Will RDA Kill MARC?
Date
2011-01-08
Authors
McGrath, Kelley
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Abstract
Response to the prompt:
The end of the MARC formats has been predicted for years, but no serious alternative format has risen up to challenge MARC. Will the introduction of the new RDA code precipitate the demise of MARC? Will RDA require the description of content and functionality that cannot be accommodated by the MARC formats, or that can be more easily accommodated by alternative content formats? If so, what format(s) will replace MARC? And if MARC does continue to thrive, how will it have to change to accommodate the new content descriptions in RDA?
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26 pages
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RDA (Resource Description & Access), Machine-readable bibliographic data, MARC formats, Library metadata, Cataloging, Machine-actionable metadata