Minutes of the January 2025 RSC Meeting Published
The Minutes of our January meeting (RSC/Minutes/500-507) have been published on the website and archived to ALAIR.
News & Information
2do. Encuentro de Educación en Organización de la Información: “Retos y oportunidades en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de RDA Toolkit”
El Grupo RDA México, en conjunto con el Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), la Escuela de Bibliotecología, Documentación e Información (Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica) y el Colegio de Bibliotecología y Archivología (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), les extienden una cordial invitación para asistir al 2do Encu
February 2025 RDA Toolkit Release
The latest release to RDA Toolkit took place on February 9 and contains some modest changes to the standard. It includes corrections to the English version of the Toolkit. Policy statements have been added by the Library and Archives Canada and the New Zealand National Library, with significant additions from the British Library and U.S.
Second Term for Charlotte Christensen and Jack Ennis-Butler
During its Executive Session on 21 January, the RDA Steering Committee joined RSC Chair Renate Behrens in congratulating Charlotte Christensen on her appointment for a second term as Oceania Representative.
RDA Teaching Slides for the LIS Classroom
Eliza Sze, Education and Orientation Officer, created and shared RDA Toolkit teaching slides and templates to be accessed and used for free online here.
New White Paper: Considering AI in the Growth of RDA
Following approval from the RDA Board at its December Meeting and from the RSC at its November Meeting, the White Paper Considering AI in the Growth of RDA has been published as RSC/Papers/2025/1.
11 May 2026: The Countdown Begins
At December's meeting of the RDA Board, the specific dates for the countdown clock were set as follows:
Upcoming Webinar Series: RDA Around the World
Join us this December and January for virtual presentations from RDA board members.
The RDA board will host a series of webinars to discuss the impact of RDA on their cataloging and metadata practices and how their parts of the world are addressing the obstacles and challenges of official RDA.
New Download: Slides for Educators
The RSC is pleased to announce the publication of its first set of Template RDA Teaching Slides (download here).
Save the Dates: RSC Public Sessions 2025
At its meeting in Washington last week, the RSC set the dates for its meetings in 2025. They will all take place asynchronously via Basecamp with some synchronous Zoom meetings, including the following Public Sessions, to which anyone can register as an observer: