[Wactclc-alma] RDA Toolkit

Mon Apr 26 11:57:20 PDT 2021

I see a new order in my immediate future.  Thanks for the head’s up!

Kirsti

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Kirsti,

I just checked the ALA store and Maxwell's is available in a 2021 edition. 😊

CB

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Aha!  I found a copy of the May 2014 receipt saved in my OneNote folder.  Online archiving for the win!

Yes. I ordered Maxwell’s from the ALA Store.

Kirsti

From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> On Behalf Of Cara Beth Stevenson
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Nice save, Kirsti! I didn't see the typo until you sent the correction!

I was looking at RDA Essentials, for which ALA will release a new edition this summer.

Is Maxwell's also available from ALA?

CB

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From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> on behalf of Thomas, Kirsti <Kirsti.Thomas at seattlecolleges.edu<mailto:Kirsti.Thomas at seattlecolleges.edu>>
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Oops. Real *world* cataloging.

Kirsti

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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] RDA Toolkit

Cara Beth,

We’re keeping our RDA Toolkit subscription, but that’s because I do original cataloging (or at least I’m supposed to—the Alma-Primo migration followed by the pandemic ate my life). Plus, I feel pretty strongly that, as the third largest institution of higher education in the State, the Seattle Colleges budget needs to support access to the core standards of the library profession. But I’m stuffy that way. 😉

That said, the RDA Toolkit is famously user un-friendly.  I rely heavily on Maxwell’s Handbook for RDA to figure out how the heck to interpret RDA for real word cataloging.

It will be ok!

Kirsti S. Thomas
Library Technical Services Manager
Seattle Colleges
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Thank you, Lynn. What books do you find most useful for consultation?

I have an edition of the AACR2 anual from the mid-1970s!  I was looking at RDA Essentials on the ALA website. I have a vague memory of seeing a TOC for one of their RDA guides.

Cara Beth

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Hello Cara,

BTC does not subscribe to the toolkit because I am not doing as much original cataloging as I did some years ago and also, my original records are not contributed to OCLC. I just find a similar record and copy the format. I previously did some FRBR and RDA trainings and I have a few books that I can consult when needed.

Lynn

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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] RDA Toolkit

How many libraries subscribe to the RDA Toolkit? I only see 6 or 7 colleges on the Orbis Cascade invoice.

I am considering cancelling our online subscription for Grays Harbor, and I'm curious if there are recommendations for other tools.

From the online trainings I've attended for the Toolkit, I think it is more useful for library personnel who are doing original cataloging.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts,

Cara Beth Stevenson

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