[RDA-L] ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group -Midwinter call for presenters

2008-11-24 Thread Michael Kim
2nd Call for Presenters Subject: ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Interest Group -Midwinter call for presenters --- ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group invites speakers for its meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver, Saturday, January 24, 2009, from 1:30 p.m.-3:30

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft

2008-11-24 Thread Greta de Groat
Large institutions may be able to afford such a cataloging interface. How long will it take our local systems to program such a thing? Or maybe it will be OCLC that does it and we'll all catalog in OCLC. Will the subscription price for RDA be added to either of those products on top of what we p

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft

2008-11-24 Thread Robert Maxwell
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bernhard Eversberg Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:36 AM To: RDA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft The complete full draft reveals ho

[RDA-L] RDA vs. AACR2, particularly Chapter 3 Describing Carriers

2008-11-24 Thread J. McRee Elrod
At present, rather than commenting on the provisions of RDA while ignoring typos and poor English, it seems better to consider the impact its possible adoption might have on our operations. We will make no changes from AACR2/MARC21 unless/until LC/LAC adopt RDA. As our major sources of derived re

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft

2008-11-24 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Bernhard said: >There needs to be a front end for every cataloging system that >assists the cataloger or metadata creator in all formal aspects of >record creation, and provides guidance on all necessary decisions in >the process. Rules will not have to be consulted by looking them up >in a book o

Re: [RDA-L] RDA full draft

2008-11-24 Thread Bernhard Eversberg
The complete full draft reveals how big and how long a step this new code actually is. There may be any number of smaller points that can be made against this or that rule or part or phrase, and the PDFs _are_ a pain in the neck and a colossal waste of time and paper, but then when has an effort o