The issue of cataloguer's judgement is an interesting one and I'm not
surprised that it was both a positive and a negative for testing
cataloguers. In my experience, cataloguers often prefer a clear-cut answer
and that's often the benefit of working with something like LCRI that
reduces the amount of choice. It will be interesting to see if there are
more LCPS (Library of Congress Policy Statements) or the BL equivalent
added as a result of the feedback from test institutions on this matter.
Celine
On Apr 18 2011, Helen Williams 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
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