Does anyone know the status of the Oct. 2007 agreement between BL, LAC, LC, and NLA concerning implementation?
http://www.rda-jsc.org/rdafaq.html#9 Can we expect the other countries to start implementation a year before the U.S. national libraries, assuming that RDA "passes the test"? ----------------------------------------------------------- John Hostage Authorities Librarian Langdell Hall host...@law.harvard.edu Harvard Law School Library +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice) Cambridge, MA 02138 +(1)(617) 496-4409 (fax) http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/ From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:rd...@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Marjorie Bloss Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:13 To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Instruction I never said it was a done deal, Mike. But there are other countries (Australia, Canada, the UK, not to mention others not represented on the JSC) who have definite plans to implement RDA without going through the intensive testing that will be done in the U.S. One way or another, there are going to be RDA records out there that will be shared among a number of libraries/countries including ours. We need to have a more international perspective of the world than RDA being a set of cataloging instructions that will be used only in the U.S. Cordially, Marjorie Marjorie E. Bloss 2827 West Gregory Street Chicago, IL 60625 USA 1-773-878-4008 1-773-519-4009 (mobile)
