Damian Iseminger wrote:
To be honest, access point construction goes against the whole point of RDA. As a content standard, it really should only be concerned that certain information is recorded, not in how it is constructed or manipulated. RDA's full title is Resource Description and Access. The "Description" part of the title is the recording of information. The "Access" part of the title is the providing of access points. (Well, at least to me.) Not only does access point construction fall squarely within the scope of RDA, it is actually a fundamental part of it. In a world of shared bibliographic information, I totally fail to see how we can facilitate access apart from having standards for the construction of access points. Kevin M. Randall Principal Serials Cataloger Bibliographic Services Dept. Northwestern University Library 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-2300 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (847) 491-2939 fax: (847) 491-4345
