Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

On 05/17/2011 10:43 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: snip Yeah, if RDA _required_ all capital titles, that might be bad. I don't think anyone thinks all capital titles are preferable. But in the actual real world eco-system, where we're often going to be harvesting data from other sources rather

Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records

My speed of reading is decreased by enough that I can observe myself reading instead of just knowing what the words are without thought. It took several attempts to recognize the word TURBERVILLE. HANKINS was hard too. JOHN was easy; it's short and it has all that space around the O.

Re: [RDA-L] Plans for Existing Bib Records?

Edit (great name!) asked: Do you upload records converting to AACR2 format for now that we are not sure we'll be implementing RDA We are fortunate to so far have derived no RDA records. We tend to catalogue less usual material. Or are you planning on continue doing this even when all the

Re: [RDA-L] Plans for Existing Bib Records?

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Re: [RDA-L] Plans for Existing Bib Records?

Benjamin accurately said: I would just point out that, for most if not all of us, a hybrid catalog is= already the norm. For example, plenty of pre-AACR2 records persist (parti= cularly for serials) in our catalog as in LC's and the like. The differences between the red and green books, AACR1,