On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 00:48, Miksa, Shawne <SMiksa_at_unt.edu> wrote:
> Let me offer something similar:
> Please be patient, especially at first, since RDA is a new initiative and bugs will have to be worked out.
That's somewhat unfair. RDA was a closed project rooted in AACR2 with
an FRBR sprinkle on top. This is an open project, based on a lot of
good practices with good goals sprinkled throughout.
> What I question is whether rejection of RDA is out of fear of change or some other motive.
"Some other." Mostly that RDA is old-fashioned and outdated out of the
box. The ideas are old, even the "new" sprinkles have gone out on
date. It's like buying a cake that's several years old. Not the best
way to celebrate your birthday.
> LC, NLM, and NAL are spearheading the testing of RDA. Testing that hasn't started
> yet and so there is not yet a substantial amount of data to analyze as to whether it
> will work, and if it doesn't, what has to be changed, modified, etc.
Some of us have done plenty of testing. Some of us have written
bucketloads on the subject. Some of us struggle to see relevance of
the "new" things. Some of us cannot fathom that RDA, even if proved to
work with our old systems, can help us make better systems in the
future.
So. We need something that's a bit snazzier (warning: personal bias),
something that's more to the times (ie. not rooted in what we did 20
years ago), and we need it to have "change" as a foundation rather
than as a sub-field. We need something that's pragmatic (we've got
lots of old tools still, but continuously build new), that doesn't
cause trouble, and certainly that open up opportunities for new ways
of doing things.
And we need it to be an open and collaboratory process, not closed and
committee-driven.
> At least we all seem to agree that AACR2 has had its time.
Amen.
Alex
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