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RDA at ALA 2011
by Chris Rae Todd 22 Aug '11

22 Aug '11

I was very fortunate to be able to attend the American Library Association's annual conference in New Orleans this June. RDA featured prominently in the programme, to such an extent that I was unable to attend all the RDA-related sessions because of clashes. I did attend a two-day pre-conference workshop on the application of RDA to a range of library resources. This was a real dive into the detail of RDA as it can be applied using the MARC21 format in our current library systems. The conference proper included an RDA update forum where the US national libraries' decision to postpone implementation of RDA until at least 2013 was explained and discussed. Another noteworthy topic at the conference was linked data. I counted 10 sessions that included mention of linked data and some delegates were calling this "the linked data ALA". Programme clashes limited the number of sessions I was able to attend, but I have followed up some of the presentations in my conference report. We are very fortunate that one of the key speakers on linked data at ALA, Karen Coyle, is a keynote speaker at this year's LIANZA conference. My third area of interest was subject access and I attended a number of presentations that were part of a two-day meeting of the Subject Analysis Committee of the ALCTS (Association for Library Collections & Technical Services). My main interest here was to find out more about the new genre/form headings being developed by the Library of Congress. The specific areas of interest for the National Library are headings for literature and music. A fuller report on the conference is available on the DescribeNZ wiki http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/ Regards Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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FW: Comments on RDA revision proposals
by Chris Rae Todd 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Hi folks Some of you may have received this email via the rdaaust list. The National Library cataloguing team leaders will be looking at these proposals and if anyone would like to pass on their comments to us we would be happy to coordinate a New Zealand response to ACOC. Cheers from snowy Wellington Chris Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1 National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3093 From: rdaaust-request(a)nla.gov.au [mailto:rdaaust-request@nla.gov.au] On Behalf Of NLA RDA Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2011 3:46 p.m. To: rdaaust-l Subject: [rdaaust] Comments on RDA revision proposals The Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) invites you to comment on RDA revision proposals. All of the papers listed below are for discussion at the next JSC meeting in November 2011 and are now available at http://www.rda-jsc.org/workingnew.html. Your comments are invited by 7 September to allow time for them to be incorporated in the ACOC responses which will be submitted on 28 September. We would be particularly interested in hearing from: * Music cataloguers on 6JSC/CCC/2, 6JSC/CCC/3, 6JSC/CCC/4, 6JSC/CCC/5. * Legal cataloguers on 6JSC/ALA/1, 6JSC/ALA/2, 6JSC/CILIP/2. Please forward your comments to me, or to any of the ACOC members, see http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/members.html. Of course the papers can also be discussed on RDA-AUST, but only comments given directly to ACOC members will be considered for inclusion in the ACOC responses. Cheers, Deirdre 1 6JSC/ACOC/1 Revision of RDA 9.2.2.5.3: Names Written in a Non‐preferred Script 2 6JSC/ACOC/2 Revision of RDA 2.7.2.3, 2.8.2.3, 2.9.2.3, 2.10.2.3 Recording Place of Production [Publication, Distribution, Manufacture] 3 6JSC/ACOC/3 Revision of RDA 2.5.2: Designation of Edition and Revision of RDA 2.5.6: Designation of a Named Revision of an Edition 4 6JSC /ALA/1 Revision of RDA 6.29.1.21: Reports of one court 5 6JSC /ALA/2 Revision of RDA 11.2.2: Heads of State and Heads of Government 6 6JSC /ALA/3 Revision of RDA 9.13, Affiliation 7 6JSC /ALA/4 Change to RDA 7.24 and Glossary, Artistic and/or Technical Credit 8 6JSC/BL/1 Title of person 9 6JSC/CCC/1 Proposed revision to Glossary definition of vocal score 10 6JSC/CCC/2 Proposed revision to instruction 6.14.2.8, “Compilations of Musical Works,” 6.16.1.3 “Recording Numeric Designations of Musical Works” and 6.28.1.11, “Additions to Access Points Representing Compilations of Musical Works” 11 6JSC/CCC/3 Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.4, “Instrumental Music Intended for One Performer to a Part” 12 6JSC/CCC/4 Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.7, “Groups of Instruments” 13 6JSC/CCC/5 Proposed revision to instruction 6.15.1.12, “Accompaniment for Songs, Lieder, Etc.” 14 6JSC/Chair/3 Initial articles - Revision of RDA 0.5; 6.2.1.7; 9.2.2.25; 9.2.2.26; 11.2.2.8; Appendix C: Initial articles 15 6JSC /CILIP/1 12-16, 23, 33-37 (Group 3 entities and “subject”) 16 6JSC /CILIP/2 Date of signing a treaty (6.29.1.33, 6.29.3.3) 17 6JSC /CILIP/3 Field of Activity (9.15) and Profession/Occupation (9.16) 18 6JSC/LC/1 RDA Appendix A 19 6JSC/LC/2 Date of manufacture (RDA 2.10.6) 20 6JSC/LC/3 Elimination of RDA treatment for “names not conveying the idea of …” 21 6JSC/LC/4 Punctuation guidance for see also references used with relationship designators 22 6JSC/LC/5 Clarifying Date Associated with the Person and Core Requirements 23 6JSC/LC/6 Additions to RDA 19.2.1.1.1 (Corporate bodies considered to be creators) 24 6JSC/LC/7 Changes in content characteristics 25 6JSC/LC/8 Revision of RDA 6.27.1.2 and RDA 6.27.1.3 26 6JSC/LC rep/2 “Selections” as used in RDA Chapter 6 27 6JSC/LC rep/3 Chapters 12-16, 23, 33-37 (Group 3 entities and “subject”) Deirdre Kiorgaard | ACOC Representative to the JSC, and Acting Director, Collaborative Services National Library of Australia | Canberra, ACT 2600 | http://www.nla.gov.au/ T: 02 62621143 | F: 02 62731180 | E: dkiorgaa(a)nla.gov.au<mailto:dkiorgaa@nla.gov.au> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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CATSIG LIANZA conference sponsorship
by Sonya Maclaurin 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

