RDA: the Emperor’s New Code
Argues that the RDA was an unnecessary waste of time and money. The few improvements it makes in catalogue records could have been accomplished far more cheaply, promptly, and easily by modifying AACR2. Argues that RDA's abandonment of the ISBD is a retrograde and damaging step.
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Firenze University Press
2016-05-01
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| description | Argues that the RDA was an unnecessary waste of time and money. The few improvements it makes in catalogue records could have been accomplished far more cheaply, promptly, and easily by modifying AACR2. Argues that RDA's abandonment of the ISBD is a retrograde and damaging step. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73d0d6fe5bce4293a1667e83854afff42023-08-22T16:29:15ZengFirenze University PressJLIS.it2038-10262016-05-0172RDA: the Emperor’s New CodeMichael GormanArgues that the RDA was an unnecessary waste of time and money. The few improvements it makes in catalogue records could have been accomplished far more cheaply, promptly, and easily by modifying AACR2. Argues that RDA's abandonment of the ISBD is a retrograde and damaging step.https://jlis.fupress.net/index.php/jlis/article/view/166 |
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