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Danish Agency for Libraries and
Media (DALM) had welcomed Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative launched
by Library of Congress just after the launch in May 2011.
DALM is according to the Danish library act responsible for the
Danish cataloguing rules and the Danish danMARC2 format, and we are actually
examining the consequences of RDA.
We
welcome the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative. This initiative
reflects a real need not only for MARC21, but for all MARC formats. We hope the
initiative will result in a new internationally based bibliographic framework,
which can be the “after MARC step” for the bibliographic world.
DALM offered and offers to take part in the
process and look forward to be involved in the process.
We think that an international based
process is very important. This can be done by involvement of several partners
from many countries on voluntary basis in an open process. We hope that the
process managed by Library of Congress will be that.
But in any case a more formal standard body must be ISO and TC46 Information and Documentation / SC4
Technical Interoperability to publish a future common international standard
to replace the many current MARC formats.
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