On 12 May 2012 10:04, BWS Johnson <abesottedphoenix@yahoo.com> wrote:
Salvete!
Excepting that they haven't. This was sent out to the GOVDOCS listserv.
Except that they have
http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/framework-103111.html
That's from October. This is from today.
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1205B&L=GOVDOC-L&T=0&F=&S=&P=25864
I think they're just kicking the can down the road because it's hard. RDA and FRBR are close in spirit to what Koha originally was, and the sort of thing I'd like to see it become again in future.
RDA is fine, MARC is broken, the steering committee acknowledge it is not fit for purpose and RDA + MARC = mess. RDA done properly would be good, RDA done the way the 26 testers have tried and rejected, no not so much Chris