Figoblog comment on RDA
Figoblog’s Just Released: RDA (blog entry in French) mentions the new draft of Part I of RDA and there’s a comment from a fellow named Fred that says in part: “Il m’avait semblé que ce n’était qu’un simple relookage des AACR. Si la volonté affichée d’intégrer les réflexions sur les métadonnées et les FRBR est louable en soi, dans la réalité, cette intégration est bien timide.” Which I think means that the commenter is disappointed that while the intentions to add metadata and FRBR concepts were good, “in reality, this integration is pretty timid.” Google’s translate tool will turn this into confusing English for you.
I haven’t read the draft yet, but I will over my upcoming holidays. I wonder if Fred’s a cataloguer or not, and how people’s backgrounds will affect their desires (and perceptions) of how much of an effect FRBR should have on AACR. Will non-cataloguers want to go faster and want more changes?