RSC Members
Regional Representatives
Europe
Represented through the European RDA Interest Group (EURIG)
Dr. Ahava Cohen
(Term ends December 2027)
Cataloguing Section, Head
National Library of Israel
Jerusalem
Israel
email: Ahava.Cohen@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: ahavacohen
Latin America and the Caribbean
Represented through the Latin America and the Caribbean RDA Group (RDA ALyC)
Filiberto Felipe Martinez Arellano
(Term ends June 2027)
Full Professor and Researcher (Information Organization)
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Institute of Research on Library Science and Information Studies
Mexicoemail: felipe@rdatoolkit.org
About page: filibertofelipemartinezarellano
North America
Represented through the North American RDA Committee (NARDAC)
Trina Soderquist
(Term ends December 2027)
Cataloging Policy Specialist
Library of Congress
Washington D.C.
USA
email: tsod@loc.gov
About page: trinasoderquist
Oceania
Represented through the Oceania RDA Committee (ORDAC)
Jack Ennis Butler
(Term ends October 2027)
Metadata and Discovery Librarian
CSIRO
ACT
Australia
email: jack@rdatoolkit.org
About page: jackennisbutler
Position Holders
RSC Chair
Renate Behrens
(Term ends December 2026; assumes RSC Past Chair role 1 January 2027)
email: RSCChair@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: renatebehrens
RSC Chair Elect
Robert L. Maxwell
(Term ends December 2026; assumes RSC Chair role 1 January 2027)
Ancient Languages and Special Collections Librarian
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
USA
email: rmaxwell@rdatoolkit.org
About page: robertmaxwell
RSC Secretary
Anne Welsh
email: RSCSecretary@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: annewelsh
RDA Examples Editor
Jessica Grzegorski
(Term ends December 2027)
Rare Materials Metadata Librarian
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
USA
email: jessica@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: jessicagrzegorski
Technical Team Liaison Officer
Christopher Holden
(Term ends December 2026)
Music Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
USA
email: techo@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: chrisholden
Translations Team Liaison Officer
Szabolcs Dancs
(Term ends December 2026)
chief advisor / conseiller en chef, head of Office for GLAM Standards / chef de service, Service pour la normalisation
National Széchényi Library / Bibliothèque nationale Széchényi
Budapest, Hungary / Hongrie
email: transwgchair@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: szabolcsdancs
Wider Community Engagement Officer
Getaneh Alemu
(Term ends December 2027)
Cataloguing & Metadata Librarian
Solent University Library
East Park Terrace
Southampton, UK
email: getaneh@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: getanehalemu
Education and Orientation Officer
Elisa Sze
(Term ends December 2027)
Metadata Librarian
Metadata Services
University of Toronto Libraries
Ontario
Canada
email: elisa@rdatoolkit.orgAbout page: elisasze
Ex Officio
RDA Board Chair
Christine Oliver
email: Christine.Oliver@uottawa.ca
Director, ALA Digital Reference
James Hennelly
email: jhennelly@rdatoolkit.org
Historical Roster
The first step in the transition from the former Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) to the RDA Steering Committee began on November 6, 2015; the transition occurred in stages through 2019.
Updated 2 January 2026.