On the general topic of LMS/OPAC etc, I wanted to point out a really great
project that Alan Danskin mentioned at the Exec Briefing.
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/vfrbr/ The Variations project at
Indiana University has created a test catalogue to look at the FRBR
conceptual model, since there isn't currently a "live" OPAC anywhere that
is fully FRBR-ised.
There is also the VTLS RDA sandbox - you do have to pay $60 for access til
the end of July but it is worth mentioning as a full library system
environment which allows libraries to create MARC records using RDA,
special documentation and 250,000 linked FRBR-ised records
http://www.vtls.com/services/rdasandbox
One of the frustrations is the lack of examples of OPACs or resource
discovery tools that actually use some of the new RDA features. I have yet
to see a good example of using the 336-338 fields in display in some way.
Celine
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Céline Carty
English Cataloguing
Cambridge University Library
Cambridge CB3 9DR
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