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ALCTS RDA ForumAmerican Library Association Annual Conference
Anaheim, California, June 23, 2012
U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Update
Beacher Wiggins, DirectorAcquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of Congress
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RDA Test Completed (Oct. – Dec. 2010)
Outcome—Records created: 10,566 Bibliographic; 12,800 Authority Contingent on the satisfactory progress/completion of
the identified tasks and action items, the Coordinating Committee recommends that RDA should be implemented by LC, NAL, and NLM no sooner than January 2013.
The three national libraries should commit resources to ensure progress is made on these activities that will require significant effort from many in and beyond the library community.
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Interim steps until RDA implementation
U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee
Oversee and monitor the recommended
changes and action items Issue periodic updates to alert community to
status of recommendations and action items Quarterly updates issued to listservs and posted on
RDA websites
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Recommendations to specific groups (& suggested completion timeframes)
To Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA (JSC) Rewrite (i.e., reword) RDA in clear, plain English
Within 18 months (under way)
Define process for RDA updating in the online environment
Within 3 months (done; JSC had already begun work on this issue)
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Recommendations to specific groups (& suggested completion timeframes)
To ALA Publishing & Co-Publishers of RDA
Enhance and improve RDA Toolkit functionality and navigation
Within 3 months (done; ALA had already begun work on this issue)
Provide complete RDA record examples in MARC and other encoding schema
Within 6 months (done)
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Recommendations to specific groups (& suggested completion timeframes)
To Library of Congress Begin transition to a MARC replacement
Within 18 – 24 months (under way)
Involve the community in the process, including ALCTS
Within 12 months (under way)
Lead and coordinate training, including Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Within 18 months (under way)
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Recommendations to specific groups (& suggested completion timeframes
To the U.S. national librariesSolicit demonstrations of prototype input &
discovery systems that use RDA element set & relationships
Within 18 months (underway)
Current work with Deborah Fritz & MARC of Quality on RIMMF (RDA in Many Metadata Formats) (Marriott—Elite Ballroom, 10:30, Sat., June 23)
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Implementation plans—NAL & NLM
NLM Expects to implement 1st quarter CY2013 Starting to familiarize staff with FRBR concepts and terminology
Practical RDA training 3 months prior to implementation Testers may begin producing RDA 4 months prior to implementation
to assist with staff training Updating documentation for staff and contractors
NAL Monitoring progress of recommendations Preparing for coordinated implementation in 1st quarter CY2013
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LC’s implementation plans
November 2011: RDA catalogers/technicians returned to creating RDA authority and bibliographic records; LC resumed distribution of RDA records
December 2011: LC mounted new site: Resource Description and Access (RDA)—Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
February 2012: LC issued its “Long-Range RDA Training Plan for 2012 and Beyond”
February 2012: announced March 31, 2013 as target RDA implementation date
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LC’s implementation plans—cataloging
LC’s long range RDA training plan Coordination of implementation with US
and other national libraries Three phases of training Core curriculum: approximately 24 hours
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LC’s implementation plans—cataloging
Core curriculum— FRBR Using RDA Toolkit RDA instructions—5 modules
Background & structure of RDA Attributes of WEMI Persons, families & corporate bodies Relationships Preparing for Day 1
Specialized curriculum
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LC’s implementation plans—collaborating with PCC
LC is working and coordinating with PCC (Program for Cooperative Cataloging) regarding training, documentation, and implementation date http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
Linda will update on PCC progress
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LC’s implementation plans—replacing MARC
Plan for a transition from MARC—New Bibliographic Framework Initiative
Will not happen before RDA implementation LC established a website for communication
http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/
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LC’s implementation plans—replacing MARC
Not known what the new bibliographic environment will be
Likely several models prototypes will be developed
Contract with a consultant to help frame the effort
Draft an outline/scope of a plan Draft a list of experts, stakeholders, interested parties
(national & international) Draft a timeline
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LC’s implementation plans—replacing MARC
Form groups to assist LC in the effort LC is compiling list of experts from broad
spectrum of communities—Semantic Web communityVendor communityTechnology communityLibrary community, of course
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LC’s implementation plans—replacing MARC
Advisory & technical groupsAdvisory group: high level group to offer
guidance related to policy & implementation of such a major change
Technical group: experts who understand technical needs of producing, controlling, disseminating & particularly, making data machine actionable, i.e., linked data
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LC’s implementation plans—replacing MARC
May: Announced consultant and plan of action June: Update library community at ALA Annual
Conference in Anaheim Sunday, 10:30-12:00 (Marriott—Grand Salon A/C)
June-Sept.: Form advisory & technical groups July-Dec.: Convene groups, at LC or at
professional or other venues
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Available Documentation
LC training materials from the test http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatraining.html
RDA Toolkit training http://www.rdatoolkit.org/training
RDA MARC record examples http://www.rdatoolkit.org/examples/MARC
ALCTS RDA webinars http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/
webinar/cat/rda.cfm
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Additional Information
Final Report and Recommendations http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/
LC RDA planning http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
MARC Transition website http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/
RDA Toolkit http://www.rdatoolkit.org/
Regular updates from Committee
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Thank you!
Questions/comments
Beacher Wiggins, Director
Acquisitions & Bibliographic Access
Library of Congress
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