Thanks to Alan, Celine and Anne for answering my question and clarifying what was said at the briefing last week. I had suspected I had misunderstood somewhere along the line.
In response to Hugh's email, I confess that my question about differences in implementation of RDA comes from a position of not yet having a detailed understanding of RDA, having not had the chance to look at the Toolkit yet. I hope I'm not creating confusion with my rather naïve questions and comments, but I am trying to get my head round it all and where better place than in this forum full of expert knowledge!
I guess I'm trying to find out if the optional elements in RDA are greater than those in AACR2, and if so, will this have an impact on the differences in records between institutions and if this will matter at the end of the day?
Nicky
Nicky Ransom
Data Quality Manager & Cataloguer
The Library
University for the Creative Arts
Falkner Road
Farnham
Surrey GU9 7DS
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From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hugh Taylor
Sent: 19 April 2011 14:09
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Subject: Re: National Libraries implementation
Nicky Ransom said - in whole or part - on 19/04/2011 13:31:
> Would it really be workable for national libraries of different countries to implement RDA in different ways?
I think I'd like to respond in the form of a question (or two): why is
implementing RDA in different ways any different from (or more troubling
than) implementing AACR2 in different ways (as happens now, and has done
since the beginning of AACR2 - and well before that, of course...)? Is
there something specific to RDA that means our attitude to "differences"
in its application needs to be much more restrictive than it has been
previously?
And if so, should that attitude apply only to national libraries' data
creation? Is it reasonable to expect one thing from them and another
from the rest of us?
Something to take our minds off the glorious weather outside (well,
outside my window, at least!).
Hugh
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