Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-27 Thread Beacom, Matthew
16, 2011 2:19 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records Can anyone suggest how to effectively edit titles such as these to remove the upper case and appropriately capitalize words in the title? A manual title-by-title edit is a non-starter since the

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-18 Thread Stephen Hearn
thesis<http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:0003706> >> >> *Dissertation:* >> >> Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1929. >> >> >> >>

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-18 Thread Adger Williams
*Dissertation:* > > Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1929. > > > > > > > > *From:* Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access > [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] *On Behalf Of *Adger Williams > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:28 PM >

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-18 Thread James Weinheimer
On 05/17/2011 10:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Yeah, if RDA _required_ all capital titles, that might be bad. I don't think anyone thinks all capital titles are preferable. But in the actual real world eco-system, where we're often going to be harvesting data from other sources rather than

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread J. McRee Elrod
>=245 10$ai. The heterogeneity of rabbit anti-bovine serum albumin antibody. Ii. Kinetic studies of antibody-hapten interactions$h[electronic resource] In the all capital version below, would not the title file under 'I."? Having "I." at the beginning with no filing indicator is not an all caps

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
scription and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] *On Behalf Of *Pat Sayre McCoy *Sent:* Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:43 PM *To:* RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA *Subject:* Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records I’d give it a 6 if I take my glasses off. And many people’s vision cannot be corrected

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Matthew Beacom asked about this display: >Author: > >HANKINS, JOHN ERSKINE. >>Title: > >THE POEMS OF GEORGE TURBERVILE [electronic resource] / EDITED

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Mike Tribby
>If a few titles in all capitals is really one of the most significant problems >with RDA, then RDA is doing pretty darn good. I don't know that it's necessarily "one of the most significant problems with RDA" so much as just another "Let them eat cake"* thing. Percpetion is still important, an

[RDA-L] [SPAM] Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Daniel CannCasciato
Hi All, Matthew Beacom wrote in part: > To read the full text of a 2 or 3 hundred page monograph printed in all caps > would be tiresome. However, a line or two in a bibliographic record is not > much trouble to read or access. on the other hand, if we go this way and have mixed displays of

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
AC-BAC.GC.CA] *On Behalf Of *Beacom, Matthew *Sent:* Tuesday, May 17, 2011 2:24 PM *To:* RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA *Subject:* Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records To read the full text of a 2 or 3 hundred page monograph printed in all caps would be tiresome. However, a line or two in a bibliogra

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Mary Mastraccio
Adger Williams wrote: Those ...with poor vision find all-caps difficult to read Mac Elrod wrote: I would think either sentence or title capitalization, even with the occasional error in lower casing an acronym or name, would be better for at least 245, 246, and 740. than all caps. Even people

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread J. McRee Elrod
Matthew Beacom said: >I find the substitutions by these programs unsuccessful. They just >exchange one set of errors in capitalization for another. While looking at an individual full record, the difference might be slight, in a hit list all caps make a mess. I would think either sentence or ti

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Schutt, Misha
: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Akerman, Laura Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 10:46 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records Misha, I assume you've examined the Options in

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Adger Williams
Of George Turbervile [electronic Resource] / Edited With Critical > Notes And A Study Of His Life And Works. > > > > Michelet Et L'histoire Allemande. (parts 1 And 2) [electronic Resource] > > > > > > *From:* Resource Description and Access / Resource Description an

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Beacom, Matthew
Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Stephen Early Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:40 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records On AUTOCAT, a recent posting recommended http://thesent

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-17 Thread Stephen Early
w Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 1:19 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records Can anyone suggest how to effectively edit titles such as these to remove the upper case and appropriately capitalize words in the title? A manual title-by-title edit is a non-s

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-16 Thread J. McRee Elrod
>Can anyone suggest how to effectively edit titles such as these to >remove the upper case and appropriately capitalize words in the

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-16 Thread Benjamin A Abrahamse
braries 617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Beacom, Matthew Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 2:19 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records Can anyone suggest how

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-16 Thread Beacom, Matthew
Can anyone suggest how to effectively edit titles such as these to remove the upper case and appropriately capitalize words in the title? A manual title-by-title edit is a non-starter since the above are the first 10 titles in a set of about 15,000 records (only a few thousand in the set have

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-16 Thread Akerman, Laura
cription and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Schutt, Misha Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:54 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records Adger Williams cautions: > Just a small caveat to Misha&#

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-16 Thread Schutt, Misha
Adger Williams cautions: > Just a small caveat to Misha's plan for those who haven't tried it yet. > Many (all?) diacritical marks will come out reassigned to non-ALA characters > if you copy and paste into Word. (or at least this was true at some point. > Perhaps not true now?) I have indeed s

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-16 Thread Adger Williams
Just a small caveat to Misha's plan for those who haven't tried it yet. Many (all?) diacritical marks will come out reassigned to non-ALA characters if you copy and paste into Word. (or at least this was true at some point. Perhaps not true now?) On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Schutt, Misha wr

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

2011-05-13 Thread Schutt, Misha
La Donna Riddle Weber writes: > My point is that we will eventually end up with a mix -- why is it > pointless to retype and maintain a standard? It is not even necessary to retype anything. Here's what I do with all my scanned TOCs or whatever. Copy, paste into Word, select the text, and press