Adam:
I think this is a good suggestion for moving forward, even though I firmly believe that text-based citation should be the last choice, and only when more direct links are impossible. It mystifies me why there seems to be so much resistance to the idea of providing direct links to either the related item or information about the item without requiring the user to take extra steps to "look up" the information about the related item (which is what we do when we insist on textual citations). In a world where article references are linked via OpenURL and the MARC record includes more and more opportunities to encode such links, I'm missing the reasons for the reluctance. Lest we forget, at present most textual notes citing related works, no matter how carefully crafted, are not even seen by users, as our OPACS almost uniformly default to brief records when displaying information to users. One benefit of links is the potential to allow linked materials to be clearly identified and displayed differently than notes, in ways that could be better integrated into user displays. Diane
Here's a suggestion to the JSC for resolving the conflicting opinions regarding the best way to form citations (and consequently, of selecting primary access points). Assuming that the JSC decides to keep the concept of primary access point (which some, such as Diane Hillman, have argued against), I suggest that the JSC form a task group to look at the instructions found in standard general (e.g. Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations) and discipline-specific (e.g., Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association) reference sources for constructing bibliographies and then make a recommendation on a preferred citation style for RDA. IFLA has a website with links to many online style guides: http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm Dartmouth College has what looks to be an excellent guide as well: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/ Adam ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Adam L. Schiff Principal Cataloger University of Washington Libraries Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900 (206) 543-8409 (206) 685-8782 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://faculty.washington.edu/~aschiff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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