[RDA-L] Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and Practitioners

2012-01-05 Thread Johnson, Bruce
[Please pardon any duplications from cross-posting] Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and Practitioners January 20, 2012: 1:30-3:00 PM Dallas Convention Center, Room C146 Co-sponsored by ALCTS and ALISE On the Record, the report of the Library of Congress Working Group on the

Re: [RDA-L] Some comments on the Final Report of the FRBR Working Group on Aggregates

2012-01-05 Thread Karen Coyle
Heidrun, this is a really devilish problem, but I think the solution is not going to be found within FRBR. That is because FRBR creates a tight coupling between W, E, and M that (IMO) does not fit the reality of publishing. In essence, nearly EVERY published item is an aggregate - books

[RDA-L] ALA Midwinter 2012 Meeting Announcement: Cataloging Classification Research Interest Group

2012-01-05 Thread Massey, Susan
You're invited to attend the ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging Classification Research Interest Group at ALA Midwinter Topic: Traditions and Transitions in Batchloaded Catalog Data Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Time: 10:30 am - Noon Location: Dallas Convention Center A306 In the current economic

Re: [RDA-L] Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and Practitioners

2012-01-05 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Bibliographic Control: A Meeting Between Educators and Practitioners January 20, 2012: 1:30-3:00 PM Dallas Convention Center, Room C146 Co-sponsored by ALCTS and ALISE Whatever other outcomes there may be, I hope there will be a strong recommendation that imparting basic cataloguing skills return

Re: [RDA-L] Some comments on the Final Report of the FRBR Working Group on Aggregates

2012-01-05 Thread Casey A Mullin
[Disclaimer: I haven't read the report yet, though it's waiting for me on my desk] To me, the desire/need to have WEM for an aggregate, as well as W(EM) for some or all of the constituents, doesn't bring us back to ISBD/MARC. In some cases (e.g., music sound recordings, conference

Re: [RDA-L] Some comments on the Final Report of the FRBR Working Group on Aggregates

2012-01-05 Thread Karen Coyle
Maybe what we need to do is develop some use cases and see how they would turn out. I'm less concerned about the cataloger view than the user view. You've probably run into some description of looking at FRBR from bottom-up vs. top down. Some folks consider the cataloger view to be