1. ALCTS Webinar RDA Open Forum—Ask the Experts Thursday, February 17, 2011
Erin Stalberg, North Carolina State University Libraries
Trina Grover, Ryerson University Library in Toronto
Kathryn La Barre, University of Illinois
Linda Gabel, OCLC

2. Question Categories Transcription Description and authority control
Conflicts with existing guidelines
Testing and training
Future of RDA
Vendors
RDA Toolkit/Manual (Resources only)
Submitted questions have been grouped into these categories

3. I. Transcription
Are the ISBD 8 areas of description in RDA? Is ISBD punctuation used in RDA?
Trina Grover

4. I. Transcription
Can you explain why RDA is inconsistent with abbreviations?
Trina Grover

5. I. Transcription
Since in RDA all creators are treated as equal access points, why differentiate between main and added entries?
Trina Grover

6. I. Transcription
Publication date and copyright dates are separate elements in RDA, but if they are the same date should we code them in the DtSt field as “t”?
Trina Grover

7. I. Transcription
For non-English items, if the original language is going to be used for cataloging, is romanization a thing of the past?
Trina Grover

8. I. Transcription
The staff and patrons in our public library are accustomed to using subfield $h in the 245 field to narrow search results. We are very concerned about this subfield going away and the information being transferred to the new 3xx fields. Is elimination of the $h an optional change, at least until systems are able to display the new 3xx fields more prominently?
Trina Grover

9. I. Transcription
What are the benefits of RDA to library customers? I'm particularly interested in how this will help our public library customers.
Trina Grover

10. I. Transcription Appendix D instructs us how to incorporate ISBD
Appendix B discusses abbreviations, with a list
See RDA 5.5 on including authorized access points for persons when representing works and expressions
RDA 2.11 LCPS : always give a copyright date for a single-part monograph if found on the resource
See RDA 1.4 for transcribed elements, 5.4 for titles, 8.4 for names

11. II. Description and authority control
What is the purpose of the 3XX fields?
Kathryn La Barre

12. II. Description and authority control
How will RDA affect the way series are entered?
Kathryn La Barre

13. II. Description and authority control
Please explain the cataloger's choice to list all creator access points (or not) when there are more than three creators. Is this a local (and arbitrary) choice? Are there best practices?
Erin Stalberg

14. II. Description and authority control
What’s new in Authority Control with RDA?
Trina Grover

15. II. Description and authority control
What is the rationale behind dismantling AACR2 forms of names, since this change does not seem to be mandated by FRBR or new formats being cataloged?
Trina Grover

16. III. Conflicts with existing guidelines
I heard that RDA is incompatible with CONSER. What CONSER rules would have to change?
Linda Gabel

17. III. Conflicts with existing guidelines
I understand that RDA is incompatible with the single record approach and with the provider-neutral approach to e-resource cataloging. Is this correct?
Erin Stalberg
Linda Gabel

18. IV. Testing and Training
What kind of training did you have on RDA during the testing period?
Erin Stalberg
Kathryn La Barre

19. IV. Testing and Training
What went well and what didn't go well with RDA testing in your institution?
Erin Stalberg
Kathryn La Barre

20. IV. Testing and Training
Who did you ask for help when you had questions and wanted to clarify rules?
Erin Stalberg

21. IV. Testing and Training
What are practical methods to start training for RDA if we are ever to implement the new cataloging methods?
Kathryn La Barre

22. IV. Testing and Training
Library of Congress
particularly: RDA Changes from AACR2 for Texts (Barbara Tillett)
NCSU
particularly: NCSU RDA Training FAQ
University of Chicago
Adam Schiff, Changes from AACR2 to RDA A Comparison of Examples

23. IV. Testing and Training
RDA in MARC
RDA-L
address to contact LC for questions about rules
eduCAT

24. V. Future of RDA
Are the US national libraries and the RDA testing libraries aware that there is widespread opposition within the cataloging community to the implementation of RDA?
Erin Stalberg

25. V. Future of RDA
Is there any chance that libraries could still be allowed to make AACR2 records instead of RDA records if they would rather do that?
Erin Stalberg
Linda Gabel

26. V. Future of RDA
How will RDA facilitate Linked Open Data functionality?
Erin Stalberg
Kathryn La Barre

27. VI. Vendors
What questions should we be covering with our ILS vendors? - what do they need to do to accommodate or take advantage of RDA?
Linda Gabel

28. VI. Vendors What is known about vendor plans to implement RDA?
Kathryn La Barre

29. VI. Vendors
What are OCLC's plans to support RDA?
Linda Gabel

30. VI. Vendors
OCLC Plans
Re-examine policy at
Connexion changes
Links to RDA Toolkit
Workforms/macros
Systematic evaluation of matching

31. VI. Vendors Will OCLC continue to support AACR2 cataloging?
Linda Gabel

32. VII. RDA Toolkit/Manual
ALA FAQ about Toolkit content:
Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) FAQ: 

33. RDA Webinar Series
March 2 – RDA and Serials Catalogers: Will Our Work Really Change? (Steve Shadle)
March 16 – Linked Library Data: Tuning Library Metadata for the Semantic Web (Corey Harper)
April 6 – Preparing Copy Catalogers for RDA (Irina Kandaresheva and Mark Wilson)

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