The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) met in October on the campus of McGill University in Montréal, Québec. This week the RSC posted key documents describing the events and outcomes of that meeting. The most important outcome of the meeting is the announcement that the English language version of the revised RDA standard will stabilize in April 2019.
The publishers of RDA Toolkit and the RDA Steering Committee have been closely monitoring feedback on the new RDA Toolkit beta site. Based on comments provided via the online form, public forums, and various discussion lists, it has become clear that the absence of instruction numbers is challenging for some users, especially those involved in cataloging training and education.
The new beta Toolkit includes some significant differences in how the instructions are organized and arranged. Some may have trouble locating where some instructions have moved to.
Watch a demo of the RDA Toolkit beta site by James Hennelly, director of RDA Toolkit. For a fullscreen version of the demo click here.
The beta site marks an important milestone in the progress of the 3R Project, but it does not represent the completion of the 3R Project.
The RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project, also known as the 3R Project, will accomplish a major milestone on June 13th with the release of a beta version of the redesigned RDA Toolkit.
This is the fifth status report for the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project (3R) project.
This is the fourth status report for the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project (3R) project. Since the last status report in September the 3R Project team has accomplished the following...
This is the third status report for the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project (3R) project. Since the last status report in July the 3R Project team has accomplished the following--
This is the second status report for the RDA Toolkit Restructure and Redesign Project. The 3R project has been proceeding with an extended string of discussions with developers as well as with the RDA Steering Committee (RSC). These discussions have led to decisions in some cases and further questions in others. And it is important to note that real work is underway.
