The RSC is delighted to announce that Anne Welsh has been appointed to the position of RSC Secretary-Elect.

A new release of RDA Toolkit was posted on June 22, 2022. It included updates to both the English and Finnish versions of RDA. The changes made to the English text of RDA for this release were almost entirely editorial (correcting typos and other minor corrections).

The public agenda for the July 2022 asynchronous meeting of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) meeting is now available.

As part of its July meeting, the RSC will hold a Zoom call on 12 July 2022 to discuss two proposals:

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.

The North American RDA Committee hosted an online update forum on April 25, 2022.

A video recording of the event is here.

The chat transcript is here.

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):

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.

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.