Dear Cataloguers, There has been a flurry of news and activity around RDA recently and here is a summary for you. This will also be posted on the DescribeNZ wiki. 1. Implementation timeline The implementation timeline for RDA has been extended as a result of the US National Libraries test process. The report of the test will be released late in June 2011. LC will be announcing their implementation decision in late June 2011 and the other partner libraries in the RDA development (National Library of Australia, the British Library and Libraries and Archives Canada) will announce their decisions sometime between July and September 2011. This means that widespread implementation is unlikely until around the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2012. 2. NLNZ and RDA As a result of the extension of this timeline the NLNZ cataloguers will be changing our approach to RDA. We will take a break from our examination of RDA core elements and creation of practice records during December and January. We will be picking up the work on core elements some time in February and will continue to monitor reports and news about RDA. 3. Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) - The 2010 ACOC seminar was held in Canberra on October 21st and the presentations are now available on the ACOC website at http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/papers2010.html - ACOC RDA page. The ACOC website also includes an updated page on RDA with a good range of resources to look at. http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/rda.html 4. IAML New Zealand seminar The International Association of Music Librarians New Zealand seminar was held in Auckland on November 4-5. Charlotte Stretton and Chris Todd developed a presentation giving an overview of RDA and some of its impact on music cataloguing. The slides for this presentation will be available shortly on the RDA page of the DescribeNZ wiki http://www.describe.org.nz/ 5. RDA Webinars The most recent webinar was held on November 10th: RDA Toolkit - what's new since August http://www.rdatoolkit.org/Webinar/2010Nov (10th November) Full recording available via the website link. Regards Chris Todd Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd@natlib.govt.nz