> Libraries have adhered to LC rule interpretations and OCLC standards as de facto standards and moving image catalogers in > libraries had to comply even though the rules didn't meet our needs. If the text-based model is imposed by LC and/or OCLC on > libraries, then i fear that the moving image catalogers, who largely work in mainstream libraries, will have this model imposed on > them again. Film archives may have enough independence to go their own way, but will libraries?
Specialized cataloging is all fine and good, but if we are completely revamping generalized cataloging via RDA, instead of just editing our current AACR2 view of the world, then we need to allow for multi-media communities' needs. Multi-media is a reality these days. Libraries (public, academic, &c.) are not just about books anymore. It's about information, no matter what kind of format it appears. -- Christi Underdown Asst. Cataloger The Center for Popular Music Murfreesboro, TN 37130 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (615) 898-5511 Greta de Groat wrote:
Ok, as absurd as i find the argument that the actors in a motion picture are expression level, doubtless you find it logical. And that argues for Diane and Karen's points about letting different communities find their own definitions. So moving image people will be able to consider Joseph Losey's film of Don Giovanni a work while music people can consider it an expression of the Mozart opera and you text-based folks can think of it as, i don't know, an expression of El Burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra or the Don Juan superwork or whatever. THis is my worry, though. In the past our cataloging rules have shown a strong text bias, which were highly disfunctional for moving image cataloging. Libraries have adhered to LC rule interpretations and OCLC standards as de facto standards and moving image catalogers in libraries had to comply even though the rules didn't meet our needs. If the text-based model is imposed by LC and/or OCLC on libraries, then i fear that the moving image catalogers, who largely work in mainstream libraries, will have this model imposed on them again. Film archives may have enough independence to go their own way, but will libraries? Already OCLC is forcing me to "upgrade" minimal level LC film records cataloged according to AMIM and change them to AACR2 rather than inputting a separate record cataloged according to different rules. So saying different communities can have their own flavors is all well and good but in practical terms will it be allowed within the library community? greta
