RSC News

The October 2021 RDA Steering Committee (RSC) meeting will be a virtual meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The RDA Steering Committee is pleased to announce that Charlene Chou will succeed Ebe Kartus as the Wider Community Engagement Officer (WCEO) on the RSC. Charlene will begin as the WCEO-Elect on September 1, 2021 with a four-month training period that overlaps with Ebe’s term. Charlene will then take full responsibility in January 2022, serving a two-year term.

A proposal "Implementing the Collections Model in RDA" (RSC/TechnicalWG/2021/2) has been posted on the Documents page on this website. In four parts and prepared by the Technical Working Group, this proposal is intended to be discussed at the October virtual meeting of the RSC.

The agenda for the upcoming RSC asynchronous meeting, to be held 12-15 July, has been posted. The agenda includes links to two proposals which will be discussed at the meeting.

Two proposals which will be discussed at the RSC asynchronous meeting (12-15 July) have been posted:

We are looking for someone with expertise in RDA and cataloging to take on the role of Wider Community Engagement Officer (WCEO) for a two-year term.

This role will provide valuable developmental experience in the international arena as well as the opportunity to be an integral part of the team responsible for developing RDA: Resource Description and Access.

Minutes to the October 2020 RSC virtual meeting and the January 2021 RSC asynchronous meeting have been posted in the Documents area.

Cataloger Kate James is the instructor for the ALA's ongoing RDA Lab Series and author of RDA in Practice: A Workbook, which is now available for preorder in the United States.

The agenda for the upcoming RSC asynchronous meeting, to be held 12-15 April, has been posted. The agenda includes links to two updated standing working group charges (in draft form) which will be discussed at the meeting.

The quarterly meeting schedule for the RDA Steering Committee for 2021 is shown below. The meetings are held asynchronously using Basecamp software. Agendas and supporting materials will be posted on the RSC website three weeks before the meeting begins. Minutes are posted on the RSC website following the meeting.