Sorry for stupid question (but that's what this e-forum is for I hope):
What is the (structural?) difference between auth recs according to
AACR2 and RDA?
Esther
On 18/04/2011 13:13, Bernadette Mary O'Reilly wrote:
> Hi, Sandra and all,
>
> The libraries of the other university in Oxford (Bodleian and friends)
> have decided not to accept any RDA bibs at all at the moment, since we
> aren't trained to check and edit them, so can't guarantee that they are
> really full-level.
>
> However, we are using the LC authority files exactly as they come,
> whether the records are constructed by AACR2 or RDA. We feel there is
> no alternative, since we rely on automated processes to load LC updates
> and change the relevant headings in bibs. This does, of course, mean
> that some of our AACR2 bibs will have RDA headings.
>
> If we implement RDA we will continue to use any LC authorities
> constructed in AACR2. I don't see how we could cope with creating RDA
> headings everywhere, even when AACR2 headings are established, although
> I gather that that is what Chicago are doing. (Presumably the RDA
> headings are added to the AACR2 authorities in 7XX ?4 fields.)
>
> Does anyone see any problem with accepting that bibs created to one set
> of rules just will contain headings constructed to another set of rules,
> more or less forever? After all, we have always accepted that not all
> the headings in the LC files are really correct AACR2.
>
> Best wishes,
> Bernadette
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Sandra Cockburn
> Sent: 18 April 2011 11:12
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> Subject: Re: AACR2 or RDA?
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I look after the cataloguing operation at Oxford Brookes University
> and have been keeping an eye on developments in the US. I attended
> the Executive Briefing last week and found it very useful; thank you,
> Celine, for your excellent summary. Like many, I'm sure, we are
> waiting for the June announcements before taking any further steps.
>
> Whatever the LC outcome might be in June, it seems some libraries in
> the US are going to continue to catalogue using RDA anyway, and I
> suppose there will be those who may decide not to. The issue of
> hybrid records (AACR, AACR2 and RDA) was mentioned last week; we have
> long lived with different versions of AACR and pre-AACR records and
> have had to manage these as best we can. I think we'll need clear
> guidelines on how to manage the co-existence of RDA and the various
> other record-types in our databases, and LMS suppliers will need to be
> geared up to support all record-types.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sandra Cockburn
> Head of Cataloguing
> Oxford Brookes University
>
>
>
>
> On 18 April 2011 09:54, Helen Williams<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Thanks for your summary of the Executive Briefing Celine - it's really
>> helpful to hear about what was being discussed there last week. Did
> you, or
>> anyone else on the list who attended, get a feel for whether people
> are
>> excited about moving to RDA or reluctant to move away from the
> familiarity
>> of AACR2?
>>
>> It sounds as if there were equal amounts of things cataloguers both
> liked
>> and disliked about RDA as a result of the test period. Does anyone
> else
>> have any thoughts about this? Are there particular things that you
> are
>> looking forward to in RDA or other aspects that you are more concerned
>> about? I work with a team of para-professionals and so all our
> cataloguing
>> training is done in-house. I think that 'no more abbreviations' or
> 'no more
>> rule of 3' will be useful in the environment I work in, but I'm more
>> concerned about cataloguer's judgement as clearer guidelines are
> easier in
>> the kind of setting I work in.
>>
>> Just to add, there are no 'right' answers today - we're just keen to
>> facilitate an exchange of opinions and views.
>>
>> Helen
>>
>> Helen Williams
>>
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