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Resource Description and Access
About: Resource Description and Access is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1859 publications have been published within this topic receiving 10957 citations. The topic is also known as: RDA & Resource Description & Access.
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TL;DR: The author used descriptive statistics and content analysis to analyze the authorship, dynamics, and topical content of 24 blogs, indicating that the majority of weblogs were authored by women, and at least half of the bloggers were academic librarians.
Abstract: In this article the author addresses a gap in studies of librarian bloggers by examining personal weblogs focused on cataloging and metadata topics. The author used descriptive statistics and content analysis to analyze the authorship, dynamics, and topical content of 24 blogs. Results indicated that the majority of weblogs were authored by women, and at least half of the bloggers were academic librarians. Weblogs displayed moderate activity. The upcoming Resource Description and Access rules and challenges faced by cataloging as a profession were themes addressed most often. In addition to cataloging and metadata topics, bloggers discussed issues related to general librarianship, technology, Web 2.0, professional development, and library services and operations, as well as personal topics.
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TL;DR: This article examines the writing of Thomas Mann, Reference Librarian at the Library of Congress, regarding the enduring value of traditional methods and tools of research libraries, particularly online public catalogs, professional cataloging, and Library ofCongress Subject Headings and pre-coordinated subject strings.
Abstract: This article examines the writing of Thomas Mann, Reference Librarian at the Library of Congress, regarding the enduring value of traditional methods and tools of research libraries, particularly online public catalogs, professional cataloging, and Library of Congress Subject Headings and pre-coordinated subject strings. One major contention asserted by Mann is that keyword searching on the Internet, while very valuable when used judiciously, should not be used as a substitute for traditional catalogs and cataloging. Also examined are the deprofessionalization of cataloging, inadequate ideas about library users, dangers to serious research, digitization, and the enduring value of books.
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01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: RDA represents the first major change in the authors' cataloguing code since the introduction of the Anglo American Cataloguing Rules themselves in 1967 and new cataloguers entering the workplace during the transition from AACR2 to RDA effectively need to be bilingual in order to understand the professional vocabulary of both cataloguing codes.
Abstract: 1. The new code is incomplete 2. The UK cataloguing community is itself full of uncertainty. 3. Libraries do not yet know if they will adopt RDA. We await the results of the US National Test (Library of Congress Bibliographic Control Working Group, forthcoming 2011). 4. RDA contains many different options from which libraries and other cataloguing agencies may choose. Educators need to prepare students for an environment in which each of their future employers may expect different levels and styles of cataloguing. 5. RDA represents the first major change in our cataloguing code since the introduction of the Anglo American Cataloguing Rules themselves in 1967. 6. The language of RDA is different from the language of AACR. New cataloguers entering the workplace during the transition from AACR2 to RDA effectively need to be bilingual in order to understand the professional vocabulary of both cataloguing codes. 7. Employer expectations are unclear.
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