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| Agenda for October 2022 RSC Meeting Available | 26 September 2022 |
The public agenda for the October 2022 asynchronous meeting of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) meeting is now available. Because three proposals will be discussed, a Zoom call open to observers has been scheduled for Thursday 20 October (Friday in Oceania) at 1900 UTC/GMT. It will be a two hour call. The RSC offers apologies to those for whom this is an inconvenient time; as an international body, the group rotates calls throughout time zones to share the burden of middle-of-the-night calls. |
| Proposal available for community review, and more | 11 August 2022 |
A new proposal has been posted on the RSC website for community review. This proposal -- RSC/RSCSecretary/2022/4 - Proposal to amend and clarify instructions in Manifestation “place of” elements -- will be discussed at the October 2022 RSC meeting. |
| RSC Secretary-Elect appointed | 27 June 2022 |
The RSC is delighted to announce that Anne Welsh has been appointed to the position of RSC Secretary-Elect. Based in the United Kingdom, Anne runs a consultancy business under the brand Beginning Cataloguing, where her work is split into three areas of activity: writing, consultancy and training. She wrote the core textbook used to teach cataloguing in the Anglophone cataloguing community, Practical Cataloguing (London: Facet; Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2012) and is completing its follow-up, Practical Cataloguing in the Hybrid Environment (London: Facet; Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2022). |
| Agenda for July 2022 RSC meeting available | 17 June 2022 |
The public agenda for the July 2022 asynchronous meeting of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) meeting is now available. Because two proposals will be discussed, a Zoom call has been scheduled for 12 July at 1200 GMT/UTC which will be open to observers. It will be a two hour call. The RSC offers apologies to those for whom this is an inconvenient time; as an international body, the group rotates calls throughout time zones to share the burden of middle-of-the-night calls. |
| Proposal discussions at July RSC meeting | 2 June 2022 |
As part of its July meeting, the RSC will hold a Zoom call on 12 July 2022 to discuss two proposals: |
| Proposal available for community review | 16 May 2022 |
A new proposal has been posted on the RSC website for community review. This proposal -- RSC/RSCSecretary/2022/3 - Proposal to adjust instructions in four “restriction on” elements in Manifestation and Item will be discussed at the October 2022 RSC meeting. |
| Three proposals available for community review | 8 April 2022 |
Three proposals have been posted on the RSC website for community review. Two will be discussed at the July asynchronous RSC meeting (11-14 July): |
| Deadline extended: RSC Secretary position available | 29 March 2022 |
There's still time to apply! The deadline to submit an application has been extended to 15 April 2022. The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is seeking a qualified library professional to fill the role of RSC Secretary. The RSC Secretary provides administrative support to the international RDA Steering Committee (RSC), creates and preserves the official records and reports of the RSC, and serves as the primary content management system editor of RDA. |
| New Release of RDA Toolkit and RDA Registry | 24 March 2022 |
RDA Toolkit Release The March 2022 release is the first since migration of the RDA Toolkit to new servers in January 2022. It includes updates to policy statements from the Library of Congress - Program for Cooperative Cataloging, the British Library and Music Library Association Best Practices. This release also includes significant additions and changes to RDA content. Following RSC approval of two substantive proposals: |
| Agenda for the April 2022 RSC Asynchronous Meeting available | 18 March 2022 |
The agenda for the 11-14 April 2022 RSC asynchronous meeting has been posted. Unfortunately, it is not possible to accommodate observers at RSC asynchronous meetings due to software constraints. Because this meeting is entirely in Executive Session, there will be no public minutes to follow. |