[RDA-L] Phase II records
Thank you for your responses! I guess I'm a little grumpy today, but ... Does anyone have any idea which algorithm or workflow was used to create the authority record loads we're getting? I truly do not understand why the authority records for the federal government cabinet departments are coming in with subunits attached instead of just the main headings (ex. United States. $b Dept. of Justice etc.) coming through first. In my mind it would be a more logical way of doing things. Sorry, I am almost done with the first load of 10,000 plus/minus records and am facing another 20,000 records. And yes, I'm the only one who does authority work here at Kresge! Thank you! -- Jerri Swinehart MLIS Library Technician III Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] Typos in Titles
I guess my attitude is a bit different. I want to make it clear that there's no attempt on my part to cause trouble, but ... This is one of the problems with RDA. We didn't connect with non-library employed users to find out their perspective. I would interpret this request to mean that the student is concerned about how a typo will reflect upon him. Rather than quote RDA rules, I would give him back the dissertation and suggest that he speak with the office on campus ... perhaps the Grad Office ... and see if he could re-type the typo correctly, have the item rebound, and THEN it could be re-catalogued. As I catalogue theses and dissertations our Grad Office does indeed ask for them back when such things arise. I always willingly comply. It's good PR. Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Library Technician III Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] Typos in Titles
I think though that what needs to guide catalogers in this case is that the student who wrote the dissertation is asking for a typo correction. The rest of the equation such as a (sic) or a 246 is only valid as long as the student doesn't find the typo important. In this case the student does so I would let the student have the dissertation, recommend that he/she go to the Grad office for help. When the dissertation made its way back to me then I would catalog it. Remember, cataloging also involves public service, which by quoting cataloging rules to a student who does not know them, is not being served here. Sorry ... I will always disagree with the oh well crowd. Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Library Technician III Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] Additional work required by RDA
The current GMD isn't fuzzy. It's quite obvious. The material is a sound recording, microform, or videorecording, etc. There is an additional field on the records (500, 538) that explains what kind of sound recording or what kind of microform or what kind of videorecording the material happens to be. Non-library employed users aren't going to understand content, medium, and carrier. They're going to have to ask the Reference folks for help. And maybe that's the point of RDA? Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] Additional work required by RDA
There is supposed to be an additional field that clarifies what each GMD is ... It's added all the time to videorecording records etc. Masking phrases for URLs are also a good way to signal to non-library employed users how to access an electronic resource. We use, Click here for access. Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] Question about example in RDA 18.5.1.3
I may be sorry that I stopped lurking ... I catalog music. The idea of composer (expression) is not something that makes sense. The pieces of music that make up the sound track of a movie or a musical are considered to be (usually) separate pieces of music that can also stand on their own. So please clarify why the composer of those pieces of music would be considered any differently than Mozart or Richard Rodgers etc.? Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] Question about example in RDA 18.5.1.3
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:08 PM, JOHN C ATTIG jx...@psu.edu wrote: To me, it makes sense to say that Mozart composed the Jupiter Symphony, but it does not make sense to say that Clint Eastwood composed Million Dollar Baby. Actually in the authority work for music ... one must identify who it was that wrote the musical notes (not words) for the musical work. So if Clint Eastwood actually wrote the musical notes then he would be credited with the musical work. Therefore, it would be correct if putting a 700 name/title added entry on to the DVD of Million Dollar Baby to do (something like): Eastwood, Clint. $t Million dollar baby. $p Musical Work OR if he wrote all the musical notes for all the music in the movie ... Eastwood, Clint. $t Million Dollar Baby ... of course this is assuming the music has the same title as the movie. I think I better go back to lurking! Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] 667 field in Name Authority Record
I plan on using these with AACR2 until RDA comes in... Thank you. Jerri Swinehart MLIS Metadata Technician Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
Re: [RDA-L] RDA demo online
I'd like to view this, but it's not focused once I get it big enough to see... Oh well... Jerri Swinehart MLIS Library Technician III Oakland University Kresge Library Technical Services Rochester, MI 48309-4484 swine...@oakland.edu
