Re: [RDA-L] Provider-neutral records

Judy, A correction to your message. NLM is planning to create some RDA records using the CONSER single-record approach during the test period. Diane Boehr Head of Cataloging National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike, Room 1N11 Bethesda, MD 20894 301-435-7059 boe...@mail.nlm.nih.gov

[RDA-L] RDA authority question

All, I have a question about the instructions on the US RDA Test Policy for the Extra Set. In Scenario I, the AACR2 and RDA form of the authorized access point are different. For example, if one is cataloging a publication under RDA about the double taxation treaty between the U.S. and Malta

Re: [RDA-L] RDA authority question

Hi Betsy, [Reminder to send RDA Test questions to the special account lchelp4...@loc.govmailto:lchelp4...@loc.gov in the future.] The general mantra of using existing records during the US RDA Test is only to add information (7XX field with second indicator of 4 for the RDA form, whether it

Re: [RDA-L] RDA-L Digest - 11 Oct 2010 to 13 Oct 2010 (#2010-166)

Judy, While we appreciate the need to test RDA as it's written, we are struggling to balance that need with the desire to avoid the proliferation of multiple ebook records that applying RDA would create. Our plan has been to submit provider-neutral RDA records as part of the RDA test. We

Re: [RDA-L] RDA-L Digest - 11 Oct 2010 to 13 Oct 2010 (#2010-166)

I will add this topic to the agenda for tomorrow's meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the Test. Judy From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Christee Pascale Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 4:39 PM To:

Re: [RDA-L] RDA-L Digest - 11 Oct 2010 to 13 Oct 2010 (#2010-166)

The trouble is, in my opinion, RDA is not compatible with the provider neutral approach. We wrestled with this and thought about it a couple of months ago and concluded (with LC) that we would not contribute provider neutral records to the test. Robert L. Maxwell Head, Special Collections and

[RDA-L] Provider neutral record approach

This issue represents (to me, anyway) an excellent example of why we need to look at approaches that are not record-based if we want to move forward. If we start thinking that 'we can't use RDA because it won't let us do provider neutral records' we're shooting ourselves in the foot, in my

Re: [RDA-L] Provider neutral records

Judith Kuhagen said: I will add this topic [PN records] to the agenda for tomorrow's meeting of the Coordinat= ing Committee for the Test. In considering the question, I hope you will make a distinction between records for items which are PDF reproductions of print materials which may be