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RDA development and implementation overview
Gordon DunsirePresented at Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
RDA for Implementers27 May 2015
RDA environment
Related international standards are all under reviewFRBR/FRAD/FRSAD – consolidation (2015-2016)ISBD – review (2016+)ICP – review (2015)
Workload of JSC is increasingRDA user base is changingToolkit structure and layout need review…
New RDA governance and strategy
Review by Committee of PrincipalsWorld-wide questionnaireNew governance structure will be announced
shortlyNew strategy under developmentSome components already in place
New RDA communities
International communitiesTranslationsGeneralization from Anglo-American bias
Cultural heritage communitiesMuseums and archives
Linked data communities
JSC Working Groups (1)
Aggregates"All publications are aggregates" – Le Boeuf
Capitalization InstructionsRDA Appendix A
Fictitious EntitiesFRAD model likely to be rescinded
MusicWell-established and effective
JSC Working Groups (2)
PlacesPlace as a new RDA entity (not an attribute)
Relationship DesignatorsRelationships are better than attributes
RDA/ONIX FrameworkUnderpinning RDA carrier and content categories
TechnicalUnderlying models
RDA Development Team
ALA PublishingJSC
Chair and SecretaryMetadata Management Associates
RDA RegistryTMQ
RIMMF (RDA data editor)
RDA Toolkit Technical Committee
RDA Development TeamLibrary system developers and vendors
JSC annual meeting 2015
2-6 November 2015National Library of Scotland, EdinburghPossible foci
SerialsMusicRare books
Observers welcome!
RDA beyond MARC
Try the free RDA data editor softwareRIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats)Imports and FRBRizes MARC recordsFull editing of RDA entity dataExports linked data in Resource Description
FrameworkAttend a Jane-athon
Hosted by CIGS & NLS, Edinburgh, 9 Nov 2015?
More information Contact me
http://www.rda-jsc.org/ CILIP-BL Committee on RDA
http://www.slainte.org.uk/aacr/ RDA training materials
http://www.slainte.org.uk/aacr/training.htm RIMMF and pure RDA data
http://rballs.info/ Jane-athons
http://rballs.info/topics/p/jane/ RDA linked data
http://rdaregistry.info/
Implementation issues (-)
TrainingCataloguers are human beings!
Hybrid dataRDA in MARC is not full RDA
Relationship designators and WEMIStructured descriptions of related resources, not links
ProductivityFull effects cannot be seen with partial RDA (in MARC)
Ongoing development of RDAContinuing professional development required
Implementation issues (+)
Positive response to new approachBetter able to meet the current and future needs of
librariesTeam-building in adversity
Opportunity to review policies and proceduresBecause that’s the way they did it when I arrived
Not as difficult it as it looks?RDA is more logical
Not as expensive as anticipated?RDA is designed for machine-processing