Cooperative Cataloging Rules Blog

RE: Displaying Work/Expression/Manifestation records

2010-10-07T01:11:00.001-07:00

Posting to AutocatThis has turned into a very interesting thread indeed! I will only point out once again that there is the Cooperative Cataloging Rules at http://sites.google.com/site/opencatalogingrules/, so there is a choice! For many libraries out there, there is no choice since they no longer have a budget that could cover the costs of redoing everything.Concerning:On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:03:

Discussion of Cooperative Cataloging Rules

2010-06-25T03:01:00.000-07:00

There has been a lively discussion on the listserv NGC4LIB about the future of library services under the topic ALA Session on MODS and MADS: Current implementations and future directions. I have taken the chance to mention the Cooperative cataloging rules and explain them in some more depth.It's an interesting conversation.

RE: [RDA-L] Signatory to a treaty

2010-04-15T03:42:00.000-07:00

A discussion on the RDA-L list about the new rules concerning how to deal with treaties turned very interesting.I hate to make lots of copies of my postings, so here is a message I posted today, which is now on my personal blog.

RDA, Worldcat Policies and so on

2010-04-14T06:57:00.001-07:00

There has been a lot of thought-provoking and active comment concerning the draft policy on WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative on Autocat and NGC4LIB and I have taken a rather active part. I think this discussion has a lot to do with the very future of librarianship so it is a vital debate.In a lot of ways, I feel that the Worldcat issue is realted to RDA. Both want to

RDA, AACR2 and a simple, commonsense implementation plan

2010-02-24T00:19:00.000-08:00

I sent this posting to Autocat, in response to Alan Danskin, Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDADear Alan,Thank you so much for your answers, but the main question still has not been addressed:You state: "In developing RDA JSC established guiding objectives and principles, including the objective of consistency, which we defined as follows, "The data should be amenable to

FW: [NGC4LIB] The future of the academic library

2010-02-17T10:10:00.000-08:00

B.G. Sloan wrote:Barbara Fister writes a nice essay on the future of the academic library:http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6714965.htmlBernie SloanThanks for pointing to this excellent article. It's a nice summary about how various people are dealing with a world they see as disintegrating. The main problem is that we are in a moment of transition and it is impossible to know

RDA, AACR2 and a simple, common sense implementation plan

2010-02-16T07:51:00.000-08:00

Posting to RDA-L concerning the thread RDA, AACR2 and a simple, common sense implementation planThis has been an interesting thread, especially in light of the Cooperative Cataloging Rules initiative.To point out once again, the idea of that initiative was to give librarians a real choice, and not only a choice of staying with a dead and never-to-be-updated AACR2, but to ensure those rules can

RDA, AACR2 and a simple, common sense implementation plan

2010-02-15T23:50:00.000-08:00

Elaine Sanchez from Texas State/San Marcos has begun a discussion on Autocat in the last few days that is highly relevant for the CCR. There is a realization setting in that the implementation of RDA may not be worth the costs. I suggest people see the discussion and share your own opinions.If you don't already subscribe to Autocat, I think this link should work.http://search.gmane.org/?query=RDA

Experimental ISBD Tool

2010-01-13T05:13:00.000-08:00

We have added an experimental tool to the CCR Wiki: a search tool that works with Adobe Acrobat. If you go to the ISBD Outline, you will now see a search box. This will use the PDF Open Parameters to search the word(s) inside the current ISBD.It takes a moment to download the ISBD, but then it works very well.

FW: [RDA-L] www.rdaonline.org

2009-12-08T08:26:00.001-08:00

Christoph Schmidt-Supprian wrote:A very interesting project - and one I've told all my colleagues to watch. But as long as there are no detailed AACR2-type rules (so far only the various rule interpretations seem to be available), this is not a replacement for AACR2 or RDA. It strikes me that, at least so far, this site is rather an alternative to Cataloger's Desktop than to RDA. In other

FW: Open Reply to Thomas Mann

2009-12-02T01:04:00.000-08:00

Here is a message I posted to several lists. In it, I mention the Cooperative Cataloging Rules initiative.To those interested, I have just made available another of my "open replies" to Thomas Mann's report (http://www.guild2910.org/Future%20of%20Cataloging/LCdistinctive.pdf) on the E-LIS database (once again) at: http://eprints.rclis.org/17331/"An Open Reply to Thomas Mann's report 'What is

Re: [NGC4LIB] FRBR WEMI and identifiers

2009-11-11T02:00:00.000-08:00

Jonathan Rochkind wrote:Ah, you're right. Current practices make it difficult or impossible to tell (in an automated fashion) whether a uniform title authority record represents a Work, an Expression, or a Manifestation, and exactly what 'headings' correspond to which as well.Jim, does this help you at all see why _some_ change of our cataloging practices is required? What we do is just too

Support for the Research Process: An Academic Library Manifesto

2009-11-10T02:34:00.000-08:00

Here is a manifesto issued by the RLG Partnership Research Information Management Roadmap Working Group. It looks like there are some great ideas here. Each of their points are well considered, but I think these two merit special interest:Design flexible new services around those parts of the research process that cause researchers the most frustration and difficulty.Embed library content,

Updates to the Wiki

2009-11-04T04:21:00.000-08:00

We have added some additional links and a page to the Cooperative Cataloging Rules Wiki.There are now links to cataloging rules for specific materials, i.e. Online Books Electronic Editions, Online Books Reproductions, and Cataloging Online Integrating Resources, all from Yale.We have also added a new page Reports on the Practice of Cataloging, where we can place links to reports of special

New Post in NGC4LIB

2009-10-31T04:09:00.001-07:00

I discussed some the Cooperative Cataloging Rules Wiki in the NGC4LIB email list. You can read it at https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=NGC4LIB;Ml0AuQ;20091030150755%2B0100, and the copy on my own blog at http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/2009/10/fw-ngc4lib-tim-berners-lee-on-semantic.html

NGC4LIB

2009-10-21T23:55:00.000-07:00

You may be interested to see the wide-ranging discussion on Cooperative Cataloging Rules, and related topics going on at NGC4LIB. Take a look at the topics: Cooperative Cataloging Rules Announcement, User tasks--outdated? Why?, and Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web.

Re: [NGC4LIB] Cooperative Cataloging Rules Announcement

2009-10-20T00:37:00.000-07:00

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:53:04 -0400, .. wrote: >I have a question and a comment. > >You suggest that FRBR is obsolete, but that AACR2 is revisable. So, my >question is: Why do you think a 31-year old standard, AACR2 (1978) can >be updated, but not an 11-year old standard, FRBR (1998)? Thanks for some good questions. I'll try to answer them: FRBR is a theoretical framework, not a standard. It

Official Announcement

2009-10-15T02:30:00.000-07:00

Well, I've announced it. Here it is:Everyone knows the information world has been changing in response to the revolution in information technology and it is changing at an ever increasing pace. Many of our patrons have discovered they prefer to use non-library tools to find, access, and use information in ways that could not have been imagined only 15 years ago. It seems natural to ask: What can

About the Cooperative Cataloging Wiki

2009-07-27T05:39:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this blog is to provide information about the development of the Cooperative Cataloging Wiki.First, why make the wiki?With the difficult economic times we are experiencing, many libraries are facing serious financial problems and they will simply be unable to implement RDA due to the costs of subscribing to the online version of RDA, plus whatever retraining costs will be required.