Thanks to the posters on this list for raising the issue about the problems with limiting the definition of leaf to text in the RDA Glossary.
I will work on creating/proposing a revised, broader definition for the JSC to consider, with an eye toward including that in the November release of the RDA Toolkit. Kathy Kathy Glennan ALA Representative to the Joint Steering Committee Head, Metadata Creation and Enhancement / Music Cataloger University of Maryland kglen...@umd.edu<mailto:kglen...@umd.edu> From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Mitchell, Michael Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 2:32 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Leaf (new RDA glossary term and definition) From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Myers, John F. Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 1:02 PM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA<mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA> Subject: Re: [RDA-L] Leaf (new RDA glossary term and definition) [...] Per AACR2 (2005 Update). Glossary: Leaf - One of the units into which the original sheet or half sheet of paper, parchment, etc., is folded to form part of a book, pamphlet, journal, etc.; each leaf consists of two pages, one on each side, either or both of which may be blank. ================================================================== Why would the editors of RDA feel it necessary to change this definition - especially by adding unnecessary and incomplete references to text (leaving out music and images) and parchment, etc.? More change for no good reason. Michael Mitchell Technical Services Librarian Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX Michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu
