About the JSC
The Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) is responsible for maintaining RDA: Resource Description and Access. JSC was previously responsible for maintenance of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR), which RDA was developed to replace.
The constituent organizations represented on the Joint Steering Committee are:
- The American Library Association
- The Australian Committee on Cataloguing
- The British Library
- The Canadian Committee on Cataloguing
- CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- The Library of Congress
The current Chair of JSC is Gordon Dunsire.
JSC representatives acting as liaisons to other communities:
- Alan Danskin – liaison to EURIG (European RDA Interest Group)
- Alan Danskin – liaison to ONIX
- Gordon Dunsire – liaison to IFLA's FRBR Review Group
- Gordon Dunsire – liaison to ISSN International Centre
- Christine Frodl – liaison to IFLA's ISBD Review Group
Learn more about the current JSC members.
Proposals for revisions to RDA may be submitted for consideration by the Joint Steering Committee. For a description of the process, see 6JSC/Policy/1/rev. For information on preparing proposals and discussion papers, see the page "Submitting Proposals."
For further information, contact:
Chair, JSC