Actually, too early to tell and I'd wait a year until it is clearer
what the Library of Congress will do about implementing RDA before ponying
up my first $325.
You _should_ become aware of the main differences that RDA poses. You can
do that by looking at some of the documents at
http://www.rda-jsc.org/rda.html. If you have a lot of time on your hands,
you can look at the July 2008 draft of RDA and the responses. Since the
national libraries will not be comparing their responses to the testing
period until early next year, you have some time. While you can implement
RDA when it is published in June 2010, I cannot imagine LC implementing it
until late spring of 2011. In the meantime, others will be developing
training materials that may be helpful if not definitive.
--
Laurence S. Creider
Special Collections Librarian
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Work: 575-646-7227
Fax: 575-646-7477
lcrei...@lib.nmsu.edu
On Mon, February 8, 2010 7:27 am, Miksa, Shawne wrote:
Yes. Yes.
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Associate Professor
Department of Library and Information Sciences
College of Information
University of North Texas
email: shawne.mi...@unt.edumailto:shawne.mi...@unt.edu
http://courses.unt.edu/smiksa/index.htm
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From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
[rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Jo Hudson [hudso...@oplin.org]
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 6:38 AM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Introduction
Can you please answer a question for me? Is RDA going to replace AACR2
in cataloging and is changing to RDA from AACR2 something every library
cataloger needs to be aware or ready to implement in our library? Thank
you.
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From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access
[mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Troy Linker
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:01 AM
To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA
Subject: [RDA-L] Introduction
I would like to introduce myself to the cataloging community as Publisher
for the newly created Digital Reference unit at ALA Publishing. The
Digital Reference unit is responsible for ALA's co-publisher role in RDA
(Resource Description and Access) the digital replacement for AACR2.
Some of you may know me from my 12 years experience at ALA Publishing,
working on RDA and AACR2 in addition to many other publishing projects. My
role with RDA has expanded, from the production and software development
responsibility that I have held from the beginning, to include
coordinating the full breadth of ALA Publishings responsibilities for
RDA.
As we approach the launch of the RDA Toolkit, the website that will house
RDA in addition to other helpful cataloging resources and tools, we want
to increase the direct communication between the co-publishers of RDA and
the cataloging community. I am committed to actively reading and, when
helpful, posting responses to questions and concerns raised by catalogers
in a variety of venues (like this one) regarding the RDA and the RDA
Toolkit.
We will soon post registration information for an upcoming RDA Toolkit
Webinar offering a repeat of the guided tour of the RDA Toolkit beta site
given at ALAs Midwinter Meeting. In addition to the Webinar, the co-
publishers are drafting an RDA Toolkit FAQ that will address many of the
recent questions asked by attendees at Midwinter, posted to lists, or sent
to rdatool...@ala.org. We will post the FAQ URL as soon as it is
active.
To receive RDA Toolkit announcements and news directly from the co-
publishers, please email us at
rdatool...@ala.orgmailto:rdatool...@ala.org so we can add you to our
RDA Toolkit mailing list. These announcements will come out frequently
over the next few months as we approach the June 2010 launch of the RDA
Toolkit.
Kind regards,
Troy Linker
Publisher, ALA Digital Reference
American Library Association
(312) 280-5101
