Thanks to the editors and writers for the latest issue of Catapult. I wanted to query one statement in it regarding the RDA Toolkit's beta version on p. 11 of Catapult which says: * "while there is no intentional change in any of the content of RDA instructions ..." My understanding was that there had been quite a bit of change to the content including to bring it in line with LRM. There's a summary of it in the 8 June document here: http://rda-rsc.org/news along with some change to wording (which IMO makes it harder to understand especially for new cataloguers or cataloguing students) and the removal of numbering (ditto for both groups; teaching from this version will be challenging). While I'm aware this is only the beta version and needs a lot more added to it, I am not encouraged so far. I would be interested to hear what others in NZ think about it. For anyone on CatSIG list who is not also on RDA-L, I do recommend subscribing and following the on-going analysis there. Regards Amanda Dr Amanda Cossham Principal Lecturer - Library and Information Studies Learning Delivery Open Polytechnic | Kuratini Tuwhera Phone +64 4 9135518 or 0508 650200 ext:5518 | Fax +64 4 9135727 3 Cleary Street, Waterloo | Private Bag 31914, Lower Hutt 5040 http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz http://openpolytechnic.academia.edu/AmandaCossham ________________________________ From: CatSIG <catsig-bounces@ecs.vuw.ac.nz> on behalf of Charlotte Christensen <Charlotte.Christensen@dia.govt.nz> Sent: Monday, 19 March 2018 11:34 AM To: 'catsig@ecs.vuw.ac.nz' Subject: [CatSIG] Catapult issue 97 March 2018 The latest issue of Catapult is now available on DescribeNZ: http://describenz.squarespace.com/new-page-1 Charlotte Christensen RLIANZA | Senior Collection Description Librarian National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa Direct Dial: 07 867 1234 | www.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand is part of the Department of Internal Affairs [Logo-test]