Carolyn
Excellent points. My big question is what system
should librarians throw their support behind for
managing electronic records. DC seems to be the best
thus far, at least for more traditional records and
items a library would want that are web based. As far
as importing these records into an opac, perhaps we
need to step back even further and rethink opac
theory.
Thanks for the insight.
Daniel
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> Daniel, I think your questions, although voiced
> before, are very worthy of
> discussion, especially on this list.  But then
> again, I, too, am a newcomer
> to this working group, and in fact to librarianship,
> having just graduated
> last June. 
> 
> This is my understanding of the issues you raise. I
> hope other list members
> will jump in with their comments, as their
> experience and perspective are
> invaluable to the newbies. 
> 
> I don't believe DC was ever intended to replace
> MARC; it's simply a
> situation where DC is more suited to describing
> Internet resources, and
> thereby making them more easily discoverable. MARC
> and AACR2 remain the most
> sophistocated system for describing "traditional
> library materials." If I've
> got that notion wrong, please, please correct me!
> 
> There is also the issue of the time it takes to
> create a MARC record in
> comparison to the time it takes to create a DC
> record. (Remember what Martin
> Dillon talked about.)  With the efficiency of a
> simple DC record, comes some
> loss of comprehensiveness, but I think it is an
> issue of some access is
> better than no access at all.  
> 
> One of the issues that was talked about in the w/g
> meeting at DC-8 was
> whether DC records belong in OPACS.  I'd like to
> hear more about that
> discussion!
> 
> And by the way, DC community, thanks for being so
> welcoming to the
> newcomers!
> 
> Carolyn Guinchard, Metadata Librarian
> The Alberta Library
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Angel
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: November 2, 2000 9:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: DC and MARC
> 
> 
> I'm a recent addition to the librarian's group and
> was
> fortunate enough to attend DC8 in Ottawa. Although
> I've worked with Dublin Core elements over the past
> few years I'm only now taking a serious look at its
> use in relation to MARC (most of my effort has been
> towards search return and schema design). I'm
> attempting to bring myself up to speed on the
> various
> issues related to this topic: both its pros and
> cons.
> If anyone has any resources they could direct me to
> or
> have materials, comments, or opinions related to
> this
> issue I would be very appreciative. Some specific
> questions I'm looking at are:
> Is DC in compatible with MARC functions? 
> 
> In what ways?
> Are certain fields and qualifiers in DC more
> applicable to traditional cataloging needs than
> others?
> What is the opinion of the DC community regarding
> cataloging of electronic records (was Dublin Core
> originally conceived as an alternative to MARC)?
> What is the general consensus of the Librarian's
> Working Group for using DC for cataloging?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Daniel Scott Angel Ph.D.
> 
> 
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