Hi Celine
I understood from Beacher (presentation and talking to him in my role as
chair) that there are four options for the LC:
1. Implement all of RDA (with whichever options they go with)
2. Don't implement RDA
3. Implement part of RDA initially and then build up to all of it
4. Implement all / part of RDA but ask the JSC to make changes
Anne
On 19/04/2011 13:39, C.J. Carty wrote:
> I'm sure Alan can answer for the BL but my understanding of what Beacher
> Wiggins said was slightly different...
>
> I think he was saying that there was a spectrum of possible
> implementation decisions, from a straight yes (implement at a given date
> in near future), straight no, with the bit inbetween being, for example,
> "yes we will implement but only if the JSC will make the following
> changes to RDA". So the changes would still be made centrally to the RDA
> text and therefore affecting anyone looking to use RDA.
>
> Whereas I understood what Alan to be talking about was the application
> of the various options/alternatives already available within RDA - for
> example, he mentioned relator terms which are not core and therefore not
> compulsory in RDA or copyright date, which is not required if
> publication date is given (LC has a policy statement to say they will
> always include copyright date if it is present whereas I thought Alan
> was saying this *extra* additional info on top of RDA requirements would
> not necessarily be required by BL).
>
> Does that make sense? So there will be variation but this is due to the
> options/alternatives within the RDA text anyway rather than implementing
> different "versions" of RDA. Still causes problems of consistency though.
>
> Celine
>
> On Apr 19 2011, Nicky Ransom wrote:
>
>> I have a question about implementation. I understood from the briefing
>> last week that one of the possible decisions of the Library of
>> Congress may be to not fully implement RDA but to perhaps have a
>> partial implementation or to customise RDA in some way to suit their
>> needs. Alan Danskin seemed to suggest the same line from the British
>> Library, but I thought he'd hinted that they may have a different
>> implementation and modification scenario to that chosen by the Library
>> of Congress. Did I understand this correctly? And if so, would this be
>> workable in practice, bearing in mind the global nature of
>> bibliographic records? Would it really be workable for national
>> libraries of different countries to implement RDA in different ways?
>>
>> Nicky
>>
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