I agree. Including cross references taking you from the AACR2 term to the RDA term and vice versa would be extremely useful, especially during this transition period.
Marjorie Marjorie E. Bloss 2827 West Gregory Street Chicago, IL 60625 USA 1-773-878-4008 1-773-519-4009 (mobile) [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. McRee Elrod" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [RDA-L] RDA Questions--Element Set View > Mary Mackay quoted: > > >The RDA: Element Set View is a re-ordering of a subset of RDA content, = > >arranged first by FRBR entity and then (alphabetically) by name of the = > >RDA element or subelement. > > Ordering by ISBD element and/or MARC21 field would make consultation much > easier. > > The difficulty with alphabetical ordering is changing terminology, > e.g., main entry, prime entry, preferred entry. > > > __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([email protected]) > {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ > ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________ >

