The latest release to RDA Toolkit took place on October 9 and includes changes the wording of authorized and preferred access points across all entities. There are corrections and fixes based on feedback submitted to RDA Toolkit and changes to the Guidance chapter on Aggregates.
Charlene Chou served as Wider Community Engagement Officer 2022-2025. This page was updated for the last time on 1 January 2026.
Title: Proposal to Revise Name of Corporate Body
Document Number: RSC/ReligionsWG/2025/1
Author/Constituency: Prepared by the Religions Working Group
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2025
Title: Scope note for Corporate Body
Document Number: RSC/NARDAC/2025/4
Author/Constituency: Prepared by NARDAC (North American RDA Committee)
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2025
Title: Inconsistency in the transcribed manifestation elements related to source of information
Document Number: RSC/NARDAC/2025/3
Author/Constituency: Prepared by NARDAC (North American RDA Committee)
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2025
Following the usual selection process, the RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is delighted to welcome Dr Getaneh Alemu as Wider Community Engagement Officer (WCEO) Elect.
Getaneh Alemu completed his PhD from the University of Portsmouth (2014), where he developed a theory of metadata enriching and filtering using a grounded theory method. He also holds an MA in Digital Library Learning (Oslo University College, 2009), an MA in Knowledge and Information Management (Ghent University, 2005) and a BA in Library and Information Science (Addis Ababa University, 2001).
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Robert L. Maxwell as RSC Chair Elect.
At our July Meeting, the RDA Steering Committee was pleased to welcome for the first time the RSC Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Filiberto Felipe Arellano.
The Minutes and Decisions Documents from the July 2025 Meeting are now available as follows:
