RDA Steering Committee (RSC)

RSC Chair Renate Behrens and Director of ALA Digital Reference James Hennelly are very pleased to share that RSC Secretary Anne Welsh has agreed to stay on in post after the end of her initial term in December this year. 

RSC Chair Renate Behrens is delighted that Jessica Grzegorski has accepted the offer of a second term as RDA Examples Editor and Chair of the Examples Working Group. 

The Minutes of the April RSC Meeting (RSC/Minutes/508-520) are available now from this website or from the institutional repository (with stable URI). 

Topics discussed include:

RDA Board Chair Colleen Barbus and RSC Chair Renate Behrens are pleased to make available the Minutes of the latest Joint Meeting of the RDA Board and the RSC. 

Having presented it to the RDA Board and Steering Committee at their Joint Meeting on Monday 7 April, the RSC Chair and Secretary are pleased to publish the RSC Annual Report for 2024 (RSC/AnnualReport/2024). 

RSC Chair Renate Behrens (pictured) is looking forward to welcoming observers to the Public Session of the RDA Steering Committee Meeting on Tuesday 8 April. 

During its Executive Session on 21 January, the RDA Steering Committee joined RSC Chair Renate Behrens in congratulating Charlotte Christensen on her appointment for a second term as Oceania Representative. 

At its January Meeting the RDA Steering Committee approved the publication of the Minutes of its Meeting held in November 2024 at the American Library Association Washington Office and the Library of Congress (RSC/Minutes/483-499). 

Following approval from the RDA Board at its December Meeting and from the RSC at its November Meeting, the White Paper Considering AI in the Growth of RDA has been published as RSC/Papers/2025/1.