[Koha] RDA questions WAS: Re: Flippin' Yanks

[Elaine Bradtke]

Maybe what we need to do is to add the requisite fields into the
Default framework.  It seems to have nearly every possible MARC field
already, what's a few more?
I had to add some fields into the RDA framework to get it to work for
us (we use some of the more archival fields among other things). Since
some of our Z39.50 downloads are coming in RDA format, we now have to
switch back and forth between the two.

Responding to a comment above about RDA being designed by committee. .
. A good friend of mine was a committee member (music specialist).
Evidently the powers that be ignored a lot of what the committee
members (active, experienced catalogers) said about RDA .   As far as
music goes, RDA doesn't work all that well and rather than sort it
out, they just went ahead and launched it over the protests of the
committee members.

I've polled a variety of colleagues on both sides of the pond. . .
Oxford University has implemented it. . .  smaller libraries are
carrying on with AAACR2, some are creating records in both at the same
time (!) and at least one library has told their cataloguers they are
not required to learn RDA, but may do so if they wish.

We're not implementing it because we can't afford a subscription to
the documentation to even see if it will work for us.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Hillyard, Cecil
<CHillyard at washoecounty.us> wrote:
> One can use MarcEdit to batch edit/add RDA fields to existing records. It will add 33x, 34x, 38x.  It will change 260 to 264 and it will expand some abbreviations.
>
> One problem has arisen in 3.12.  That if you use frameworks other than default when you export your existing records to MarcEdit, have it do its stuff and them reimport them back into Koha they get reimported as the default framework.
>
> __________________________
> Cecil Hillyard
> Washoe County Library
> Reno, Nevada
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Ramon Andiñach
> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 3:45 PM
> To: koha mailing list
> Subject: [Koha] RDA questions WAS: Re: Flippin' Yanks
>
> Non-professional here, so apologies if these are dumb questions. I'm happy to be pointed at links in the right direction.
>
> If I'm understanding correctly, RDA itself is akin to AACR2 in that it contains lists of acceptable terms and how to use them; but different in that it's built on a different data storage framework (FRBR rather than MARC).
>
> I gather from reading that Koha will now deal with FRBR and MARC.
>
> So, I'm wondering;
> 1. Are many existing library catalogues doing the complete switch to RDA and FRBR, or are most doing the partial switch that Libraries Australia is doing (RDA on MARC)?
> 2. Would a switch be something that could be automated easily? Say a script that adapts AACR2 records in Koha to RDA records?
> 3. Would the Z39.50 server standard still service RDA/FRBR records, or just */MARC records?
>
> Probably got some others, but those are the three running around in my head at the moment.
>
> Cheers,
> -ramon.
>
> On 03/10/2013, at 02:25 , glaws wrote:
>
>> RDA! RDA! RDA! RDA! RDA! RDA!
>>
>> Greg
>> ====================
>> On 10/02/2013 01:40 PM, Magnus Enger wrote:
>>> tirsdag 1. oktober 2013 skrev glaws følgende:
>>>
>>>    This does, of course, present the perfect opportunity for a strong
>>>    progressive organization outside the U.S. to step in and become
>>>    the New
>>>    Marc Master of the World.
>>>
>>>
>>> Or we could take it as an opportunity to leave MARC on the scrap heap
>>> of history and embrace current technologies instead... :-)
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Magnus Enger
>>> Libriotech.no
>>
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