***LIANZA CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP*** Would you like to attend this year's LIANZA conference - for free?? CatSIG, LIANZA's Cataloguing Special Interest Group, is offering sponsorship for one member to attend the LIANZA Conference 2011, Te Ihi, Te Wehi, Te Wana - Passion, People and Power. This will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre, from 30 October to 2 November. http://www.conference.co.nz/lianza11/home Sponsorship will cover the registration fee and up to $750 for travel and accommodation costs. To apply, please write 1-2 paragraphs stating your reasons for applying for sponsorship, the year you last attended a LIANZA conference, your background and work experience, and the insights and learning that you expect to gain from attending. You must also provide written confirmation from your employer that, if successful, you will be given leave to attend. You must be a CatSIG member to apply (or be willing to become one). Consideration will be given to the following criteria: * How you and/or your organisation would benefit professionally from attendance * Evidence of enthusiasm, commitment and passion for cataloguing * Difficulty of attending the conference without sponsorship The successful applicant will be required to write a short report which will be included in Catapult - CatSIG's quarterly newsletter. Please email applications and enquiries to Janess Stewart Janess.Stewart(a)natlib.govt.nz<mailto:Janess.Stewart@natlib.govt.nz> Applications close [31 August].

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TMQ cataloguing workshops for 2011
by Sonya Maclaurin 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

