May 2023 Meetings of the RDA Board and the RDA Steering Committee
The RDA Board and the RDA Steering Committee met for the first time in person since 2019. Their meetings took place between 15-19 May at ALA Headquarters, Chicago.
The RDA Board and the RDA Steering Committee met for the first time in person since 2019. Their meetings took place between 15-19 May at ALA Headquarters, Chicago.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) welcomes invitations from institutions that may be interested in hosting its next in-person meeting. The RSC proposes to meet for 3-4 days during the period of 16-19 October 2023.
As announced on the RDA Toolkit, The RDA Board in consultation with the Copyright Holders of RDA have determined that a hard date for the removal of the original RDA Toolkit website is needed. This determination was made against a backdrop of giving user communities plenty of time for planning in their transition to official RDA.
We have today sent joining instructions to those registered for our public session on 18 May. If you have registered but not received instructions, please check your junk mail folder and, if necessary email RSCSecretay@rdatoolkit.org to request a resend: our mailserver was down temporarily and it is possible that some mails were not received / delivered.
The agenda and papers are available for the Joint Meeting of the RDA Board and the RSC and for the RSC Meeting in May.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is delighted to have received the first proposal from its Place/Jurisdiction Working Group.
Two members of the RSC were invited to speak at the NARDAC Spring Forum on 3 April.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) will meet in Chicago on 17-19 May 2023, and would be delighted to welcome observers to its public session on Thursday 18 May.
On 27 February, RSC Past Chair Kathy Glennan gave a webinar on How to Propose a Change to RDA, which highlighted the feedback facility on the RDA Toolkit and the other opportunities open to any RDA user to suggest a change. If you were unable to attend live, you can access now it on the RDA Toolkit YouTube channel.
A new release of RDA Toolkit was ready on March 24, 2023, but due to some technical issues, its posting was delayed until March 27th. The release was a small one compared to past releases. Minor changes to English language RDA were made for the purpose of clarity and consistency.