> I know that many standards cost varying degrees of money. In the past this even made sense as you had to pay to print them. That said, I don't really begrudge a fair fee for standards (well, I do, but I have learned to live with it). However, as I understand it, one reason for RDA is to create something that people outside of the library world will use as well as libraries/library vendors. If RDA costs > $0 this will be a huge impediment to this happening.
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Sometimes, people will not perceive that a product has value unless
you charge for it. In this day and age, this seems the most credible
possibility for AACR2.... ;)
Received on Tue Apr 08 2008 - 18:23:49 EDT