RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1 Ready for Community Consultation
RDA Examples Editor Jessica Grzegorski (pictured) has introduced a proposal on which feedback is requested ahead of the Public Session of the RSC in July.
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RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1
Title: Proposal to revise the preferred order of recording sources for early printed resources in Data provenance: Recording a source of metadata that is a manifestation that is being described
Document Number: RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2026
Status: RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1 was published on 30 April for discussion at the July 2026 Meeting of the RSC.
String Encoding Scheme (SES) Working Group
Membership
Thomas Brenndorfer, Canada, Chair
Gordon Dunsire, UK
Ebe Kartus, Australia
Keith Knopf, USA
Getaneh Alemu, Wider Community Engagement Officer, ex officio
Jessica Grzegorski, RDA Examples Editor, ex officio
James Hennelly, ALA Digital Reference, ex officio
Chris Holden, RSC Technical Team Liaison Officer, ex officio
Elisa Sze, Education and Orientation Officer, ex officio
Music Working Group
Membership
Chelsea Hoover, USA, Chair
Maria Aslanidi, Greece
Erika Bercea, New Zealand
Maria Teresa Delgado, Spain
Daniel Paradis, Canada
Güneş Çetinkaya Şerik, Turkey
Christoph Steiger, Austria
Eric van Balkum, Netherlands
James Hennelly, ALA Digital Reference, ex officio
Chris Holden, RSC Technical Team Liaison Officer, ex officio
Elisa Sze, Education and Orientation Officer, ex officio
Latest News on Soft-deprecated Terms
At yesterday's RSC Public Session, voting members of the RSC approved RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/1 (with amendments proposed by RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/1/NARDAC) and RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/2 (with amendments proposed by RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/2/ORDAC).
RDA for Archives: Survey (open until 15 May)
As shared in yesterday's Public Session, the Archives Working Group is conducting a survey of Archives to gain an understanding of their awareness and use (or otherwise) of RDA.
Welcome to the Public Session of the RSC April Meeting
RSC Chair Renate Behrens (pictured) is happy to welcome RSC members and observers to the Public Session of the April Meeting.
We are grateful to Camilla Riise Petersen (Bibliographic Consultant, DBC Digital) for her presentation on RDA Implementation in Denmark. The recording of Camilla's presentation will be shared as soon as possible after the meeting.
RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/4
Title: Soft-deprecated elements specific to content and carrier types
Document Number: RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/4
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2026
Status: RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/4 was published on 28 April for discussion at the July 2026 Meeting of the RSC.
RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/3
Title: Resource-to-resource digest, review, and critique elements
Document Number: RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/3
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2026
Status: RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/3 was published on 28 April for discussion at the July 2026 Meeting of the RSC.
Events in Latin America
In the Joint Meeting of the RDA Board and RDA Steering Committee yesterday, National Institution Representative to the RDA Board Ángela Quiroz Ubierna and RSC Representative to Latin America and the Caribbean Felipe Martinez (pictured) shared news of a range of events in Latin America, some organised by ALyC and others organised by the wider range of cataloguing organizations in the Region.&nbs
