RSC Members
Regional Representatives
Europe
Represented through the European RDA Interest Group (EURIG)
Dr. Ahava Cohen
(Term ends December 2024)
Cataloguing Section, Head
National Library of Israel
Jerusalem
Israel
email: Ahava.Cohen@rdatoolkit.org
North America
Represented through the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC)
Robert L. Maxwell
(Term ends December 2025)
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
USA
email: rmaxwell@rdatoolkit.org
Oceania
Represented through the Oceania RDA Committee (ORDAC)
Charlotte Christensen
(term ends February 2025)
Mātanga Whakaahuaanga Kohinga Matua | Senior Collection Description Specialist
Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand
Whitianga
New Zealand
email: charlotte@rdatoolkit.org
Position Holders
RSC Chair
Renate Behrens
(Term ends December 2026)
email: RSCChair@rdatoolkit.org
RSC Secretary
Anne Welsh
(Term ends December 2025)
email: RSCSecretary@rdatoolkit.org
RDA Examples Editor
Jessica Grzegorski
(Term ends December 2026)
Head of Cataloging
Newberry Library
Chicago
USA
email: jessica@rdatoolkit.org
Technical Team Liaison Officer
Damian Iseminger
(Term ends December 2024)
Head, Bibliographic Access
Music Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
USA
email: techo@rdatoolkit.org
Translations Team Liaison Officer
Szabolcs Dancs
(Term ends December 2025)
chief advisor / conseiller en chef, head of Office for GLAM Standards / chef de service, Service pour la normalisation
National Széchényi Library / Bibliothèque nationale Széchényi
Budapest, Hungary / Hongrie
email: transwgchair@rdatoolkit.org
Wider Community Engagement Officer
Charlene Chou
(Term ends December 2025)
Head, Knowledge Access
New York University, Division of Libraries
New York, New York
USA
email: charlene@rdatoolkit.org
Education and Orientation Officer
Elisa Sze
(Term ends December 2025)
Metadata Librarian & Selector for Information and Museum Studies
Metadata Services
University of Toronto Libraries
Ontario
Canada
email: elisa@rdatoolkit.org
Ex Officio
RDA Board Chair
Colleen Barbus
email: cbarbus@ala.org
Director, ALA Digital Reference
James Hennelly
email: jhennelly@rdatoolkit.org
Historical Roster
The first step in the transition from the former Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) to the RDA Steering Committee began on November 6, 2015; the transition occurred in stages through 2019.
Updated 3 January 2024