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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

(bwig@loc.gov)

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