RSC Chair Renate Behrens would like to once again thank Ebe Kartus for her presentation to the RSC Public Session on 8 April, 'RDA Toolkit, Only the Toolkit, and Nothing but the Toolkit', which is now available to (re)watch on the RDA Toolkit YouTube channel.
Having presented it to the RDA Board and Steering Committee at their Joint Meeting on Monday 7 April, the RSC Chair and Secretary are pleased to publish the RSC Annual Report for 2024 (RSC/AnnualReport/2024).
With the countdown clock for Original RDA's retirement approaching, institutions have begun to implement Official RDA. This page collates information about implementations the RSC has shared at outreach events or on its news page.
If you are implementing Official RDA and would like to be featured on our RSC news page and here, please get in touch with RSC Secretary Anne Welsh - RSCsecretary@rdatoolkit.org
| Presentation Date | Presentation Title | Presenter / Author | Sponsor/Venue | Notes | Posted Date |
| 27 December | News from the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) | Anne Welsh | IFLA Metadat |
RSC Chair Renate Behrens (pictured) is looking forward to welcoming observers to the Public Session of the RDA Steering Committee Meeting on Tuesday 8 April.
Given the popularity of the presentation given by Michaela Edelmann and Mathias Manecke (DNB (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)) at our last Public Session, RSC Chair Renate Behrens is delighted that Ebe Kartus (NLNZ (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand)) has agreed to provide an update and share lessons learn
The Minutes of our January meeting (RSC/Minutes/500-507) have been published on the website and archived to ALAIR.
At its upcoming Public Session on 8 April, the RSC will be discussing a proposal from NARDAC which seeks to accommodate a range of numbers that are associated with a given name and that are an integral part of the name.
Title: Proposal on numerals associated with given names
Document Number: RSC/NARDAC/2025/1
Author/Constituency: Prepared by NARDAC (North American RDA Committee)
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2025
Status: Approved with amendments in the April 2025 Public Session of the RSC Meeting. A draft of RSC/NARDAC/2025/1/Decisions is with the North America representative and the Technical Team Liaison Officer.
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.
