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Deirdre Kiorgaard 22/04/2010 12:26 p.m. >>> Please see below the message from the Library of Congress on the availability of policy decisions and training materials to be used in the U.S. national libraries' testing of RDA.

Although the National Library of Australia will be monitoring the U.S. national libraries' testing of RDA, we are not conducting testing per se. We have an implementation plan for RDA which encompasses some aspects of testing to enable us to refine our procedures and plan training. Some of the tasks on our plan are: * MARC 21 changes to the Libraries Australia database (and the NLA's own Voyager database) * Test exchange of records between Libraries Australia, customers, and other databases (e.g. OCLC) * Plan and execute any data conversions for Libraries Australia (e.g. Bible, Dept., GMDs) * Review and publish National Library of Australia and Libraries Australia cataloguing policies in relation to RDA options, alternatives and 'or' statements. * Create new workflows using RDA online and make these available in the product * Develop and/or Australianise training tools and materials and make freely available on the ACOC website. These tasks will be completed within the same timeframe as the US National Libraries testing. A detailed plan is not yet publicly available, but when it is complete, will be added to the ACOC website http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/rda.html. Cheers, Deirdre Deirdre Kiorgaard ACOC representative to the JSC, and Director, Serials Collection Management and Standards National Library of Australia Parkes, ACT 2600 Ph 02 62621327 -----Original Message----- From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA] On Behalf Of Judith A Kuhagen Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2010 5:42 AM To: RDA-L@LISTSERV.LAC-BAC.GC.CA Subject: [RDA-L] Library of Congress documentation for the RDA Test [Please excuse duplicate postings.] = = = The Library of Congress is sharing its files of policy decisions, training materials, etc., developed for its participation in the US RDA Test. Other libraries, whether participating in the RDA Test or not, are welcome to use and modify these files for their local situations. Note that these files represent decisions just for the RDA Test. If the Library of Congress decides to implement RDA, some of the decisions may be changed as the result of feedback from the Test. The files are posted at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/rdatest.html Questions about the content of RDA and LC's documents for the US RDA Test should be sent to LChelp4rda@loc.gov = = = = Judith A. Kuhagen Senior Descriptive Cataloging Policy Specialist Policy and Standards Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540-4262 202-707-4381 202-707-6629 (fax)