Presented at the RDA for Implementers Conference, 27 May 2015 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Organised by the Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland

1. RDA development and
implementation overview
Gordon Dunsire
Presented at Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
RDA for Implementers
27 May 2015

2. RDA environment
Related international standards are all under
review
FRBR/FRAD/FRSAD – consolidation (2015-2016)
ISBD – review (2016+)
ICP – review (2015)
Workload of JSC is increasing
RDA user base is changing
Toolkit structure and layout need review
…

3. New RDA governance and strategy
Review by Committee of Principals
World-wide questionnaire
New governance structure will be announced
shortly
New strategy under development
Some components already in place

4. New RDA communities
International communities
Translations
Generalization from Anglo-American bias
Cultural heritage communities
Museums and archives
Linked data communities

5. JSC Working Groups (1)
Aggregates
"All publications are aggregates" – Le Boeuf
Capitalization Instructions
RDA Appendix A
Fictitious Entities
FRAD model likely to be rescinded
Music
Well-established and effective

6. JSC Working Groups (2)
Places
Place as a new RDA entity (not an attribute)
Relationship Designators
Relationships are better than attributes
RDA/ONIX Framework
Underpinning RDA carrier and content categories
Technical
Underlying models

7. RDA Development Team
ALA Publishing
JSC
Chair and Secretary
Metadata Management Associates
RDA Registry
TMQ
RIMMF (RDA data editor)

8. RDA Toolkit Technical Committee
RDA Development Team
Library system developers and vendors

9. JSC annual meeting 2015
2-6 November 2015
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Possible foci
Serials
Music
Rare books
Observers welcome!

10. RDA beyond MARC
Try the free RDA data editor software
RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats)
Imports and FRBRizes MARC records
Full editing of RDA entity data
Exports linked data in Resource Description
Framework
Attend a Jane-athon
Hosted by CIGS & NLS, Edinburgh, 9 Nov 2015?

11. More information
 Contact me
 jscchair@rdatoolkit.org
 JSC
 http://www.rda-jsc.org/
 CILIP-BL Committee on RDA
 http://www.slainte.org.uk/aacr/
 RDA training materials
 http://www.slainte.org.uk/aacr/training.htm
 RIMMF and pure RDA data
 http://rballs.info/
 Jane-athons
 http://rballs.info/topics/p/jane/
 RDA linked data
 http://rdaregistry.info/

12. Implementation issues (-)
Training
Cataloguers are human beings!
Hybrid data
RDA in MARC is not full RDA
Relationship designators and WEMI
Structured descriptions of related resources, not links
Productivity
Full effects cannot be seen with partial RDA (in MARC)
Ongoing development of RDA
Continuing professional development required

13. Implementation issues (+)
Positive response to new approach
Better able to meet the current and future needs of
libraries
Team-building in adversity
Opportunity to review policies and procedures
Because that’s the way they did it when I arrived
Not as difficult it as it looks?
RDA is more logical
Not as expensive as anticipated?
RDA is designed for machine-processing