With apologies for cross-listing. Jasmin
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Subject: [PCCLIST] RDA Publication Date
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:04:39 -0500
From: Antony Robert David Franks <a...@loc.gov>
Reply-To: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <pccl...@loc.gov>
To: pccl...@listserv.loc.gov
RDA: Resource Description and Access will be published in June 2010. While we regret this delay in release of RDA, the transition from publication of AACR2 as a printed manual to release of RDA as a web based toolkit is a complex process with many interdependencies.
The updated text of RDA incorporates recommendations from constituencies and
other stakeholders approved at the JSC meeting earlier this year. The revised
text has been successfully loaded into the RDA database. The product is
currently undergoing thorough quality review and testing in preparation for
release.
We recognize that customers and prospective users of RDA need reliable and
timely information for planning and budgeting. We are confident that this
revised deadline is a realistic target for publication of RDA. Pricing and
purchasing information will be introduced at the time of the ALA Midwinter
Meeting, 15-18 January 2010.
Mary Ghikas, Chair Committee of Principals
Alan Danskin, Chair Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
Don Chatham, Chair Co-publishers
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Jasmin Nof
Judaica and Hebraica Cataloger
2200 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-9337
j...@umd.edu
