Folks:
Though we still haven't had time to bring the
notes together from the RDA Special Session, it
may interest you to know that the conversation is
continuing at this conference about how RDA is
progressing (and might progress) in ways that
benefit us all.
Stu Weibel posted his thoughts on the
conversation here on his blog:
http://weibel-lines.typepad.com/weibelines/ Pay
particular note to this paragraph near the end:
The Web has forced us all out of isolated
communities of practice and into the Internet
Commons. Certainly the practice and topography of
librarianship is changing out from under us. As
we struggle under the stress of these changes, it
is perhaps predictable that legacy systems such
as cataloging practice will change even more
slowly. The RDA effort recognizes the importance
of updating our profession to fit more
comfortably into the Internet Commons. If we are
to achieve anything like the interoperability we
hope for, we will need common structural models.
If the effort devolves to simply unraveling
existing rules and rewinding the yarns, we will
fall short of the integration we need to support
our future. The successes and failures of the DC
community in its own modeling struggles can be
usefulĀ and reusable. I gather that the Joint
Steering Committee has sought consultation with
representatives of the IEEE LOM metadata
community as well as with DCMI. It would be
fitting if the DCMI could return some value to
the community that has provided so much of the
insight that has motivated its own progress.
I'm pleased to have been able to take the
conversation about RDA "on the road" and
encountered such engagement here. I look forward
to sharing more details as I can.
Diane
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Diane I. Hillmann
Research Librarian
Cornell University Library
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Voice: (607) 387-9207
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