Weinheimer Jim wrote:
our patrons want from the records we are to make. The digital world is quite different from the printed world, and I think we all still coming to terms with that, including myself. (I am assuming here that there is no need to change substantially any ISBD/AACR2 rules *for physical items*. Perhaps a few little tweaks here and there, but nothing substantial)
I would not assume that. One way that the digital world is quite
different than the printed world is that in the digital world, we
present our metadata _in a digital environment_. Even our displays of
records for printed materials are presented to users on computer screens.
Most of our metadata control practices were created for generating
printed cards.
Personally, I think the changes required for metadata that will live in
the digital world are even more difficult and a greater conceptual break
than any changes required to describe digital items.
Jonathan