CatSIG is pleased to announce another round of The MARC of Quality (TMQ) cataloguing workshops in September 2011. Registrations can be sent now, or when we re-advertise at a later date. This year, the following workshops will be offered as concurrent on-site sessions (in Auckland) + live webinars in September: MARC21 IN YOUR LIBRARY This course is an introduction to MARC21 and how it is meant to work in a library automation system. It explains what the MARC standards are and how those standards tie in with our cataloguing rules (AACR) to help cataloguers create data that will function effectively in a library catalogue. Target audience: directors, reference people, acquisitions people, copy cataloguers, beginning cataloguers, and experienced but untrained cataloguers. There are two discrete parts to MARC21 in your Library: Part One of this course consists of a series of web-casts and web-based mini-courses and covers the underlying fundamentals of MARC and bibliographic information. Duration: approx. 5 hrs; presenter: D. Fritz; site/dates: on-demand, anytime. Click here to access the Part One modules<http://www.marcofquality.com/webinars/webm21.html> (for free) Part Two of this course is provided as a one-day, face-to-face, training session at a host site, which is also concurrently available as a live, online broadcast, and covers the core codes that are most commonly found in MARC records, and their functions. Onsite Auckland option 28 September 2011 (venue to be announced) Concurrent live webinar option 28 September 2011 Prices: Onsite Auckland option (meals included): CatSIG members $220 LIANZA members $270 Other $345 Live webinar option: CatSIG members $150 LIANZA members $200 Other $250 JUST FOR COPY CATS (2 Days) Copy cataloguing is not the same as original cataloguing; it has its own special procedures and guidelines. This workshop outlines the basic principles of copy cataloguing in a MARC record environment. It will introduce you to the art of: finding cataloguing records that you can copy; ensuring that those records really match your resources; and fixing the really important things that might need fixing in those records. Recommended prerequisites: MARC21 in Your Library. Target audience: acquisitions people, copy cataloguers, beginning cataloguers, and experienced but untrained cataloguers. There are two discrete parts to Just for Copy Cats: Part one of this course is made up of a series of four, short, free, webcasts or self-paced modules. Click here to access the JCC Part One modules<http://www.marcofquality.com/webinars/webjcc.html> (for free) Part Two of this course is provided as a two-day, face-to-face, training session at a host site, which is also concurrently available as a live, online broadcast. Onsite Auckland option 29-30 September 2011 (venue to be announced) Concurrent live webinar option 29-30 September 2011 Prices: Onsite Auckland option (meals included): CatSIG members $440 LIANZA members $540 Other $690 Live webinar option: CatSIG members $300 LIANZA members $400 Other $500 **Please note that all prices exclude GST** These are intensive courses, all designed to present the material in a manner that will make it easier for participants to learn and develop their cataloguing skills. Both workshops are held by Deborah Fritz, an international trainer with over 15 years of experience. For more information about each course see http://www.marcofquality.com/trn/trnindex.html To express interest or register, please fill out the following details and email to Catsigcommittee(a)gmail.com<mailto:Catsigcommittee@gmail.com> by Thursday, 18th August. Name/s: Organisation: Address: Phone: Email: CatSIG or LIANZA membership number (if applicable and known): (*An institutional LIANZA membership can be used for 1 participant per workshop) Please indicate which of the following options apply: This is: a. an expression of interest b. a firm registration I/we will be attending MARC21 IN YOUR LIBRARY: a. Onsite Auckland option b. Live webinar option I/we will be attending JUST FOR COPY CATS: a. Onsite Auckland option b. Live webinar option Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided at the onsite Auckland courses. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.

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Doing something different and want to publicise it
by Joanne Rowan 01 Aug '11

01 Aug '11

Are you doing something different in your library that you would like to tell other cataloguers about, here is your opportunity. Contact the editors of Catapult so we can publicise it in the next edition. Reply to: jf.rowan(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:jf.rowan@auckland.ac.nz> Thanks Joanne Rowan CATSIG Treasurer c/-Serials Unit University of Auckland Library Private Bag 92019 Auckland Mail Centre Auckland 1142 New Zealand Phone: 649 3737 599 extn 87725 Fax: 649 3737 401

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Catapult no. 72
by Janess Stewart 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

Issue no. 72 of Catapult : newsletter of the LIANZA Cataloguing Special Interest Group is now available on the DescribeNZ wiki http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/page/22473251/Links-and-resources Regards Janess Janess Stewart Team Leader Serials Cataloguing Team Collection Description National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Knowledge, Information, Research and Technology Branch The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 3118 Extn: 4918 Fax: +64 4 474 3161 email: janess.stewart(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:janess.stewart@natlib.govt.nz> www.dia.govt.nz<http://www.dia.govt.nz/> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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(no subject)
by Jessie Moir 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Changes to the use of form & genre headings at National Library Due to recent announcements from the Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division, National Library has implemented several changes to its practice for assigning form and genre headings. LC Announcement - Library of Congress to reissue genre/form authority records 1/3/11 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/gf_lccn.html For a summary of changes please refer to DescribeNZ http://nznuc-cataloguing.pbworks.com/w/page/41496312/National-Library-of-Ne… Sarah Knox, RLIANZA Senior Collection Description Librarian. National Library of New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Telephone +64 4 470 4523 email: sarah.knox(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:sarah.knox@natlib.govt.nz> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ==== ##################################################################################### Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. ##################################################################################### Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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MSH/Nga Upoko Tukutuku update June 2011
by Jessie Moir 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

