The RDA Steering Committee would like to thank Karen Pierce and Fran Frenzel, the editors of Catalogue and Index, for allowing us to present articles that we hope will help those transitioning to Official RDA this year, before Original RDA is withdrawn as a live product in May 2027.
Like the February release, the June 2026 release is another light one. It includes a the addition of a few examples to guidance on normalized transcription. Updates and corrections were made to policy statements from the British Library, the U.S. Library of Congress - PCC, RMBS, OLAC, MLA, and the National Library of New Zealand.
Wider Community Engagement Officer Getaneh Alemu (pictured) is looking forward to welcoming cataloguers across Africa to a 2-part webinar series designed with their working context in mind. Education and Orientation Officer Elisa Sze will deliver these interactive sessions and is looking forward to meeting colleagues online.
The RSC was happy to welcome members of the RDA Board to an executive session of the April 2026 Meeting.
Following approval by members of both committees, the Minutes (RSC-RDABoard/Minutes/023-036) are now available on the website and ALAIR.
The RDA Steering Committee has approved publication of the minutes of the April Meeting.
You can access them on the Minutes page of the website or on ALAIR.
In its April 2026 Meeting, the RSC approved most of the terms proposed in RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/1, with the proviso that its implementation be delayed until the set of terms dealing with scribe agent, etc.
Title: Proposal on adding ““scribe agent / etc.”, “scribe agent / etc. of”, “wood engraver agent / etc.” and “wood engraver agent / etc. of” as new elements to the RDA Toolkit, the corresponding new definitions to the Glossary, and the corresponding new properties to RDA Registry
Document Number: RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/2
Author/Constituency: Szabolcs Dancs, Translations Team Liaison Officer
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2026
El reloj de la cuenta regresiva para el RDA Toolkit Original comenzó a medianoche del 11 de mayo, hora de Hawái-Aleutianas (UTC -10). En este breve seminario web se explicará qué significa el reloj de cuenta regresiva para las instituciones de catalogación; qué pasará con el RDA Toolkit Original; y cómo realizar la transición a RDA Oficial.
RSC Chair Elect Robert L. Maxwell (pictured) and RDA publisher James Hennelly and are looking forward to welcoming you to a Countdown Clock webinar at 2:00am UTC. (There is a handy time converter here).
