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stephen facebook.com/seafdecaqdlib <http://www.facebook.com/seafdecaqdlib> Source: http://www.rdatoolkit.org/blog/196 U.S. Test Committee speaks, and other RDA news from ALASun, 26 Jun 2011 - 8:46 pm e — jhennelly <http://www.rdatoolkit.org/user/112> It was a busy day at the ALA Conference for RDA and RDA Toolkit. The U.S. Test Committee met with vendors, testers, and the public, and summarized the results of the test and the reasoning behind their recent decision. The committee stated that the "rewrite" of RDA will actually be more of a rewording, intended to simplify and clarify some of the instructions. Cataloging practice will not be affected by the rewording. We also learned that the Library of Congress will begin partial RDA cataloging in November. They will catalog across all subject areas and expect RDA records to represent about 5% of the library's cataloging output. The National Library of Medicine and the National Agricultural Library will not catalog in RDA until full implementation begins. PCC reiterated both its response to the report of the U.S. Test Committee and its formation of three working groups focused on three areas of RDA development: PCC RDA-Decisions-Needed Task Group; PCC Task Group on RDA Acceptable Heading Categories; PCC Task Group on Hybrid Bibliographic Records. At the PCC Participants Meeting<http://connect.ala.org/node/138048>, Eric Miller, co-founder and president of Zepheira, spoke about the power of linked data and the potential for the library community to take the lead in this area. Finally, Vendors Plans for Implementing RDA<http://connect.ala.org/node/138043>proved to be a lively session with representatives from Equinox, Sirsi Dynix, Follett, and VTLS speaking to the steps they have taken to facilitate cataloging in RDA. Cross-published at American Libraries Magazine<http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/>. STEPHEN B. ALAYON Data Bank Senior Information Assistant Library and Data Banking Services Section Training and Information Division Aquaculture Department (AQD) Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) Tigbauan, Iloilo 5021 Philippines URL: http://www.seafdec.org.ph Telephone No.: 63 33 5119170 to 71 local 344 Fax No.: 63 33 5119174 Mobile Phone No.: 63 919 4506688 Email Add: [email protected], [email protected]<%[email protected]> __._,_.___ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
