Re: [RDA-L] Computer as media type redux
Am 15.11.2011 00:32, schrieb J. McRee Elrod: I'm told that Media type is a categorization reflecting the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource. But ... microscopic [not microscope] projected [not projector] stereographic [not stereoscope] etc. Why the exception for electronic? Not to mention that many use devices they do not think of as computers to access electronic resources these days. We wouldn't need to discuss these terms at all if the terms themselves would not be used in MARC records but the codes. LC did define codes for the terms but didn't use them in the test records: http://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdamedia.html In actual applications, like OPAC displays, codes can easily be replaced by terms, and these may be changed anytime and anywhere. Only codes are language independent and do not fall into obsolescence or political incorrectness in which cases one would have to do millions of textual replacements. A modern design can and must avoid this sort of flaw. B.Eversberg
Re: [RDA-L] Computer as media type redux
Bernhard said:
In actual applications, like OPAC displays, codes can easily
be replaced by terms, and these may be changed anytime and
anywhere.
This would a great advantage for media terms in libraries whose
language of the catalogue is not English, or not one language only
(as in Quebec and Switzerland).
It is more work for cataloguers, since (for me at least) language
terms become second nature, but codes must be looked up.
To preserve transfer of library use skills however, display, whether
terminology or icons, should be standardized within each cultural
group. That is the difficulty with the leave it up to the library
response, as well as the lack opt IT expertise in smaller libraries.
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Re: [RDA-L] Computer as media type redux
Mac Elrod wrote: Bernhard said: In actual applications, like OPAC displays, codes can easily be replaced by terms, and these may be changed anytime and anywhere. This would a great advantage for media terms in libraries whose language of the catalogue is not English, or not one language only (as in Quebec and Switzerland). It is more work for cataloguers, since (for me at least) language terms become second nature, but codes must be looked up. Wow, wouldn't it be nice to have a system that, when the cataloger started to type out unmediated in a 337 field, very quickly showed the cataloger a phrase such as unmediated = n, which the cataloger would then select, causing the string $bn$2rdamedia to be input automatically into the 377 field. But I guess I really shouldn't be dreaming that we have any chance of incorporating late 20th century computer technology into our early 21st century cataloging interfaces. What in the world am I thinking?!? Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Bibliographic Services Dept. Northwestern University Library 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-2300 email: k...@northwestern.edu phone: (847) 491-2939 fax: (847) 491-4345
Re: [RDA-L] Computer as media type redux
-Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Kevin M Randall Sent: November 15, 2011 4:59 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Computer as media type redux Mac Elrod wrote: Bernhard said: In actual applications, like OPAC displays, codes can easily be replaced by terms, and these may be changed anytime and anywhere. This would a great advantage for media terms in libraries whose language of the catalogue is not English, or not one language only (as in Quebec and Switzerland). It is more work for cataloguers, since (for me at least) language terms become second nature, but codes must be looked up. Wow, wouldn't it be nice to have a system that, when the cataloger started to type out unmediated in a 337 field, very quickly showed the cataloger a phrase such as unmediated = n, which the cataloger would then select, causing the string $bn$2rdamedia to be input automatically into the 377 field. But I guess I really shouldn't be dreaming that we have any chance of incorporating late 20th century computer technology into our early 21st century cataloging interfaces. What in the world am I thinking?!? We've been using auto-suggest for searching for about two weeks now after our recent system upgrade, which introduced the feature. Although not available for editing at this point, I've already found the feature to be a productivity boost in other tasks when cataloging. Thomas Brenndorfer Guelph Public Library
Re: [RDA-L] Computer as media type redux
I'm told that Media type is a categorization reflecting the general
type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the
content of a resource.
But ...
microscopic [not microscope]
projected [not projector]
stereographic [not stereoscope]
etc.
Why the exception for electronic?
Not to mention that many use devices they do not think of as
computers to access electronic resources these days.
__ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca)
{__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/
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