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In the Home Stretch: final stages of RDA implementation @ LC

In the Home Stretch: final stages of RDA implementation @ LC. Committee on East Asian Libraries March 2013 Tom Yee LC Policy & Standards Division. RDA Implementation. Implementation decision for RDA made in June 2011 contingent on continued progress on recommendations from the US RDA Test

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In the Home Stretch: final stages of RDA implementation @ LC

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  1. In the Home Stretch: final stages of RDA implementation @ LC Committee on East Asian Libraries March 2013 Tom Yee LC Policy & Standards Division

  2. RDA Implementation • Implementation decision for RDA made in June 2011 • contingent on continued progress on recommendations from the US RDA Test • LC and other US National Libraries announce March 31, 2013 as ‘day one’ • US RDA Test Coordinating Committee has verified completion of recommendations • or convincing evidence that completion is sufficiently on track

  3. LC’s RDA Training Plan • Based on the promising progress towards carrying out the recommendations from the US RDA Test Coordinating Committee • Need sufficient time to train large staff • Training plan being set in motion– will be adjusted as necessary • Goal: Target RDA implementation Day One: March 31, 2013 • LC’s partner national libraries also targeting early to mid 2013

  4. RDA Prep Web Page

  5. LC-PCC Policy Statements • PSs are policies for use with RDA • Originally developed for LC catalogers during US RDA Test as Library of Congress Policy Statements • October: title change to LC-PCC Policy Statements! • Represents a collaborative set of statements for both LC and the PCC; with clearer labels for applicability • Major updates : Nov. 2011, Jan. 2012, April 2012, June 2012, Aug. 2012, Oct. 2012, Dec. 2012

  6. LC-PCC PS Development • Ideas come from: • LC catalogers • LChelp4RDA questions • PSD staff • PCC libraries • PCC task groups • Some changes to PS are triggered by changes to RDA

  7. Drafting, Negotiation • LC review: Policy & Standards Division staff, other experts consulted as needed (e.g., CJK catalogers) • PCC review: PCC Standing Committee on Standards • Wiki used to track decisionmaking, agree on wording

  8. PCC SCS Wiki

  9. Ongoing RDA Development • Minor typographical errors, bugs - fixes are incorporated bi-monthly in RDA Toolkit • Fast Track proposal process • Constituency review of major changes and discussion papers - Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA • Re-wording of selected chapters by copy editor • 3 translations ongoing (French, Spanish, German)

  10. Minor errors • Who: anyone • Triage: publisher • Coding: JSC secretary or Toolkit programmers Time: release schedule

  11. Fast Track • Who: JSC member • Wiki vote: JSC • Coding: JSC secretary • Time: 1 month/release

  12. August-December 2012 RDA Toolkit Releases • Approximately 200 changed instructions, examples, glossary entries, etc. Changes based on error reports, Fast Track actions, and Vocabulary development 88 changes ready for first 2013 Toolkit release

  13. ConstituencyReview Changes2012 • Who: JSC constituencies & community (57) • Review: all constituencies (over 400 documents) • Finalization: JSC meeting (1 week) • Coding: JSC secretary (214 instructions impacted) • Time: August-April

  14. Re-wording of selected RDA chapters • Chris Oliver, McGill University, copy editor • Review by JSC (all chapters) and US RDA Test participants (selected chapters) • Rewording being rolled out to the RDA Toolkit each update: December contained (6, 9, 10, 11) • All chapters expected to be published mid-2013 • Goal: make the instructions clearer to the average cataloger, not to change the instructions themselves. Also includes formatting to break-up long or complicated sentences

  15. Translations and more… • German, French, Spanish • Multilingual interface coming! • Additional “policy statements” • Essential RDA • Element set registry • Stay Tuned!

  16. Transitions are hard! • Be patient with yourself (and your reviewers) • Don’t forget what you already know • It’s better to do it right the first time, but if you don’t, it can be fixed • It will get easier!

  17. As always, questions welcome LChelp4rda@loc.gov

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