March 2024 RDA Toolkit Release jhennelly Mon, 03/25/2024 - 08:50

A new release was posted to RDA Toolkit last week. The March 2024 release includes a light changes to RDA content, the introduction of the new Community Resources space, and the additon of the Orientation version of the Guidncce menu in French and Finnish.

Changes to the RDA standard include correction of typos, broken or missing links, etc. Most notable is the remvoal of some condition options the transription guidance to the Legacy Community Resources pages. There were also updates to the French and Finnish translations and all policy satements sets.

RDA Board at ALA Annual Conference jhennelly Tue, 03/05/2024 - 17:14

The RDA Board, an international group of library professionals, is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the development of RDA and ensuring good governance of the project. They also have a role to play in raising the profile of RDA in their region. The RDA Board will hold it's annual meeting in San Diego on June 26 and 27, and they will stay for a preconference event at the ALA Annual Conference (June 27- July 2).

NARDAC Spring Update Forum 2024

Do you have any questions about the training for the official RDA? What are the most challenging aspects of RDA trainings with the RDA Toolkit? Compared with the original RDA, how can one trainer adapt themselves and train others to use the official RDA Toolkit? If you have those questions, please come to the 2024 NARDAC Spring Update Forum.

Making RDA Work For You: Leveraging the Semantic Coherency of the RDA Element Set

This presentation by Damian Iseminger, the Technical Committee Liaison Officer to the RDA Steering Committee, the structure of RDA, the relationship between entities and their elements, and how this structure might inform decisions about what elements to use. The presentation was given online on February 26, 2024. The recording includes the full presentation, plus the Q&A session that followed immediately after. The video recording and slides are linked below.

Video Recording