This announcement provides updated information about the 3R Project (RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project) resulting from discussions held at the RDA Steering Committee meeting in Frankfurt am Main 7-11 November 2016.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) just concluded a productive meeting at the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. This message is the first of several that—in addition to the forthcoming and more detailed Outcomes document—provides basic information about decisions taken.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) acknowledges special contributions by individuals who have completed their service on the RSC, who have been members of Working Groups, who have otherwise contributed to the development of the RDA text or related services, who have made local arrangements for RSC meetings, or who have contributed to the promotion of RDA by arranging and/or participating in related events.
[Individuals who were acknowledged before 2015 are listed in the archived JSC website (http://www.rda-jsc.org/archivedsite/rda.html).]
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) establishes communication protocols with other information standards groups.
General purposes include
-- supporting communication and notification of decisions related to development of the separate standards
-- supporting the maintenance and development of functional interoperability between data created according to the different standards.
The agenda for the November 2016 meeting of the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is now available. The RSC will meet November 7-11, 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany, at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
The RDA Board and the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) have now taken the next step in implementing the new Governance Model by recruiting for a number of key posts on both the Board and the RSC.
RDA Board were delighted to see that Gordon Dunsire, Chair of the RDA Steering Committee, was acknowledged with an IFLA Medal in the closing ceremony of the 2016 World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio last week.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) will meet November 7-11, 2016, in Frankfurt, Germany at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
The interim UK community representation has merged with the DNB community representation to form a single interim Europe Region representation on the RDA Steering Committee.
Renate Behrens remains on the committee as the representative of the Interim Europe Region. Alan Danskin, the representative of the former UK community, has stepped down from the committee.