Colleagues,

Here are a few recent developments of note in the cataloging world.  Please excuse cross-posting.

 

A short paper written by a Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) task force entitled "PoCo Discussion Paper on RDA implementation alternatives" has been posted to the PCC web site here: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/PoCo-RDA-Discussion-Paper040511.pdf and is generating some discussion. The closing statement recommends that PCC “should formally adopt RDA, regardless of the outcome of the US RDA Test and the decision of the US national libraries, but it should set no time limit on implementation of RDA by PCC institutions.”

 

The RDA Table of Contents and Index are now freely available in the RDA Toolkit here: http://access.rdatoolkit.org/.  These documents are available electronically within the Toolkit or for downloading/printing in PDF format (use the “Print Text” link).  You do not have to be a subscriber in order to access them.

 

Finally, the new Judeo-Arabic Romanization Table was approved in February, 2011 by LC and ALA’s CC:AAM; it’s now available online from the ALA-LC Romanization Tables web page: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html.

 

Cheers,

Dan Lipcan

 

ARLIS/NA Liaison to the ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description & Access (CC:DA)

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