Waking Up to the Countdown Clock
Today is the day! When you log into the Original Toolkit this morning, you will see a turquoise banner counting down to its withdrawal as a live product.
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Watch (Again): Camilla Riis Petersen on Danish Implementation of Official RDA
RSC Chair Renate Behrens was delighted to welcome Camilla Riis Petersen, Bibliographic Consultant, DBC Digital (pictured) to the Public Session of our April Meeting to update us on developments in Denmark.
Welcome to the String Encoding Scheme Working Group
This week the RSC was able to discharge the Extent Working Group, as it passes the baton to the String Encoding Scheme Working Group, whose first duty will be to see the Extent proposals through to completion.
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.
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
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
Shulamit Ginzburg, Israel
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.
