Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Danskin, Alan
Dear Yan, I will take the liberty of stepping in and responding to this, as Judy may not be aware of the background to your enquiry. The issue you refer to was one of several identified by the Technical Group on the adoption of RDA in France. Many of the issues identified by this group

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Yan Lee
Dear Alan, Thank you so much for all the info. Best Regards, Yan On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Danskin, Alan alan.dans...@bl.uk wrote: Dear Yan, ** ** I will take the liberty of stepping in and responding to this, as Judy may not be aware of the background to your enquiry.

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Jack Wu
While unrelated to this particular inquiry, I'm ashamed to admit, while up to date on other messages on this list, I can't say the same for the JSC working documents.They frequently got left behind, not because of their lack of importance, but most got left behind for another day which never

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Gene Fieg
Wouldn't these discussions be on the JSC website? On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Jack Wu j...@franciscan.edu wrote: While unrelated to this particular inquiry, I'm ashamed to admit, while up to date on other messages on this list, I can't say the same for the JSC working documents.They

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread JOHN C ATTIG
All the working documents are listed on the JSC website. Each announcement contains the following URL: http://www.rda-jsc.org/workingnew.html This page lists all the working documents in reverse chronological order. John Attig Authority Control Librarian Penn State University

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Jack Wu
Yes, these discussions, over 500 lengthy ones, certainly are on the JSC website. But I was hoping for something more summarizing in nature, yet not so brief as just a listing by date of the documents. Jack Jack Wu Franciscan University of Steubenville j...@franciscan.edu Gene Fieg

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Jenifer K Marquardt
I agree with Jack. A document summarizing decisions would be very helpful. There is just no keeping up with all of the JSC website documentation, and something that pulled together decisions that change or add to practice would be a real service to the community. Perhaps from now on each

Re: [RDA-L] Proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG

2013-10-21 Thread Yan Lee
Yes, I agree with Jack and Jenifer. I did checked the site http://www.rda-jsc.org/workingnew.html, and opened all documents named JSC/EURIG/Discussion... since Feb 2012, one by one, but didn't see any one dealing with the proposal to RDA 5.1.4 by EURIG. I thought it may hide somewhere. That's why

[RDA-L] RDA revisions and the November 2013 meeting of the Joint Steering Committee

2013-10-21 Thread JOHN C ATTIG
The discussions have not yet taken place; the documents being announced are proposals and formal responses. The Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA will meet November 4-8 in Washington, DC; decisions on the proposed changes will be made at that time. Two or three weeks after the

Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)

2013-10-21 Thread FOGLER, PATRICIA A GS-11 USAF AETC AUL/LTSC
This is clearly confusing more than myself. I appreciate the forwarding of the PCC list post. And I’m following this continued conversation with interest. When a fictitious character is already established in the subject authority file the subject record is being cancelled a “new one”

Re: [RDA-L] RDA name authorities |c (Fictitious character)

2013-10-21 Thread Gary L Strawn
Changing the topical Holmes heading to personal is indeed possible with the cataloger's toolkit. Instructions have been sent privately. Gary L. Strawn, Authorities Librarian, etc. Twitter: GaryLStrawn Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208-2300 e-mail:

Re: [RDA-L] RDA revisions and the November 2013 meeting of the Joint Steering Committee

2013-10-21 Thread Heidrun Wiesenmüller
John, I'm glad to hear you'll be blogging again from this year's JSC meeting. Thank you very much for taking the time, it is very much appreciated! Heidrun On 21.10.2013 19:11, JOHN C ATTIG wrote: The discussions have not yet taken place; the documents being announced are proposals and

Re: [RDA-L] RDA revisions and the November 2013 meeting of the Joint Steering Committee

2013-10-21 Thread J. McRee Elrod
John Attig said: During the meeting, I will be posting a daily blog describing the discussio= ns and decisions. It would be really helpful to have a brief list of *approved* RDA changes posted to this list for one stop shopping. Thanks John. __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod

Re: [RDA-L] RDA revisions and the November 2013 meeting of the Joint Steering Committee

2013-10-21 Thread Guy Vernon Frost
I concur. I'm just not a blog reader, and as such miss a lot, but because of it Guy Frost Associate Professor of Library Science Catalog Librarian Odum Library/Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698-0150 229.259.5060 gfr...@valdosta.edu FDLP 0125