[Apologies for cross-posting and missing macrons] Tena koutou, This is an update about the development work of Nga Upoko Tukutuku, from the work done at the May meeting. We have created 33 new headings and made changes to 14 existing terms http://mshupoko.natlib.govt.nz/mshupoko/recent.htm. The Project Team would like to acknowledge Robyn East, from Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa National Library of New Zealand who has stepped down as a Project Team member. We wish her well and thank her for the huge contribution she has made since the Maori Subject Headings Project first began. We would also like to welcome a new member, Catherine Amey, also of National Library of New Zealand, to the MSH Project Team. If you have any requests for new headings, please send your suggestions and supporting context to us at reo(a)dia.govt.nz<mailto:reo@dia.govt.nz>. Furthermore, if you have any queries or comments about the headings, the project, or anything else in general please do not hesitate to contact us. Ma te kimi ka kite, ma te kite ka mohio, ma te mohio ka marama, no reira e nga e nga hau e wha, tena koutou katoa. Na matou o Nga Upoko Tukutuku, Kim, Charlotte, Jacinta and the MSH Project Team. Catherine Amey Collection Description Librarian National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +64 4 474 4485 Extn: 3485 www.dia.govt.nz<http://www.dia.govt.nz/> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ==== ##################################################################################### Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. ##################################################################################### Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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RDA Implementation Decision
by Kim Gutchlag 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Apologies for cross-posting The CEOs of the three US national libraries, LC, NAL, and NLM, have recommended that RDA be implemented no sooner than January 2013, subject to the completion of a number of tasks. The executive summary of the report is available at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/RDA_report_executive_summary.pdf The cover statement by the executives of LC, NAL, and NLM included is also available as a PDF file at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/RDA_Executives_statement.pdf Essentially the work to be done would ensure that it is possible to fully realise the benefits of RDA from the time of implementation. This includes making progress towards a replacement for MARC and developing prototypes of input and discovery systems that use the RDA element set. Other tasks are set out in the executive summary linked above. Chris Todd is hoping to attend ALA (volcanic ash clouds permitting), where extensive discussion of RDA is already part of the programme. Chris will be able to update the lists on her return. Kim Gutchlag Manager, Collection Description National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa Wellington, New Zealand The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Direct Dial: +644 474 3085 www.dia.govt.nz<http://www.dia.govt.nz> ==== CAUTION: This email message and any attachments contain information that may be confidential and may be LEGALLY PRIVILEGED. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this message or attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Thank you. ====

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FW: Announcing the LC/NAL/NLM RDA Implementation decision
by Ksenija Obradovic 14 Jun '11

