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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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29 Oct 2008
TL;DR: An online questionnaire is developed for the qualitative evaluation of problems, opportunities and challenges which will emerge when RDA is finally put into practice.
Abstract: At the “97th Bibliothekartag” in June 2008 Susanne Oehlschlager from
the German National Library spoke about the implementation of the
new standardisation system RDA in Germany. As early as 2011 RDA
will replace the German cataloguing standard “Rules for Alphabetical
Cataloguing” (RAK). RDA is the successor system to AACR2 and RAK.
The benefits of implementing RDA are (theoretically) internationalisation
of national catalogue data and easier usage.
Parallel to that implementation the Office for Library Standards of the
German National Library is planning to combine the authority files for
bibliographic description, namely the Corporate Body Authority File
(GKD), the Subject Headings Authority File (SWD) and the Names
Authority File (PND) to create one common authority file (Gemeinsame
Normdatei, GND). If everything goes as planned, by 2011 we can expect
a completely new body of rules and regulations for formal and subject
cataloguing (RDA), a new exchange format (MARC 21 Authority) and a
new authority file (GND).
Nearly all of the now existing systems will be overhauled, updated or
mapped to the new applications. The result will be the internationalisation
and harmonisation of cataloguing which will facilitate the exchange
of data across borders. We developed an online questionnaire for the
qualitative evaluation of problems, opportunities and challenges which
will emerge when RDA is finally put into practice.
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TL;DR: The adoption of the MARC II format for the communication of bibliographic information by the three National Libraries of the U.S.A. makes it possible for those libraries to converge on the remaining necessary common standards for machine-readable cataloging.
Abstract: The adoption of the MARC II format for the communication of bibliographic information by the three National Libraries of the USA makes it possible for those libraries to converge on the remaining necessary common standards for machine-readable cataloging
Three levels of standards are identified: fundamental, the character set; intermediate, MARC II; and detailed, the codes for identifying data elements
The convergence on these standards implies that the National Libraries can create and operate a Joint Bibliographic Data Bank requiring standard book numbers and universal serial numbers for identifying monographs and serials and that the system will thoroughly process contributed catalog entries before adding them to the Data Bank There is reason to hope that the use of the MARC II format will facilitate catalogers' decision processes
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the preparation of entry level library media specialists and the frequency they perform original cataloging and analyze the potential for flawed electronic records being shared and viewed over the Internet.
Abstract: Cataloging and catalogers play an important role in the access to electronic catalogs for users at all levels. Two recent studies investigating the preparation of entry level library media specialists and the frequency they perform original cataloging led to a larger examination of the topic in the context of academic libraries. One factor has been the steady decline in required cataloging courses in ALAaccredited library schools for the past two decades. A second factor is the relative supply of catalogers and how they have been reallocated within the academic library. A third factor is the increasing practice of cataloging outsourcing. Implications of high levels of cataloging by librarians lacking preparation are analyzed. The potential for flawed electronic records being shared and viewed over the Internet has implications for all levels.
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