One Year After RDA
Implementation
Committee on East Asian Libraries
March 2014
Jessalyn Zoom
LC Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division
LC RDA Implementation
• March 31, 2013 was Day One for Library of
Congress cataloging using RDA for general materials
(and *all* authority records)
• Some special format cataloging areas adopted RDA
• Notated music
• Cartographic material
• Areas not adopted RDA yet for bibliographic:
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Rare books
Archival cataloging
Motion pictures and sound recording
Prints and Photographs
PCC Day One for Authorities
• March 31, 2013 was Day One for the
Program for Cooperative Cataloging for
creating RDA authority records
PCC Set Implementation Date for
Bibliographic Description
• January 1, 2015, Day One for the Program for
Cooperative Cataloging for creating monographic
and serial bibliographic description using RDA
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/Final-dateAACR2-PCC-Bib.html
• PCC BIBCO and CONSER programs have
completed BIBCO and CONSER Bridge training
in anticipation of the upcoming change
• PCC SACO program remains unchanged
LC RDA Prep Web Page
Catalogers Learning Workshop
(CLW) Page
LC RDA Training Materials Page
PCC Post RDA Implementation
Guidelines and Standards
Integrated Library System (ILS)
Upgrade
• Library’s ILS completed upgrade to
Voyager 8.2.0 in February
• Public catalog interface re-designed to
provide Americans with Disabilities Act
accessibility (not yet the default OPAC)
ALA-LC Romanization Tables
• LC continues working closely with
CC:AAM for revision proposals and
approving new tables
• Revision proposal on Tibetan is at
development stage
• Also available on Cataloger’s Desktop:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html
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Cataloger’s Desktop
RDA-related Resources Added
• RDA: Information and Resources in Preparation for
RDA (LC)
• RDA: LC Documentation for the RDA Test (LC)
• RDA: Resource Description & Access (subscription
resource that requires a separate subscription to RDA
Toolkit)
• RDA-L (Joint Steering Committee for Development
of RDA electronic discussion list)
• RDA Training Resources (CILIP-BL)
• RDA Vocabularies (Open Metadata Registry)
Cataloger’s Desktop
RDA-related Resources Added
Improving Desktop’s User
Interface
• LC is working with the Desktop contractor
to overhaul and simplify Desktop’s user
interface
• Current functionality will be retained
• “Search first” approach
Subject Policy Publications
Update in Light of RDA
• New edition of the Classification and
Shelflisting Manual (CSM) published to
accommodate changes due to RDA
• Subject Headings Manual (SHM) Update #2
• 35th edition of Library of Congress Subject
Headings
Online Publication of Cataloging
Documentation
• In June 2013, LC announced a transition to
online-only publication of its cataloging
documentation
• Migration to free downloadable PDF
versions of these publications
RDA Toolkit Release and
Notable Updates to LC-PCC PSs
May 2013 release
• Continued to add PCC practice to Chapter 6
and Chapter 7 and others
• 2.3.1.4 option - New statement added to record
LC/PCC decision on abridgment of the title
proper
• 9.19.1.4 option - Revised LC/PCC policy on
optional use of “fuller form of name”
RDA Toolkit Release and
Notable Updates to LC-PCC PSs
July 2013 release
• 6.2.2.4 - Deleted section on Language editions
with different titles (incorporated into RDA)
• 8.11 (Undifferentiated name indicator) Added reference to PCC guidelines on
undifferentiated personal names
RDA Toolkit Release and
Notable Updates to LC-PCC PSs
July 2013 release
• 9.0 - Changed policy on the relationship between
the LC/NACO file and LCSH for the creation of
authority records for fictitious entities and
named animals
• 9.3.1.3 - Added information about recording
complete dates in MARC field 046
RDA Toolkit Release and
Notable Updates to LC-PCC PSs
July 2013 release
• 9.6.1.3 - Provided guidance on the selection of a
distinctive term for another designation of a
person
• 9.19.1.6 - Added LC/PCC practice for optional
addition of other term of rank, honour, or office
to authorized access points for persons
RDA Toolkit Release and
Notable Updates to LC-PCC PSs
July 2013 release
• 11.2.2.14 (Subordinate related bodies
recorded subordinately) - consolidating and
restructuring of instructions
RDA Toolkit Release and
Notable Updates to LC-PCC PSs
February 2014 release
• 2.8.2 - Added new requirement for recording the
first U.S. place of publication for titles cataloged
as part of the Cataloging in Publication program
(LC practice only)
• 16.2.2.14 - Added reference to DCM Z1 (667
page) for additional information on city sections
(667 notes, geographic subdivision practice)
Now What’s Ahead of Us?
• BIBFRAME
• PCC RDA Authorities Phase 3
• Implementation of RDA Relationship
Designators Guidelines
• RDA Toolkit April Release
Bibliographic Framework
Initiative (BIBFRAME)
• Based on Linked Data model
• Started in Nov. 2012, focusing on a
migration plan to make transition from
MARC to a new framework - early
experiment
• Now the test implementation phase using
vocabulary published on the BIBFRAME
site
PCC RDA Authorities Phase 3
• Consider approximately 7.5 million records not
yet labeled as acceptable for use under RDA, or
marked for review before use under RDA
• The program may also re-evaluate records
modified during Phases 1 and 2
• May consider records coded for RDA, to ensure
that their 1XX fields are fully supported by
additional authority records
• Time frame: final report due March 15, 2015
Implementing RDA Relationship
Designators
• For both bibliographic records and authority
records
• The Relationship Designator Guidelines for
Authority Records is currently being
commented by the PCC
• The Guidelines can be found at:
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/PCC%20RDA%
20guidelines/Post-RDA-ImplementationGuidelines.html
RDA Toolkit April Release
• Include the JSC changes for the year and
LC-PCC PS revision to coordinate with
RDA changes
• 2013 JSC Meeting Documents: Outcomes
http://www.rdajsc.org/2013JSCdocumentoutcomes.html
• 2013 Approved RDA Proposals
http://www.rdajsc.org/2013approvedproposals.html
As always, questions welcome
LChelp4rda@loc.gov