RDA News

  • Thursday, August 26, 2010
    The complimentary open-access period to the RDA Toolkit ends August 31, 2010. Thanks to the thousands of people who have tried out the RDA Toolkit during the 10-week open-access period. We’ll be sending a brief survey in the near future seeking your input, to help us improve the product and develop...
  • Thursday, July 1, 2010
    Celebrating the launch of the RDA Toolkit and RDA: Resources Description and Access at the CC:DA meeting in late June at ALA 2010 Annual Conference. CC:DA meeting at ALA10—Cake toasting the launch of RDA and RDA Toolkit   Don Chatham, Troy Linker, Barbara Tillett and John Attig at...
  • Wednesday, June 23, 2010
    The Co-Publishers of the RDA Toolkit (American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, and CILIP—through its publishing imprint, Facet Publishing) are delighted to announce that the RDA Toolkit is going live Wednesday, June 23. If you have already signed up for free open access,...
  • Wednesday, June 23, 2010
    CHICAGO—The Co-Publishers (American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, and CILIP—through its publishing imprint, Facet Publishing) are delighted to announce that the RDA Toolkit is going live on Wednesday, June 23. The Toolkit includes RDA: Resource Description and...
  • Wednesday, June 16, 2010
    The Co-Publishers of the RDA Toolkit (American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, and CILIP—through its publishing imprint Facet Publishing) are pleased to share an overview of how you will purchase the online RDA Toolkit from anywhere in the world, as well as non-U.S. pricing...
  • Friday, June 4, 2010
    Join us for this free learning opportunity! Join ALA Digital Reference Publisher Troy Linker as he gives an overview of RDA: Resource Description and Access and describes how it is integrated into the RDA Toolkit. He will review highlights of the RDA Toolkit and point out how you can make the most...
  • Thursday, May 20, 2010
    The Co-Publishers invite you to try the RDA Toolkit at no cost from the launch in June through August 31, 2010. Sign up now and we’ll send you an email with your login information as soon as open access becomes available in mid-June. We are opening the sign-up process early to allow institutions...
  • Wednesday, April 28, 2010
    Thank you for your input. The Co-Publishers for RDA have received considerable feedback about what you need to make implementation of RDA as smooth, rapid, and efficient as possible, whatever your type or size of institution and whatever country you're in. Based on what you've told us, we're...
  • Monday, February 22, 2010
    The Library of Congress and the Co-Publishers for RDA (Resource Description and Access) are pleased to announce that Cataloger’s Desktop subscribers will be able to access the RDA Toolkit (due in June 2010) via Cataloger’s Desktop. Cataloger’s Desktop is the Library of Congress’s integrated, online...