RSC News

The agenda and papers for the November Meeting have been published, and RSC Chair Renate Behrens (pictured) is looking forward to welcoming observers to the online Public Session on 18 November at 7-9pm UTC (There is a handy time converter her

RSC Education and Training Officer Elisa Sze (pictured) maintains a curated list of materials on our Learning Resources page, which many members of the RDA cataloguing community have told us they find useful.

The RSC Chair and Secretary were very sad to hear from ORDAC Chair Michela Goodwin that Charlotte Christensen is having to step down from the RSC to focus on her health.

The latest release to RDA Toolkit took place on October 9 and includes changes the wording of authorized and preferred access points across all entities. There are corrections and fixes based on feedback submitted to RDA Toolkit and changes to the Guidance chapter on Aggregates.

Following the usual selection process, the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is delighted to welcome Dr Getaneh Alemu as Wider Community Engagement Officer (WCEO) Elect. 

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Robert L. Maxwell as RSC Chair Elect. 

At our July Meeting, the RDA Steering Committee was pleased to welcome for the first time the RSC Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Filiberto Felipe Arellano.

The Minutes and Decisions Documents from the July 2025 Meeting are now available as follows:

RSC Chair Renate Behrens would like to thank those who have responded to our call for a new Wider Community Engagement Officer (WCEO) to succeed Charlene Chou (pictured) when her second term ends in December. 

The RSC would like to thank Michalis Gerolimos (pictured) for his presentation on Official RDA at the National Library of Greece during the Public Session of the RSC on Tuesday (15 July).