[RDA-L] 502 coding in RDA

2013-02-22 Thread FOGLER, PATRICIA A GS-11 USAF AETC AUL/LTSC
I am trying to make a local decision on the 502 for our catalog in preparation for RDA training. I remember some discussions on this topic a month and 2 ago & am hoping to hear that someone has come up with a good solution since. We would like to start coding the 502 subfields, but as best

Re: [RDA-L] 502 coding in RDA

2013-02-22 Thread Elizabeth O'Keefe
Patricia, Is your Ex-Libris catalog Voyager or Aleph? We have Voyager, which allows you to generate punctuation between subfields. If it is Voyager, I can point you to instructions on generating punctuation. If it is Aleph, I leave it to other Aleph users. Elizabeth O'Keefe Elizabeth O'Keefe Dir

Re: [RDA-L] 502 coding in RDA

2013-02-22 Thread FOGLER, PATRICIA A GS-11 USAF AETC AUL/LTSC
It is indeed Voyager! I am very interested, please advise. And thank you!! //SIGNED// Patricia Fogler Chief, Cataloging Section (AUL/LTSC) Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center DSN 493-2135 Comm (334) 953-2135 -Original Message- From: Resource Description and Access /

[RDA-L] Cross training

2013-02-22 Thread Paul Davey
I have not been on this list for several years now, so forgive me if I'm (as I suspect) asking something that been asked many times before, but : If I (a) need to cross-train from AACR2 to RDA, initially for monographs (b) I have no institutional financial support (c) I can't afford training pri

Re: [RDA-L] Cross training

2013-02-22 Thread Myers, John F.
The Library of Congress has extensive (some might say overwhelming) training materials on RDA. They are all free. This is the general page: http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/index.html This link in particular (which is not readily obvious from the descriptions on the ge

Re: [RDA-L] Cross training

2013-02-22 Thread Paradis Daniel
A good place to get free RDA training materials is the Catalogers Learning Workshop page on RDA: http://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/RDA%20training%20materials/index.html. The page links, among others, to the RDA training materials that the Library of Congress has been using for internal training si

Re: [RDA-L] Cross training

2013-02-22 Thread Joan Wang
If you go Adam L. Schiff's home page, you can find lots of stuff on RDA. http://faculty.washington.edu/aschiff/ Library of congress training materials are quite good and a kind of overwhelming :) Joan Wang Illinois Heartland Library System On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Paradis Daniel wrote:

Re: [RDA-L] Cross training

2013-02-22 Thread Susan Wynne
I have found Adam Schiff's presentations on the changes from AACR2 to RDA to be very helpful. Adam includes many examples in his slides. They are available on his home page: http://faculty.washington.edu/aschiff/ Also, recordings of ALCTS webinars are usually available at no cost 90 days afte

Re: [RDA-L] 502 coding in RDA

2013-02-22 Thread Adam L. Schiff
In RDA, each of the bits you described is actually a separate element, which is why the separate subfielding in MARC is needed, so that you can actually record the RDA elements called for. 7.9.2 Academic Degree 7.9.3 Granting Institution or Faculty 7.9.4 Year Granted That being said, the LC-PC