RDA内容、媒介和载体类别分类的可用性研究

Usability Research of RDA's Resource Categorization Tested in China

《资源描述和检索》用一组内容、媒介和载体类别的资源分类替代了第二版《英美编目规则》里的一般资料标识。研究采用了和封闭式卡片分类法相似的设计,通过发放问卷,调查了中国被试对这一分类的接纳程度,以及语言上的差异是否构成将RDA英文版在英语国家外用作编目标准的障碍。研究结果表明,国内被试对这一RDA的分类接纳良好,但语言差异确实影响了英文版RDA在国内的可用性。

Resource Description and Access （RDA） includes a new taxonomy of media, carrier and content types that replaced AACR2＇s general material designations （GMDs）. With a research design similar to the closed card sorting, the authors distributed the questionnaires and investigated Chinese users＇ acceptance of the RDA taxonomy and whether the linguistic difference could be problematic for the use of RDA＇s English version as a cataloging standard outside the Anglo- American world. The results suggested that Chinese participants＇ acceptance of the RDA taxonomy was rather good, but the linguistic difference did hinder the usability of this taxonomy.