In case anyone has mentioned this in their training material ..... Bill
Division du contenu ouvert | Open Content Division 819-994-6936 william.leon...@bac-lac.gc.ca<mailto:william.leon...@lac-bac.gc.ca> Bibliothèque et Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada Gatineau, Québec K1A 0N4 Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:pccl...@listserv.loc.gov] On Behalf Of Beck, Melissa Sent: March-06-13 5:26 PM To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Access points for treaties I heartily "third," and commend John for the substantial work he has done (and continues to do) in having this RDA instruction (amicably) revised. Melissa From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:pccl...@listserv.loc.gov] On Behalf Of Richard Amelung Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:21 PM To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov<mailto:pccl...@listserv.loc.gov> Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Access points for treaties Dear all-- I heartily second John's request that these headings NOT be modified at this time. At Saint Louis University Law Library we are currently holding on processing numerous historical treaties precisely because the headings that we would need to establish under RDA would offer unexpected, unrecognizable, and ... more importantly ... user unfriendly results. With all due respect to those who, with good intentions, crafted this section of RDA, AALL would like to offer some friendly amendments as John indicates. Many thanks for your indulgence at this time. Richard On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:36 PM, John Hostage <host...@law.harvard.edu<mailto:host...@law.harvard.edu>> wrote: I would like to enter a plea that access points for treaties not be changed to the form presently called for by RDA. Law librarians find the instruction in RDA (access points starting with the first-named government, including for multilateral treaties) to be unacceptable. The American Association of Law Libraries is working on a proposal to revise RDA to produce better outcomes for treaties. This proposal will be submitted to ALA's CC:DA and hopefully forwarded to the Joint Steering Committee for RDA. Meanwhile, existing authority records probably can't be changed by machine processes, and it would be nice if NACO members avoided changing them manually until this is settled. Thank you. ------------------------------------------ John Hostage Authorities and Database Integrity Librarian Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services Langdell Hall 194 Cambridge, MA 02138 host...@law.harvard.edu<mailto:host...@law.harvard.edu> +(1)(617) 495-3974<tel:%2B%281%29%28617%29%20495-3974> (voice) +(1)(617) 496-4409<tel:%2B%281%29%28617%29%20496-4409> (fax) -- Richard C. Amelung, Ph. D. Professor of Legal Research Associate Director, Law Library Saint Louis University School of Law Tel.: 314-977-2743 Fax: 314-977-3966
