Brenndorfer, Thomas wrote:
> Coming up this month is the first programming to add RDA element views to ILS
> software at the MARC tag level:
> http://www.rdatoolkit.org/blog/119
The software in question being Connexion Client 2.30, just announced today.
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> [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Mike Tribby
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> That would all be great, and
"I cannot wait for the day when (assuming we do implement RDA) instead of a
blank template in OCLC that we have to encode in MARC, we get a screen which
prompts us to fill in values for RDA elements. Catalogers shouldn't need to
know the behind the scenes coding and communication standard, we s
Patrons want the director's cut of a motion picture, or they don't want
the colorized version of a classic b&w film. They may or may not care if
they will get widescreen or full screen. They want translations into
English of works, and sometimes they want them by a particular translator.
Thes
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> (BTW, please don't g
Deborah Tomaras wrote:
> I would be curious to see links to evidence-based papers from rigorous
> research studies that prove that patrons want FRBR/WEMI in searching,
> retrieval, etc. I've found nothing on the IFLA website, where I would have
> thought they would reside. All papers there
> (http
Have you tried plugging "frbr user studies" into google?
I have been particularly impressed by these studies done by Maj Zumer:
http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/biblio/oddelek/osebje/dokumenti/pisanskizumer1a.pdf
http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/biblio/oddelek/osebje/dokumenti/pisanskizumer2a.pdf
I would be curious to see links to evidence-based papers from rigorous
research studies that prove that patrons want FRBR/WEMI in searching,
retrieval, etc. I've found nothing on the IFLA website, where I would have
thought they would reside. All papers there
(http://www.ifla.org/en/node/881) seem
Just a few corrections to the message below. First, the deadline for public
comments on DACS is April 30 (a full timetable is on the SAA website, at
http://www.archivists.org/standards/dacs/dacsRevisions.asp ). Second, the
Manuscripts Working Group's review of DACS has not yet been approved by t
James Weinheimer wrote:
> I am certainly not saying that I know what people want when they search
for
> information. That can only be discovered after research, especially in
times
> as dynamic as our own. To begin creating an FRBR/RDA structure on the
> assumption that it provides people with wha
Kevin said:
>What is significant and has great potential is the >entire concept
>behind RDA, creating a framework that brings metadata into the
>current age of information technology.
"Potential"? Possibly. But as coded in MARC21, most of what we have
are a "few rule changes". ILS development
All,
For those who are interested, I have just placed another of my podcasts on my
blog: this one a discussion of "good enough" means in relation to library
cataloging.
http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/2011/04/cataloging-matters-podcast-no-9.html
Please forward this to any others who may
Kevin M. Randall wrote:
James Weinheimer wrote:
> I don't think I am missing the point of RDA, and the abbreviations are a
> great example. Do we really believe that a simple rule change will "solve"
> whatever "problems" the public supposedly has with abbreviations in the
> catalog? Sorry, but I
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James Weinheimer wrote:
> I don
Just a quick clarification:
The Manuscripts Working Group is affiliated not with the Society of
American Archivists (SAA) but with the Bibliographic Standards
Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association
of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Associatio
James Weinheimer wrote:
> I don't think I am missing the point of RDA, and the abbreviations are a
> great example. Do we really believe that a simple rule change will "solve"
> whatever "problems" the public supposedly has with abbreviations in the
> catalog? Sorry, but I find that very naive.
D
Hi, Corey,
That is perfect! Thanks for sending me the info and the links. This is exactly
what this person needs to keep up with!
Very appreciatively,
Elaine
Elaine sanchez
Texas State University-San Marcos
512-245-3005
e...@txstate.edu
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From: Corey A Harper [mailto:c
Hi Elaine,
Not sure if this answers your question or not, but SAA is currently
involved in a review process of DACS, and I'm fairly certain that it is
being informed by RDA.
The review is being carried out by a Technical Subcommittee on DACS [1],
and their public call for comments on the cur
Quoting Bernhard Eversberg :
Is the part-whole relationship, for example, even being
considered? It wasn't under AACR2 although it would have been possible.
Bernard, I'm not sure what you mean by "even being considered" (by
whom?) but FRBR and RDA do define all of the conceptual structure
Gracious thanks to Chris for this fine description and elucidation of
the transition process at U-C. This documentation gives us a solid
experiential framework for our transition here, and prompts us to
steps we may have omitted.
Your investment has indeed lowered "implementation costs for others
Myers, John F. wrote:
One could argue interminably the pros and cons of abbreviating or not.
I can see merits to both sides, as well as to native language
representation of missing date issue. (That is, the replacement of
[s.l.] with [place of publication not identified], where [s.l.] replaces
th
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