Kia ora koutou, Apologies for cross-posting. Below is another proposal relevant to rare materials that will be discussed at the July RDA Steering Committee meeting. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Ngā mihi nui, George CatSIG ORDAC representative From: rdaoceania-request@nla.gov.au <rdaoceania-request@nla.gov.au> On Behalf Of Jack Ennis Butler Sent: 09 June 2026 11:48 To: rdaoceania@nla.gov.au Subject: Re: [rdaoceania] Request for feedback on proposals for July RSC meeting Caution: This email originated from outside the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. Hi all, Many thanks for the feedback received during last week's drop in session. I would like to also request feedback on another recently published proposal particularly relevant to rare materials due for discussion at the July meeting: * RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/2 Proposal on adding ““scribe agent / etc.”, “scribe agent / etc. of”, “wood engraver agent / etc.” and “wood engraver agent / etc. of” as new elements to the RDA Toolkit, the corresponding new definitions to the Glossary, and the corresponding new properties to RDA Registry * Ready for Constituency Review: RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/2 | ALA RDA Toolkit<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/ready-constituency-review-rsctranslationstlo20262> This proposal is a response to feedback on submissions to the last proposal RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/1 Proposal on adding new elements, applicable to rare and old materials, to the RDA Toolkit, the corresponding new definitions to the Glossary, and the corresponding new properties to RDA Registry<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/rsctranslationstlo20261>. It aims to include some terms identified as missing from community feedback. Please let me know any feedback you might have before June 22 through this mailing list or by email to Jack@rdatoolkit.org<mailto:Jack@rdatoolkit.org>. Please circulate to any colleagues that may be interested. Best, Jack On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM Jack Ennis Butler <jack@rdatoolkit.org<mailto:jack@rdatoolkit.org>> wrote: HI everyone, There are three proposals due to be discussed at the July RSC meeting<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/save-times-rsc-public-sessions-april-november-2026>. * RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/rscexampleseditor20261> * RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/3<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/rsctechnicalwg20263> * RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/4<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/rsctechnicalwg20264> RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1 - Proposal to revise the preferred order of recording sources for early printed resources in Data provenance: Recording a source of metadata that is a manifestation that is being described This proposal seeks to align the preferred order of recording sources with the RDA edition of Decriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials. It will be of interest to all those working with early printed resources. More information is available here: RSC/ExamplesEditor/2026/1 Ready for Community Consultation | ALA RDA Toolkit<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/rscexampleseditor20261-ready-community-consultation> RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/3 - Resource-to-resource digest, review, and critique elements This proposes to remove soft deprecated elements from the Official Toolkit used for relating resources to other resources. The proposed elements to remove are extremely granular and in many cases superfluous. More information is available here: Latest News on Soft-deprecated Terms | ALA RDA Toolkit<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/latest-news-soft-deprecated-terms> RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/4 - Soft-deprecated elements specific to content and carrier types In proposal recommends removing elements that relate only to specific carriers. These are considered to be redundant in the content as they are adequately covered by RDA Carrier Type and other elements. More information is available here: Latest News on Soft-deprecated Terms | ALA RDA Toolkit<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/news/rsc/latest-news-soft-deprecated-terms> Please send me your feedback by 22 June to ensure we can compile all responses effectively. I will schedule an online drop in session Friday 5 June at 1 pm AEST if anybody would like to discuss or provide non-written feedback. I will send out more details the week before. I also wanted to flag that amendments proposed by ORDAC received through community feedback were successfully adopted at the April meeting for RSC/TechnicalWG/2026/2 Soft-deprecated elements: “Details” elements<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/rsctechnicalwg20262>. Community feedback was also taken onboard by the RSC regarding RSC/TranslationsTLO/2026/1 Proposal on adding new elements, applicable to rare and old materials, to the RDA Toolkit, the corresponding new definitions to the Glossary, and the corresponding new properties to RDA Registry<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/rsctranslationstlo20261>. We anticipate a follow-up proposal will be compiled shortly to take account of the points raised. This is a great reminder of why your feedback is so important. More information about recent developments including links to recorded can be found at the page RSC News | ALA RDA Toolkit<https://www.rdatoolkit.org/rsc/news> As always, don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. Best wishes, Jack Jack Ennis Butler Oceania region representative to the RDA Steering Committee