Please excuse this very basic question if it has already been answered. I have only recently joined the ListServ.
It is my assumption that LC and OCLC will announce adoption of RDA soon after the end of the evaluation period. If my institution does not buy/adopt RDA immediately thereafter, will we still be able to do original cataloging? We do not do a great of it. Most of what we contribute is local genealogical material. We do occasionally have some more general items, but not often. If we have an item which needs original cataloging after implementation takes place, will we be obligated to use RDA "rules?" Kathleen F. Lamantia, MLIS Technical Services Librarian Stark County District Library 715 Market Avenue North Canton, OH 44702 330-458-2723 klaman...@starklibrary.org Inspiring Ideas ∙ Enriching Lives ∙ Creating Community The Stark County District Library is a winner of the National Medal for library service, is one of the best 100 libraries in the U.S. according to the HAPLR rating, and is a Library Journal 5 Star library.
