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CRCC Informal RDA Testing Task Force: Experiences as a Reviewer. Robert Rendall Columbia University Jan. 10, 2011. or, Desperately Trying to Stay One Step Ahead of the Testers. Options!. RDA as written CONSER standard record guidelines Library of Congress Policy Statements
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CRCC Informal RDA Testing Task Force: Experiences as a Reviewer Robert Rendall Columbia University Jan. 10, 2011
or, Desperately Trying to Stay One Step Ahead of the Testers
Options! • RDA as written • CONSER standard record guidelines • Library of Congress Policy Statements • whatever you can find on the Web
Things We’re Not Supposed to Worry About Any More • Punctuation • Capitalization • Wording of notes
Simple Changes • Leader/18: i • 040 $e rda • enter 33X fields– and don’t enter a 245 $h!
More Changes • Abbreviations • Frequency terms in conference headings • Which relationship designator? (if you enter one)
What We Didn’t Talk About(Much) • Continuing resource-specific issues • FRBR concepts
Comparison with the Official Test • No common set • No record-by-record questionnaires