Organization Chart
Regional Representatives
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Europe
Represented through the European RDA Interest Group (EURIG)
- Dr. Ahava Cohen
(Term ends December 2024)
Cataloguing Section, Head
National Library of Israel
Jerusalem
Israel
email: Ahava.Cohen@rdatoolkit.org
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North America
Represented through the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC)
- Robert L. Maxwell
(Term ends December 2025)
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
USA
email: rmaxwell@rdatoolkit.org
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Oceania
Represented through the Oceania RDA Committee (ORDAC)
- Charlotte Christensen
(term ends February 2025)
Mātanga Whakaahuaanga Kohinga Matua | Senior Collection Description Specialist
Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand
Whitianga
New Zealand
email: charlotte@rdatoolkit.org
Position Holders
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RSC Chair
- Renate Behrens
(Term ends December 2026)
Head Office for Cataloguing Rules in D-A-CH
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
email: RSCChair@rdatoolkit.org
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RSC Past Chair
- Kathy Glennan
(Term ends December 2023)
Director, Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
USA
email: kglennan@rdatoolkit.org
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RSC Secretary
- Anne Welsh
(Term ends December 2025)
email: RSCSecretary@rdatoolkit.org
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RDA Examples Editor
- Honor Moody
(Term ends December 2023)
Metadata Creation Manager
Harvard Library Information and Technical Services
Cambridge, Massachusetts
USA
email: honor@rdatoolkit.org
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Technical Team Liaison Officer
- Damian Iseminger
(Term ends December 2024)
Head, Bibliographic Access
Music Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
USA
email: techo@rdatoolkit.org
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Translations Team Liaison Officer
- Szabolcs Dancs
(Term ends December 2024)
chief advisor / conseiller en chef, head of Office for GLAM Standards / chef de service, Service pour la normalisation
National Széchényi Library / Bibliothèque nationale Széchényi
Budapest, Hungary / Hongrie
email: transwgchair@rdatoolkit.org
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Wider Community Engagement Officer
- Charlene Chou
(Term ends December 2023)
Head, Knowledge Access
New York University, Division of Libraries
New York, New York
USA
email: charlene@rdatoolkit.org
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Education and Orientation Officer
- Elisa Sze
(Term ends December 2023)
Metadata Librarian & Selector for Information and Museum Studies
Metadata Services
University of Toronto Libraries
Ontario
Canada
email: elisa@rdatoolkit.org
Ex Officio
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RDA Board Chair
- John Trevor-Allen
email: j.trevorallen@gmail.com
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Director, ALA Digital Reference
- James Hennelly
email: jhennelly@rdatoolkit.org
Historical Roster
The first step in the transition from the former Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) to the RDA Steering Committee began on November 6, 2015; the transition occurred in stages through 2019.
JSC/RSC Members, 1974-
Updated 6 January 2023