Open Access to Cataloguing Rules

Main Author: Bertolini, María Violeta
Format: Article PeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2012
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Online Access: http://eprints.rclis.org/22965/1/scat-news-38.pdf
http://eprints.rclis.org/22965/
Daftar Isi:
  • The possibility for librarians and developers to have access to cataloguing rules is not a minor issue. There are many open access movements all over the world, and involving all kinds of contents, not only research and data, but also standards. Librarians are ahead of these struggles when it comes to access to information. However, as stated in Terry’s Worklog: Can We Have Open Library Standards, Please? Free RDA/AACR2 (2012)43, when it comes to our work, we librarians: “refuse to follow the same open access principles that we preach”.