The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is delighted to have received the first proposals from its Religions in RDA Working Group and its Official Languages Working Group.
Title: Preferred names and official languages of corporate bodies, governments, and places in RDA
Document Number: RSC/LanguagesWG/2023/1
Author/Constituency: Prepared by the Official Languages Working Group for the July 2023 meeting of the RDA Steering Committee
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2023
Status: Discussed at the July 2023 RSC Meeting in the public meeting scheduled on 2 August, and will be implemented in the 2024 Release of the RDA Toolkit.
For terms of reference and membership, see the Working Group's main page.
Page last updated 27 June 2023.
Title: Religious Titles
Document Number: RSC/ReligionsWG/2023/1
Author/Constituency: Prepared by the Religions Working Group for the July 2023 meeting of the RDA Steering Committee
Document Type: Proposal
Year: 2023
Are you a cataloging instructor, trainer or author with experience in finding examples to show the way RDA guidelines can be applied? Would you like to meet with others working to educate the cataloging community? Would you be willing to contribute some of your examples to the text of Official RDA?
The RDA Board and the RDA Steering Committee met for the first time in person since 2019. Their meetings took place between 15-19 May at ALA Headquarters, Chicago.
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) welcomes invitations from institutions that may be interested in hosting its next in-person meeting. The RSC proposes to meet for 3-4 days during the period of 16-19 October 2023.
As announced on the RDA Toolkit, The RDA Board in consultation with the Copyright Holders of RDA have determined that a hard date for the removal of the original RDA Toolkit website is needed. This determination was made against a backdrop of giving user communities plenty of time for planning in their transition to official RDA.