Mary Curran

Serials in RDA: A Starter's Tour and Kit

The author discusses the cataloging of serial publications according to the provisions of RDA (Resource Description and Access). Changes in practice relating to serials are outlined, and specific rules from the RDA full draft of November 2008 are given. Serial examples from Appendix M of the same draft are shown, as is the mapping of the MARC 21 serials linking fields (fields 77X-78X) to RDA, taken from Appendix D of the draft.

Print Serials Workflow in RDA: A Draft Workflow for RDA Toolkit Based on JSC's Sample Workflow for a Simple Book

The author creates a sample RDA (Resource Description and Access) workflow for serials cataloging using the online RDA Toolkit. The serials workflow presented here is based on the two JSC sample workflows, Simple Book and Transcription, which were issued with the final draft of RDA in November 2008 for constituency review, and also on chapter 12 of second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.

A Conversation with Leslie Weir

ABSTRACT Leslie Weir talks about her career in librarianship, librarianship in general, and the development and governance of consortia, portals, digital initiatives, and open access in Canada. She discusses, among other things, CARL, Scholars Portal, OCUL-IR, CRKN, and Canadiana.org. in light of access to electronic resources.

A Tribute to Jim Cole: Editor-in-Chief of The Serials Librarian, 1995–2010

As I start my professional leave to do research on Resource Description and Access (RDA), I am struck by the fact that I have only once met in person Jim Cole, the librarian who has influenced me m...