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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The RDA Steering Committee would like to hear from as many catalogers as possible about the disposition of the so-called “soft-deprecated” elements in “Official” (a.k.a. “new”) RDA. These are elements that were in “Original” RDA and that
RSC did not remove from Official RDA, but for which there are now other (usually new) elements that RSC thinks are preferable. They can be identified in Official RDA by a Prerecording option that says “The following option is recommended: Record X by using
Y element instead” (to paraphrase). RSC needs to know if anyone intends to keep using the “soft-deprecated” elements. If not, they can be removed from RDA. Please participate in the survey—this will be very helpful to RSC. Responses should be given by September
15.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd47nD-Xk_QwqU5anUZwHbW6ydELVPR505PNkMhS5J24bUm0w/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd47nD-Xk_QwqU5anUZwHbW6ydELVPR505PNkMhS5J24bUm0w/viewform</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The survey names all the soft deprecated elements and their recommended replacements, so you can go have a look in Official RDA if you want to think more carefully about any individual elements. They are identified by a number, e.g. “P30218”,
which you can enter into the RDA search box to find the element.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone—individual catalogers as well as agencies—can respond.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bob<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Robert L. Maxwell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">North American representative to the RDA Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Cataloger<br>
6728 Harold B. Lee Library<br>
Brigham Young University<br>
Provo, UT 84602<br>
(801)422-5568 <br>
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"We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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