One Year After RDA Implementation
One Year After RDA Implementation. Committee on East Asian Libraries March 2014 Jessalyn Zoom LC Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division. LC RDA Implementation.
One Year After RDA Implementation
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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: • 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-date-AACR2-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
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
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)
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-Implementation-Guidelines.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.rda-jsc.org/2013JSCdocumentoutcomes.html • 2013 Approved RDA Proposals http://www.rda-jsc.org/2013approvedproposals.html
As always, questions welcome LChelp4rda@loc.gov