GMD was not even required at the first level of description in AACR2 (see 1.0D1) so how could AACR2 be superior to RDA in this respect? At least in RDA, Content Type and Carrier Type are core.
Daniel Paradis Bibliothécaire Direction du traitement documentaire des collections patrimoniales Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec 2275, rue Holt Montréal (Québec) H2G 3H1 Téléphone : 514 873-1101, poste 3721 Télécopieur : 514 873-7296 daniel.para...@banq.qc.ca<mailto:daniel.para...@banq.qc.ca> http://www.banq.qc.ca<http://www.banq.qc.ca/> Avis de confidentialité Ce courriel est une communication confidentielle et l'information qu'il contient est réservée à l'usage exclusif du destinataire. Si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire visé, vous n'avez aucun droit d'utiliser cette information, de la copier, de la distribuer ou de la diffuser. Si cette communication vous a été transmise par erreur, veuillez la détruire et nous en aviser immédiatement par courriel. _____ De: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access de la part de J. McRee Elrod Date: dim. 2013-07-07 13:19 À: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Objet : Re: [RDA-L] Recording (large print) Heidrun said: >my understanding is that RDA 3.13.1.3 only tells us that we can record >the font size of resources for persons with visual impairments in this >element, and how we should do it if we choose to. But font size is no >core element ... What is core for RDA, and what is core for patron needs, are two *very* different things! AACR2 had a qualified GMD: "text (large print)" which worked very well. This is but one example of AACR2's superiority over RDA in terms of meeting patron needs, as opposed to conforming to theory. Possible solutions might be to have "text (large print)" or just "large print" as RDA media content, and/or qualify the unit name: "volume (large print)". Certainly a non core font size note is *not* a viable solution. Early warning as provided by AACR2 is. Discussions limited to RDA rule interpretation without reference to patron needs *really* upset me, as you can probably tell. (I just went back and replaced shouting capitals with emphasis restricts.) __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/<http://www.slc.bc.ca/> ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________
