RDA Scope Document

2006-12-26 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
This slow week is when I have time to review the documents and collect my thoughts, hopefully folks will read it next week if not this week! I am very pleased to see the RDA Scope and Structure document (or Scope and Principles—it’s referred to by both names on the JSC website!). I think it is a

Book recommendation

2006-12-26 Thread J. McRee Elrod
I recommend a book (given me for Christmas by librarian wife Norma) to all librarians: Alberto Manguiel's "The Library at Night". It is a paean to libraries, and includes a wealth of history and culture over centuries and continents. It's appreciation of the glories of past Middle Eastern and I