Google Voice

Anyone have an invite to Google Voice they would be willing to send me? I've heard good thing about it and just want to investigate the service. Thanks.

Got an invite, thanks.

Hierarchies for Moving Image Genre/Form Headings

LC has requested comments about hierarchies for moving image genre/form headings.

In 2007 the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress began an experiment to develop genre/form headings in the area of moving images (films, television programs, and video recordings), knowing that some of the decisions made in the first years of the project would be revisited as the genre/form thesaurus was further developed and libraries began to implement the headings.

LC began to apply moving image genre/form headings in new cataloging on January 1, 2009, and the need for more hierarchy in the thesaurus became evident. PSD is therefore requesting comment on a proposed change to the hierarchies for moving image genre/form headings. In short, headings would be explicitly placed into either the Fiction or the Nonfiction hierarchy where appropriate. The discussion paper, which is available at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/movingimagehierarchies.pdf, includes a list of all of the approved headings for television programs, and indicates the proposed broader, narrower, and related term relationships for each. Decisions made for forms and genres of television programs will also be applied in the area of film.

Respond to this proposal by February 26, 2010.

RDA Toolkit Pricing

ALA has announced pricing for RDA.

Pricing for the U.S. market is as follows.

$325 for the first user
2 to 9 concurrent users will be charged an additional $55 for each designated user
10 to 19 concurrent users will be charged an additional $50 for each designated user
20+ concurrent users will be charged an additional $45 for each designated user

For example: An institution that designates 3 additional users will be charged $435 ($325 plus 2 times $55)

An institution that designates 12 additional users will be charged $875 ($325 plus 11 times $50)

Purchase in other countries will follow the pattern of AACR2, with the license purchased from the appropriate co-publisher.