On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Cataloging Futures < [email protected]> wrote:
> Cataloging Futures<http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/> > > <http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/catalogingfutures/nWrX> > ------------------------------ > > RDA implementation > decison<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/catalogingfutures/nWrX/%7E3/stqw-bhuqAM/rda-implementation-decison.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> > > Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:06 PM PDT > > First leaked on Twitter, Today's > announcement<http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/rda-execstatement-13june11.pdf>marks > a watershed moment for catalogers. The long-awaited decision finally > came down as to whether or not the Library of Congress, National Library of > Medicine, and National Agricultural Library would choose to implement the > new cataloging code, *RDA: Resource Description and Access*. > > It seems they do intent to implement RDA in 2013 with changes. Significant > changes. The statement referenced the Report and Recommendations of the > U.S. RDA Test Coordinating > Committee<http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/rda-execsummary-public-13june11.pdf>, > a statement which does not hold back on criticism of RDA and the RDA Toolkit > and is spot-on in targeting where RDA does not lived up to its own stated > goals. > > For those of us who watched and participated in the development of RDA > there's a certain feeling of vindication. Some of these issues were brought > up during the development of the code. It's nice to see them backed up by > evidence-based testing. > > The report suggests (requires?) that a lot of work needs to be done to > bring RDA up to snuff prior to implementation. It provides ambitious > timelines for rewriting, reworking, etc. > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/catalogingfutures/nWrX?a=stqw-bhuqAM:KxqTklPN6qA:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/catalogingfutures/nWrX?a=stqw-bhuqAM:KxqTklPN6qA:bcOpcFrp8Mo> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/catalogingfutures/nWrX?a=stqw-bhuqAM:KxqTklPN6qA:F7zBnMyn0Lo> > You are subscribed to email updates from Cataloging > Futures<http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/> > To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe > now<http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=U_ik2CO1rjNg5O_GhBTtS_wkPQA> > . Email delivery powered by Google Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago > IL USA 60610 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
