18 Nov
2010
18 Nov
'10
12:02 p.m.
From what I understand, RDA is still being tested. I expect it will trickle down gradually starting with the big libraries who can afford the documentation and staff training. From my point of view, the timing is spectacularly bad, as I only managed to convince my boss that we should buy a copy of AACR2 last year, and actually implement it in the catalogue we're about to launch .
But what it will mean is that some newer downloaded records will be RDA compliant, and a lot of older records won't. Because who's got time and money and inclination to go back and upgrade the old records when they're already eyeball deep in backlog? Elaine