Mike Tribby said:
At this point any librarian interested in cataloging or the functioning of 
their catalog *should* at least know about RDA, but so far many don't seem to 
have that knowledge or any interest. 
 
I have to agree, based on 2 personal experiences.
The head of Tech Services at my library has been asking what our ILS vendor's 
plans are for RDA, but they seem to be totally unaware of it. 
Also, in speaking with MLS students from Indiana Univ. as part of a cataloging 
assignment, I asked them if their instructor had taught them anything about 
RDA, thinking that surely they have at least shown them a comparison between an 
AACR2 and an RDA record for the same title. Their response ran something like 
this: Well, she mentioned that something else was in the works, but it's not 
been implemented (read: written in stone) yet, so they aren't even talking 
about it. This was Fall 2010.
 
Diane Krall
Hamilton East Public Library
"RDA--well, there's a moving target"

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