The increase in RDA records varies from library to library, but I'd
say that there has been a relatively small increase to date, with an
increasing number being added. I don't think that we'll ever get to
the stage of being a complete RDA catalogue, as some of our libraries
are not intending to implement RDA at all.
It's also interesting to note that many libraries are cataloguing in
RDA for monographs, and leaving serials until a later date. Are many
cataloguers in this forum only doing one format, or are they treating
all as equal under RDA?
Natasha.
Quoting Helen Williams <[log in to unmask]> on Mon, 13 Jan 2014
10:18:05 +0000:
> Thanks for taking part Natasha,
> Has the increase in RDA records been a small increase or quite significant?
> Helen
>
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> Hello!
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> I work on SUNCAT, the Serials Union Catalogue for Research Libraries
> in the UK. We take all serials data from our Contributing Libraries,
> regardless of how it has been catalogued, and are seeing an increase
> in RDA records. This means that we've changed our indexes and
> searches to include RDA features (such as the 264 in MARC now being
> included in "publisher" searches), and accept RDA records.
>
> When we have any new libraries who do not currently use MARC, we
> will be writing a conversion for their data so that it is
> RDA-compatible (as much as is possible, as the data may be somewhat
> brief).
>
> So, I think that SUNCAT reflects most of the library catalogues at
> the moment - a hybrid catalogue, accepting another standard.
>
> Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is doing!
>
> All the best,
>
> Natasha.
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