| Subject: | [PCCLIST] PCC Statement on the LC/NAL/NLM RDA Implementation decision |
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| Date: | Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:40:34 -0700 |
| From: | Riemer, John <jriemer@LIBRARY.UCLA.EDU> |
| Reply-To: | Program for Cooperative Cataloging <PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV> |
| To: | PCCLIST@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV |
The PCC affirms its support of the US
national libraries’ decision to implement RDA, slated to be no
sooner than January 2013, and looks forward to collaborating
with them in this effort.
Among the anticipated benefits for user
discovery and access are making the FRBR model more of a
reality, making metadata more machine-actionable, supporting the
semantic web, making data more internationally understandable
(e.g. by un-abbreviating), lifting the rule of 3, and others.
PCC has already formed three
task groups on RDA to begin preparing for this transition,
and others will be formed as warranted. The PCC Policy
Committee will also be preparing a set of PCC RDA FAQs to be
posted on the PCC RDA web site. PCC's goal during the shift to
RDA is to develop and foster effective and efficient means of
implementing a new set of rules, while gaining a maximum amount
of benefits from them.
The PCC
Post RDA Test Guidelines remain in effect until further
notice.
Please feel free to distribute this statement
further.
John
John Riemer
Head, UCLA Library
Cataloging & Metadata Center
Kinross South
11020 Kinross
Avenue
Box 957230
(campus mail code
723011)
Los Angeles, CA
90095-7230
+1 310.825.2901
voice
+1 310.794.9357 fax