Thanks for the link, I will indeed play with it.
We are much more likely to embed in the Toolkit if we can get a single
subscription to cover all OLIS contributors, and I've now had some
encouragement to think this is the case. However, we are still very
concerned about the number of concurrent userships we would need just to
access our own documentation.
It may prove possible to compromise by analysing tasks/roles more
closely, deciding which of them really need Toolkit access, and dividing
documentation accordingly.
RDA is so very different from RDA - a hypermarket full of things people
might use rather than a pantry full of things we expect to use use -
that it will probably make a big difference to our training structure.
At present I provide a self-tution pack which more or less follows AACR2
structure, with a view to helping people use AACR2 (and MARC21) for
themselves. But some occasional cataloguers in colleges and departments
really cannot be expected to get to grips with RDA at all. So I'm
thinking of a task-based approach, covering everything necessary to
create a straightforward record at the beginning and then offering
separate later modules for complexities of various kinds, e.g.
foreign-language material, non-book material, multiparts, dealing with
incorrect or confusing data, etc. (Actually I would like to try this
approach even if RDA doesn't happen.)
I'd be interested to hear any other views about how best to structure
RDA training.
Best wishes,
Bernadette
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Subject: Re: RDA toolkit
Bernadette Mary O'Reilly said - in whole or part - on 18/04/2011 12:57:
> We were thinking of producing our own externally mounted material and
> just hyperlinking it to Toolkit sections, but I gather that this is
> technically impossible.
Are you sure? I tested this some while back, and it was certainly
possible to link into the *text* of RDA - assuming one has a
subscription, of course ;-)
However, I'm unsure how valuable I would regard that - you then lack the
frame and all of the context, and the functionality to move on from the
landing page is limited to other hypertext links. In short: most of the
functionality of the Toolkit is bypassed.
I don't guarantee that this will work for anyone (even those with subs),
but have a play with this link and see what happens:
http://access.rdatoolkit.org/document.php?id=rdaappe#rdae-1176
Hugh
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