RDA development and implementation overview

Gordon DunsirePresented at Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland

RDA for Implementers27 May 2015

RDA environment

Related international standards are all under reviewFRBR/FRAD/FRSAD – consolidation (2015-2016)ISBD – review (2016+)ICP – review (2015)

Workload of JSC is increasingRDA user base is changingToolkit structure and layout need review…

New RDA governance and strategy

Review by Committee of PrincipalsWorld-wide questionnaireNew governance structure will be announced

shortlyNew strategy under developmentSome components already in place

New RDA communities

International communitiesTranslationsGeneralization from Anglo-American bias

Cultural heritage communitiesMuseums and archives

Linked data communities

JSC Working Groups (1)

Aggregates"All publications are aggregates" – Le Boeuf

Capitalization InstructionsRDA Appendix A

Fictitious EntitiesFRAD model likely to be rescinded

MusicWell-established and effective

JSC Working Groups (2)

PlacesPlace as a new RDA entity (not an attribute)

Relationship DesignatorsRelationships are better than attributes

RDA/ONIX FrameworkUnderpinning RDA carrier and content categories

TechnicalUnderlying models

RDA Development Team

ALA PublishingJSC

Chair and SecretaryMetadata Management Associates

RDA RegistryTMQ

RIMMF (RDA data editor)

RDA Toolkit Technical Committee

RDA Development TeamLibrary system developers and vendors

JSC annual meeting 2015

2-6 November 2015National Library of Scotland, EdinburghPossible foci

SerialsMusicRare books

Observers welcome!

RDA beyond MARC

Try the free RDA data editor softwareRIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats)Imports and FRBRizes MARC recordsFull editing of RDA entity dataExports linked data in Resource Description

FrameworkAttend a Jane-athon

Hosted by CIGS & NLS, Edinburgh, 9 Nov 2015?

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/

Implementation issues (-)

TrainingCataloguers are human beings!

Hybrid dataRDA in MARC is not full RDA

Relationship designators and WEMIStructured descriptions of related resources, not links

ProductivityFull effects cannot be seen with partial RDA (in MARC)

Ongoing development of RDAContinuing professional development required

Implementation issues (+)

Positive response to new approachBetter able to meet the current and future needs of

librariesTeam-building in adversity

Opportunity to review policies and proceduresBecause 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