I was also surprised by and concerned about this RDA change for conference names. Would anyone be able to supply 'background' for this decision? Is this a change because of other cataloging practices? Supposed to reflect 'what you see' more closely or?
Mary Charles Lasater Authorities Coordinator Vanderbilt University From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Gene Fieg Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 10:44 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Conference names : use of annual, etc. I noticed that in recording and constructing conferences, that it is now allowed to use frequency terms to modify the conference, like "annual". I think that is a mistake, and goes against the implications of some LCRIs that said to eliminate terms of frequency for other other publications. It seems to me that you want the construction for a conference to array together, whether they were annual, bienniel, quarterly, etc. That way they would array by year of the conference, hopefully. And not be split by the term of frequency. What if an Annual conference becomes a Bienniel Conference, or vice versa. I would say drop the frequency term and only use |b Conference. -- Gene Fieg Cataloger/Serials Librarian Claremont School of Theology gf...@cst.edu<mailto:gf...@cst.edu>