14 Jun '11

From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Reser, Dave Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 7:23 AM To: RDA-L(a)LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Announcing the LC/NAL/NLM RDA Implementation decision (Apologies for cross posting) The Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine are pleased to issue a statement from the Executives of the three libraries regarding the Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee on the implementation of RDA-Resource Description & Access. This statement and the Executive Summary of the Committee's Report and Recommendations are being issued to allow interested parties sufficient time to review prior to the upcoming Annual Conference of the American Library Association in New Orleans, June 23 -28. The full Report and Recommendations will be available prior the ALA Annual Conference on the Testing Resource Description and Access Home Page: http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/ An executive summary of the report is available now at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/RDA_report_executive_summary.pdf The cover statement by the executives of LC, NAL, and NLM included below is also available as a PDF file at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/RDA_Executives_statement.pdf Response of the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine to the RDA Test Coordinating Committee June 13, 2011 Introduction When the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control issued its report, On the Record, on January 9, 2008, it introduced the findings with these observations: The future of bibliographic control will be collaborative, decentralized, international in scope, and Web-based. Its realization will occur in cooperation with the private sector and with the active collaboration of library users. Data will be gathered from multiple sources; change will happen quickly; and bibliographic control will be dynamic, not static. The underlying technology that makes the future possible and necessary--the World Wide Web--is now almost two decades old. Libraries must continue the transition to this future without delay in order to retain their significance as information providers. Most of the recommendations in the report call for changes in the current bibliographic control system that will move libraries toward this desirable future. One recommendation--3.2.5--was notable in that it called for a suspension of work underway on RDA. The Working Group suggested that further development work on Resource Description and Access (RDA) be suspended until a business case had been articulated, benefits demonstrated, and there had been better testing of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) as it relates to RDA. Work on RDA had been underway for several years, so a decision to suspend it could not be made lightly. In March, Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress, who had commissioned the Working Group, convened her counterparts from the National Agricultural Library and the National Library of Medicine to discuss the entire report, but specifically asked for collaboration on the response to the recommendation on RDA (3.2.5). After careful deliberation the three national library executives issued a joint statement on RDA. The three principals from the three national libraries--Deanna Marcum, Sheldon Kotzin, and Peter Young--accorded special consideration to RDA, as it was the only international standard that had been developed, and all agreed that whatever else one might think about the future of bibliographic control, it would surely be an international endeavor. They noted "RDA is an important international initiative that has been underway and is one that requires continued collaboration with our international partners who have joined with the United States in a global initiative to update bibliographic practices to make library resources more accessible and useful to users." The Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library concluded that a thorough and rigorous test of RDA was needed to answer questions about whether or not it should be further developed and implemented. The three institutions pledged to design jointly the test of the tool, to involve a broad spectrum of the user community in carrying out the test, and to disseminate the results of the test widely. The test was meant to include an articulation of the business case and a cost analysis for retraining staff and re-engineering cataloging processes necessitated by a new code. They also agreed to an optimistic resolution that if there were a decision to implement RDA, implementation would not occur before the end of 2009. They did not fully appreciate how involved the development of a reliable test methodology would be, and the unavoidable delays that would occur in issuing RDA. The RDA Test The three libraries named staff to work on the test methodology, to carry out the test, and to make recommendations to the agencies' executives based on the results. Perhaps the most important decision was that the three agreed that they would make a joint decision whether or not to adopt RDA. On June 9, 2008, the members of the U. S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee met for the first time. The dedication of the members of the group cannot be adequately described (see below for " List of U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Members"). They met regularly--sometimes weekly--to develop all of the criteria that would be used to make a final recommendation. They enlisted twenty-six partners (including the three national libraries) that represented many types and sizes of libraries as well as archives, book vendors, systems developers, library schools, and consortia. They carried out the test and analyzed the results over a period of several months. Recommendation The most challenging task was to turn the test data into a single recommendation for the three national libraries. There was no clear, easy answer. RDA presents complicated issues for all libraries. In the final analysis, the RDA Test Coordinating Committee recommended that the national libraries adopt RDA with certain conditions and that implementation will not occur before January 1, 2013. Statement from the Executives of the Three National Libraries Simon Liu (NAL), Sheldon Kotzin (NLM), and Deanna Marcum met on May 24, 2011 to review the report and to reach agreement on a response. They agreed on the great importance of the work the Coordinating Committee had accomplished, and they expressed deep appreciation for the investment each member made to the overall effort. The official statement is: "We endorse the report, with the conditions articulated by the committee. Even though there are many in the library community who would like to see a single "yes" or "no" response to the question should we implement RDA, the reality is that any standard is complicated and will take time to develop. We also recognize that the library world cannot operate in a vacuum. The entire bibliographic framework will have to change along the lines recommended in the report of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. The implementation of RDA is one important piece, but there are many others that must be dealt with simultaneously. We especially note the need to address the question of the MARC standard, suggested by many of the participants in the RDA test. As part of addressing the conditions identified, LC will have a small number of staff members who participated in the test resume applying RDA in the interim. This will allow LC to prepare for training, documentation, and other preparatory tasks related to the further development and implementation of RDA. The conditions identified by the Test Coordinating Committee must be addressed immediately, and we believe that the Committee should continue in an oversight role to ensure that the conditions are met. We have discussed the Committee's recommendations with the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. We will continue to work closely with the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control to think about the overall direction of bibliographic control and the changes that are necessary to assure that libraries are in the best position to deliver twenty-first century services to users. We believe that the long-term benefits of adopting RDA will be worth the short-term anxieties and costs. The Test Coordinating Committee quite rightly noted the economic and organizational realities that cause every librarian to ask if this is the time to make a dramatic change in cataloging. Our collective answer is that libraries must create linkages to all other information resources in this Web environment. We must begin now. Indefinite delay in implementation simply means a delay in our effective relationships with the broader information community." List of U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee Members: Committee Co-chairs: Christopher Cole, National Agricultural Library, Jennifer Marill, National Library of Medicine (January 2011--), Diane Boehr, National Library of Medicine (Acting: June 2010-December 2010), Dianne McCutcheon, National Library of Medicine (2008-May 2010), Beacher Wiggins, Library of Congress; Committee Members: Barbara Bushman, National Library of Medicine, Michael Esman, National Agricultural Library, Judith Kuhagen, Library of Congress (December 2010--), Susan R. Morris, Library of Congress, Regina Romano Reynolds, Library of Congress, Tina Shrader, National Agricultural Library, Barbara B. Tillett, Library of Congress.

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