RSC Members

Organization Chart

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

North America

Represented through the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC)

Robert L. Maxwell
(Term ends December 2023)
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
USA
email: rmaxwell@rdatoolkit.org

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

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

RSC Past Chair

Kathy Glennan
(Term ends December 2023)
Director, Cataloging & Metadata Services
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
USA
email: kglennan@rdatoolkit.org

RSC Secretary

Anne Welsh
(Term ends December 2025)
email: RSCSecretary@rdatoolkit.org

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

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

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

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

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

RDA Board Chair

John Trevor-Allen
email: j.trevorallen@gmail.com

Director, ALA Digital Reference

James Hennelly
email: jhennelly@rdatoolkit.org

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