Dear colleagues,
Now that RDA cataloguing has begun in earnest I would like to ask if anyone has managed to make use of the new 3xx fields in any practical way - anecdotal evidence would suggest that everyone is suppressing them for the moment.
Are you indexing the terms? Are you using them to enhance the display of search results? We have neither indexed them nor found a way to exploit the greater specificity in terms of the display of icons/formats in our catalogue, although in truth we haven’t tried too hard as our focus at the moment is on learning how to catalogue correctly according to RDA. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts, especially given that the abandonment of the GMD caused such consternation amongst (some) cataloguers,
Regards
John McManus
Assistant Librarian
Bibliographic Data Management
Trinity College Library
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