Posted on behalf of Steve Kelley, chair of the LITA/ALCTS MARC Formats
Interest Group, with apologies for cross posting:
The LITA/ALCTS MARC Formats Interest Group invites your participation
in our program at 2011 ALA Midwinter in San Diego.
Time: Saturday, January 8th, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 26 A/B
There will be three presentations on the topic:
Will RDA Mean the Death of MARC?
The end of the MARC formats has been predicted for years, but no
serious alternative format has risen up to challenge MARC. Will the
introduction of the new RDA code precipitate the demise of MARC? Will
RDA require the description of content and functionality that cannot
be accommodated by the MARC formats, or that can be more easily
accommodated by alternative content formats? If so, what format(s)
will replace MARC? And if MARC does continue to thrive, how will it
have to change to accommodate the new content descriptions in RDA?
The scheduled speakers are:
Christopher Cronin, University of Chicago
Jacquie Samples, Duke University
Kelley McGrath, University of Oregon
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University of Minnesota Libraries
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Received on Tue Jan 04 2011 - 14:57:14 EST