RDA Toolkit (RDA)

The North American RDA Committee hosted an online update forum on April 25, 2022.

A video recording of the event is here.

The chat transcript is here.

The March 2022 release is the first since migration of the RDA Toolkit to new servers in January 2022. It includes updates to policy statements from the Library of Congress - Program for Cooperative Cataloging, the British Library and Music Library Association Best Practices.

The recent migration of RDA Toolkit to new servers also included a change in the authentication system for the website.

As of February 1, 2021, our rates for one-year LIS subscriptions will be:

The issues related to the recent site migration are now largely resolved. The site migration also included a switch to new authentication service, and as a result some practices will be altered. These new practices are described below.

Profiles 

Unfortunately we have encountered several unexpected problems with the server migration. I apologize for how these problems have negatively affected users work and events. I did want to give everyone a detailed run down of the issues we are facing and the current status of our attempts to resolve these issues. 

RDA Toolkit is experiencing login issues related to the recent server migration. We apologize for the interruption to service that some are facing. We are working hard to resolve this issue and ask for your patience.

The migration of RDA Toolkit and the original RDA Toolkit to new servers will not occur during the week of October 25th, as previously planned. It is not clear when exactly the migration will occur, but it is expected to move before the end of 2021. You can learn more about the migration and its impact here.

The migration of RDA Toolkit and the original RDA Toolkit to new servers is currently scheduled for some time during the week of October 25th. You can learn more about the migration and its impact here.

During the month of May work began on transferring RDA Toolkit and related websites to a new server and under the support and maintenance of a new developer. The sites included in this move are access.rdatoolkit.org and orginal.rdatoolkit.org, as well as