[DCRM-L] BYU's 1st RDA/DCRMB record

[Bryan, Anna]

Surely an age question plus a few examples, both easy and complex, should give us some idea if what we are worried about is really a problem for the rest of the world.  Right now, we're all just talking to each other.

Would someone be willing to do this?  See http://www.surveymonkey.com/.  I cannot, we are forbidden to download software on our work computers. Have it open for a couple of weeks.  Academe is coming back to their offices.  Again, I'm sure we can present a far more convincing case for an exception for rare books if we can actually present some evidence.

Anna Bryan
Sr. Cataloger
Rare Materials Section
Library of Congress
I speak only for myself.
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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Allison Rich
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Anna:

Setting up a survey might not be a bad idea.
I think the researchers at my library would be happy to participate in such a survey.

We have researchers in all age ranges.

~Allison Rich

> Well, then rather than just speak vaguely to the Joint Committee, why not have some data to back it up?
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> Rather than posting the alternatives to Exlibris, Sharp, and related listserves, why not set up a survey?  I have not done this, so I don't know how difficult it would be.  Specifically ask that catalogers not take the survey.  Ask for public service librarians and patrons/scholars to fill it out.  And be sure to have a question asking the age of the respondent:  20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc.
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> It would be very interesting to see if there is a difference in perceived comprehensiveness of a collation depending on age.  We need to consider the younger scholars, and I in my aerie up here on the roof of the Jefferson building don't know many of them.
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> They are the important ones here.  For the rest of us, change is the only constant in life.
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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read. 
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Catalogue Librarian
John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
Allison_Rich at brown.edu

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