful for the public, the simple undeniable fact is: > incredible retrospective conversions will have to be done and I have never > heard of estimates of how much those will cost. The RDA subscriptions are > peanuts by comparison. Was any of that discussed during the decision making > for RDA? Maybe it wasn't discussed then, but it sure will be in the future! > You can only ignore it for so long. > > Catalogers, of all people, should know that if you decide to make a new > index, e.g. "actor" or "editor", it is not enough to say that all new > records will now have that coding because the search *cannot* find it in > the > earlier records of your database. That is why I keep saying that the > misnamed "legacy data" is so awful and terrible. Nobody wants to talk about > it so: it's off the agenda. It's more fun to come up with new relator terms > than to figure out if they of any real use and what the consequences will > be > for that "legacy data" (that we don't discuss). > > -- > James Weinheimer weinheimer.ji...@gmail.com First Thus > http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/ > First Thus Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/FirstThus > Cooperative Cataloging Rules > http://sites.google.com/site/opencatalogingrules/ > Cataloging Matters Podcasts > http://blog.jweinheimer.net/p/cataloging-matters-podcasts.html > -- Julie Renee Moore Head of Cataloging California State University, Fresno julie.renee.mo...@gmail.com 559-278-5813 “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”... James Matthew Barrie
